WHISPERING SMITH: Let’s learn from noisy neighbours

BACK in the day, I recall, it was Bognor who noisily bemoaned the fact that they were ignored, while all around seemed to be getting first class attention from Arun District Council.

During this time and for some time thereafter, Littlehampton kept pretty quiet, with the result that our town and surrounding area is now treated like some vast housing site.

Perhaps our silence was a mistake. While our town, especially our splendid open seafront, seems to be viewed by some as prime and very profitable housing land, little thought appears to be going into the needs of the local folk and when those needs and desires are expressed too verbally, it is put down to a lot of moaning from ‘old people’ who like their movies and resent any change.