Celebrating in style
WELL done to David Woolf on behalf of Manor Barn Ltd for sponsoring the local Diamond Jubilee website (Observer, January 27). For Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee the town opened the Institute in Station Road and the Congregationalist hall and school in Victoria Road was also dedicated to her. From 1887 to the present day both buildings have served our community well. Although similar building projects now would probably be considered over-ambitious, the agreement to create the Diamond Jubilee Walk through the Metropole Lawns is a very good start for 2012. But may I suggest another way in which our town could celebrate her majesty’s achievement? Since its inception in 1902 only 14 people have been honoured with the freedom of Bexhill. That the number should still be so small speaks volumes for their individual achievements but, to the best of my knowledge, their names and dates are not recorded in any public place within the town. Could we not create a Diamond Jubilee wall or monument for such a purpose? Could I also float the idea that the walls or floor of the observation platform above the rowing club’s new headquarters might be a suitable site. There is also space for a free-standing monument if that was considered more suitable. The fact that the last four recipients of the town’s highest honour belong to the Rowing Club adds, I believe, weight to my suggestion.
PAUL WRIGHT
West Parade
Bexhill-on-Sea
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