People come to Eastbourne for peace and tranquillity

From: Louise PepperallUpperton Gardens, Eastbourne
The big wheel in Eastbourne 30/7/20 SUS-200730-133800001The big wheel in Eastbourne 30/7/20 SUS-200730-133800001
The big wheel in Eastbourne 30/7/20 SUS-200730-133800001

Referring to the comments about the Big Wheel, plenty of older local people and I think this wheel is out of place and would have been better placed down by the pier facing Harry Ramsden’s, if it is essential to Eastbourne at all.

People come to Eastbourne for tranquillity and peace. This also applies to the ones who retire here. The majority of us who sit in the Western Lawns go there for peace and quiet as we don’t have a garden, so it is nice to sit in the gardens and relax, listening to the waves of the sea. Since the wheel has been placed, it is far from peaceful and plenty of pensioners and I, have avoided the area therefore not used the cafes in Carlisle Road either.

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Next, I do think all businesses must make it extremely clear from day one, which way in one can go and which queue is for which till.

I had a bad experience in Poundland which has put me off shopping there. Plenty of signs are clear in the Beacon, however, people, young and old, are not obeying, making it confusing for the stricter disciplined generation to follow. In fact, it will put people off shopping there altogether if something is not resolved. Is this what Eastbourne wants?

Regarding the Bella’s cafe, I’d prefer a Pret at the station as that provides a healthy breakfast, ie porridge, one can take and have on the train on their way to work. The Costa by the station is not open when people are commuting to the city, to go to work at 6am. Bella’s is very expensive.

The station needs to provide cafes that suit the people who use the station which on the whole, are mostly tourists or people commuting to work.

I won’t sign the petition to keep Bella’s, but don’t want a fast food cafe either as that attracts the wrong crowd and creates obesity.

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