I thought I would write to yourselves in regards to the state of the town, potholed roads, rubbish and fly tipping and un-mown areas all very noticeable whenever one ventures out, especially on food shopping trips locally once a week. I know money and resources are limited at the present time, but what an ideal opportunity lockdown has been for a real spring clean with much less traffic on our roads. In the long term more people will be attracted to a town like ours if the verges are well maintained, free of the grass and weeds often several feet high, and so much litter, much of it thrown or dumped by the irresponsible few. People attracted to a town will want to spend and invest – it’s a circle where everyone benefits eventually. Also, more colour and flower displays would make a huge difference. What a proud town Eastbourne was when I was growing up – it was second to none and known for its civic pride. What would say, FH Busby think of it today? He was town clerk in the 1960s! Also coming back to the Claremont Hotel, it would take time but could it not be rebuilt as it was, a fine building from the mid 1800s? Grants would be needed, an example is the old town in Warsaw in Poland. It was flattened in World War II, but rebuilt as it was before bombing. With all the plans, nothing is impossible, small or large, if people set their minds to it and want it enough.
