The wrong path?

IN the 'wake' of recent findings by the Rother Scrutiny Committee and a subsequent scramble by local politicians to achieve blue water between themselves and 'regeneration' planning, recent roof top activities at the De La Warr Pavilion (DLWP) have provided some light relief.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jul 2012, 08:00 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 21:16 BST

The Guardian did a generous photo piece about the new Michael Caine tribute last week. I wrote in to point out that, while the DLWP qualifies as a commercial success and is well worth visiting [along with Bexhill itself] the building is not actually open after 6pm, even in the holiday season. It had occurred to me that, not unreasonably, visitors might envisage late night drinks on the balcony!

At least the “Italian Job” is available at all hours. To be fair to the Pavilion, I did note that neither the Jerwood at Hastings or Margate’s Turner Gallery do much better, thus giving Bexhill a potential advantage I would have thought.

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My letter was published at the weekend and the Guardian only left out a final comment that the “people’s palace” is really quite different, as it has a history of very broad public usage, going back to 1935.

It’s likely that not everyone in Bexhill reads the Guardian so I repeat my observations here, particularly as I am reminded that this seemingly irresolvable access issue is another result of previous progressive thinking.

I’m a keen supporter of the DLWP and most of its activities but it should be a town resource, not merely a corporate one, and is the the obvious iconic brand leader in any attempts to invigorate Bexhill.

Unfortunately the wrong path does seem to have been chosen at some point. NB: for the avoidance of doubt or any assumptions, I’m also a regular reader of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail.

DAVE WALSH

Rotherfield Avenue

Bexhill-on-Sea

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