Isn’t it time to end the Sovereign Harbour Slanging Match?

Over recent weeks the ‘Letters’ pages of the local paper - the Eastbourne Herald - has seen a number of unreasoned and unpleasant retorts.

In an attempt to redress the balance, I wrote to the editor myself and today my letter appeared.

Read on to find out what I said…
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Will he or won’t he?

Elvis in Eastbourne marina

This weekend sees the annual Eastbourne Half Marathon and if previous years are anything to go by it should be a successful, well turned out, and well supported event.

The question on many peoples’ lips, especially those who live along the South Harbour promenade is “Will Elvis reappear this year>”

Checkout last year’s posts to see what you missed…

Checkout the video of Elvis from last year…

We’ll be there keeping a lookout, perhaps you will too…

Press Release: Marina Life in Web Revamp

After month’s thinking about it, I’ve eventually got around to redesigning the web log.

There’s great things planned for the future and quite a bit of info from back into last year that I need to catch up on as well!!

 Thanks for your patience, and keep visiting, as there’s a lot going on now we’re heading into Spring.

 Take Care

Jon

Double Check Your Southern Water Bills…

Southern Water Soakaway in Eastbourne Marina

…As You May Be In For a (Nice) Surprise!

I first reported on the fraudulent charges Southern Water were billing Sovereign Harbour residents inmy post Money Down the Drain way back in April 2006!
The sterling work that Ray Battersby started and the SHRA’s Waterlines newsletter reported on meant that all Eastbourne Marina residents were supposed to get an automatic refund without having to go through the bureaucratic rigmarole.

But this has taken some time.

So, imagine my surprise when I opened my bill the other day only to discover a line on the statement saying ‘refund’, though it didn’t offer an explaination.

Check your bills carefully, you may have been refunded too

June 2008 sees the Return of the Eastbourne Carnival

As a youngster growing up in Eastbourne in the 1970s I always looked forward to the quintessentially British annual event that marked on of the high points in the Summer calader of almost every major seaside resort in the Country.

Tastes change and unfortunately the dual demons of economics and ‘health and safety’ have contributed to Eastbourne’s last attempt being 12 years ago.
But there’s great news…
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