EASTBOURNE IMPROVEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 69, 23 March 1939, Page 10

EASTBOURNE IMPROVEMENTS

(To the Editor.) <•

Sir,—l. wish -to- reply to a' letter headed Clean-up for Eastbourne, which appeared recently. I certainly agree that a clean-up of the beactt would : be very beneficial,, but, alas, a clean-up would not restrain the persons who now leave broken glass on the beach. I wish, however, to reply in the main to the statement of Sans Peur," that "the whole of the_sand dunes from the wharf to;WmdyPom should be cleared away. It is obvxous that "Sans Peur" does not live on the leach fSntK he did he would know oSy too well how the conditions o f the residents would be affected if the 2nd dunes were removed and the sand SotS to Wow about. Let him ask the^ouncil how much has been spent in removing the sand which, blows over the stone wall, across the road, and on to the adjoining proper, ties at Windy Point, where there ar« no dunes. : It is only where the ock grass grows that the sand blowing i s not a nuisance to residents. Also let him watch the new road or the reserve near the bathing shed after a few of Wellington's gales, and let him bear in mind that the reserve is shelItered by a high fence. .• •■ Apart from that, does "Sans Peur* really think that an ugly road running right across the beach on the other side of the wharf is an improvement? If the beach were flattened out, as he suggests, it would be practically unuseable on any day that was not absolutely calm. How many such days does Wellington get per year? At the present time, even on a windy day, picnic parties get shelter from the dunes, and fully enjoy their day in, I the open. . I certainly think that visitors to the ! Exhibition who travel to Eastbourne will enjoy the comfqrt and protection afforded by the sand dunes, rather than the doubtful benefit of travelling along an ugly road. The Eastbourne sand dunes have been described by English visitors as even better than those in Belgium, and it seems strange that some of the inhabitants of Eastbourne do not appreciate them. —I am. etc, ■ R.L.3.