OUT IN THE FIELD: Monday night was Dixieland night
Good news to report this week. Following last Friday’s revelations that the Winter Garden was being treated like the poor relation and some of the refurbishments were being scaled back, I am delighted to hear the toilets at the grand old lady WILL be upgraded. Somehow the council has managed to find the dosh to upgrade the toilet facilities, which frequently malfunction and can cause a host of problems for users at the venue. Hopefully some other cash will soon appear for a few pots of paint to be opened too.
Earlier this month Sussex Police concentrated officers’ efforts on getting drivers and passengers to clunk click and belt up when travelling in a car. Very commendable as always and perhaps the five percent of people who don’t see the benefit of seat belts might change their minds. If that fails, remind them that an unbelted passenger could become an in-car missile in a collision, ricocheting around the vehicle at 30-60 times their body weight in a 30mph crash.
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Hide AdTalk of police campaigns and particularly the ones aimed at stopping motorists from using their mobile phone while driving, some officers would do well to quite literally jump on their bikes to catch offenders. With the fine weather, I have dusted off the cobwebs on my trusty steed and cycling in to town from out in the sticks, gives you a great view of what some drivers are doing with their hands when they should be concentrating on the road ahead. You can spot them a mile off: one hand on the steering wheel and the other – normally the right one – clutching their smart one and sneakily glancing down at it as they motor along while sending a text, checking an email or gawping at who’s doing what on Facebook. It makes my blood boil.
Birthday love and hugs this week to Jackie Errigo, Tori Hammond, Julie Hart, Judd Hincliffe, Colin Belsey, our own sports editor Derren Howard and everyone’s favourite fishing guru Lance Brown. See you in a week.
Photo by Barry Davis.