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THE RETURN OF AN OLD NAME

Sussex Gardens, a terrace of buildings in Terminus Road with gardens in front, were a sort after residence a century ago. As Eastbourne, grew, the present shopping parade and now multi-national stores took their place. Now the name is remembered in the name of the gardens built at Banker's Corner.

LANDMARK REMOVAL

Curling Fountain at the corner of Langney Road and Seaside, at what was originally called Speakers Corner is to be removed after nearly 150 years. Its new site will be at Marine Gardens, which itself is to be renamed Sea Houses Square. 

Mrs. Curling of Kirk Lodge, Trinity Trees, erected the fountain in the middle of the road in 1865. Then after, it became a popular meeting place for the Salvation Army and for political speakers at election time.

CYCLE LANES ON SEAFRONT WITHDRAWN

Cycling on the seafront is a popular pastime and even safer when well defined lines show walkers and cycle lanes divided. Now this facility is being withdrawn by the Council between Holywell and the Wish Tower, but the Dotto Train can still run the length of the seafront.

MANOR GARDENS

These popular gardens, the spring from which Eastbourne has gained its name, may soon be a meeting place for skateboarding, if the Council's latest proposal goes through.

Plans are a foot to turn the tennis court into a skateboard area, with mixed feelings from the public who enjoy the quiet and peace of these gardens.

DERELICT PETROL STATIONS PROVE PROBLEM

Since the rise in petrol prices and the price war that followed, many local petrol stations have ceased to trade. What to do with these sites is a difficult question. Many suggest turning them into 'green spaces' with benches to sit on. This would replace many local gardens which have been lost over the years.

The one beside the Manor Gardens in Old Town is of particular importance - bad planning there would erode even further the ancient heart of Eastbourne. Council representatives have several plans before them. One is for more town houses with garages underneath.


STONESCROSS WINDMILL GETS FACE LIFT

This popular landmark to the east of town is receiving a well-earned coat of paint. It has soon beside the once coastal road for over three hundred years and was there when all of Eastbourne was just fields and rolling countryside.


HEALTHY LIVING

The aim of promoting 'walking for health' has prompted the erection of signs along the length of the seafront. Twelve in all, they sign post the way with distance walked and the words 'Pathway to Health Walk.'


WINIFRED LEE HEALTH CENTRE ENLARGED

The busy Wartling Road health centre is under going a major redevelopment that will increase its height well above the sheltering trees in Princes Park. Built in parkland in the early 1950's, the centre has become one of the busiest in the town. Now its is being demolished to make way for a new two-story building.

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A NEW VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF EASTBOURNE

Miles of shingle beach that once divided Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay
has mushroomed into a sizable community - the Sovereign Harbour village.
The developers see the time when Pevensey Bay and Eastbourne will be
linked.

A recent addition is the Waterfront, a two story complex that has
attracted its first occupant, a boat broker. The developers say
that this will soon be followed by a combination of shops, restaurants
and offices.

Nearby, a Harvester restaurant is nearing completion. To further
enhance the scene, bands and other entertainments will take place
in the square. As the developers exclaim, it will soon be 'buzzing
with life - a great place to spend your time and your money.'

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BIRLING GAP - HOW LONG? 

There is growing concern that Birling Gap, with its
access to the beach, will be a thing of the past if
coastal erosion is allowed to go unchecked.

Landowners, the National Trust, see its loss as
inevitable, but visitors to this popular haven
point out that 'if the Dutch had not been so good
at keeping the sea at bay, most of Holland
would under water.'

Numerous schemes have been put forward over the years,
but each rejected on cost or on the premise that the
natural process should be allowed to continue.

The findings of the Birling Gap Protection Society
differ from this, having manned a stand at the gap
at various times, for several years and talked to
thousands of visitors, the answer is always the
same 'Birling Gap is just too beautiful to be lost
to the sea.'


MOBILE PHONE TOWERS WORRY RESIDENTS

Worried residents at Willingdon are the latest
to have petitioned the Council following a number of
planning applications for masts in the Eastbourne
area.

Another recent application was for the Cavendish
School in Eldon Road. Here, it is not only the unsightly
mast that worries residents, but the fear that these
transmitters omit strong micro-wave fields.

Orange, the mobile phone company promoting these sites
has already been turned down by several high-rise
apartment blocks. While the health risk is still a matter
of investigation, people living and working within
a distance of these masts would rather be safe than
sorry.
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