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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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 the video of Elvis from last year…
We’ll be there keeping a lookout, perhaps you will too…
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
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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Just before the Bank Holiday weekend, four signs were erected on the beach of the outer marina …
These are a much needed, and long-overdue addition to this area of Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour.
Residents have been campaigning for over three years about the need for signs like these to increase public awareness to the potential dangers of the boat lanes and especially the mud which is exposed at low tides…
Eastbourne’s leading PADI scuba diving club, Planet Divers, were celebrating yesterday at the Annual Achievers Awards, run by the Eastbourne Herald newspaper.
The club’s efforts over the past four years were rewarded by winning the newly created ‘Environment’ award for helping to clear up one of their dive sites, in and around North Harbour of Sovereign Marina.
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Claire Pooley, Planet Divers’ Project Aware Team Leader with the award photo: Kiernan Pooley |
Read on for more photos of the event, and also last year’s clean-up…
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Further to the recent review of the Eastbourne Fun Run (Tired Hands Support Tired Feet), I can exclusively reveal some video footage of Elvis, running past the SHRA event at Marj’s to support the runners.
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I’m really excited as the facility for you to contact me directly from this blog has been added at last!
Just click on the Contact Us option in the menu bar under the graphic at the top of each page.
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The header graphic for this blog is made up of the following images…
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Dr Frances Dipper, the author of British Sea Fishes, is leading this educational seminar to help anyone improve their understanding and recognition of fish in local British waters.
The event is being held at the Hastings Aquarium on Sunday 25th March 2007, starting at 10am. It’s been organised by the Kent and Sussex branches of Seasearch.
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