Sweet success for Eastbourne star of Haribo advert
While there will, I’m sure, be much consternation about the fact a portion of money from penalty charge notices issued to drivers in Eastbourne is being used to pay for traffic improvements in Terminus Road at the moment, some eyebrows are also being raised because a number of parking machines in King Edwards Parade are currently out of order and people can instead pay using their mobile phone via the RingGo app. Fair enough so far but those paying through the app pay an extra 20p for the privilege on top of the parking charge. The man in the know at East Sussex council tells me the machines are now obsolete and along with all parking machines in the town, will soon be replaced by new machines, which should be in place by early autumn and therefore it is not considered cost-effective spending money on repairing machines which are soon going to be replaced anyway. Now you know.
The times are certainly changing at Eastbourne Railway Station too with the former entrance out to the taxi rank boarded up and the new entrance to the side leading out opposite the Enterprise Centre now open. The facelift for the station has also seen some familiar shops move. But don’t fear – the shoe repair and key cutting man has been located and his new shop can be seen on the concourse opposite WH Smith.
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Hide AdEagle-eyed readers may have spotted Eastbourne’s own Greg Draven on the small screen in the latest TV advert for Haribos, the little sweets that kids and grown ups love. I’m delighted Greg is following his dream and is doing well as an actor, voice artist and of course, drummer. Well done buddy.
There’s some familiar names on the birthday shout out this week, the first week in August (where has the year gone?!) - Bob Hammond will be blowing out a few candles along with Sheila Roberts, the lovely bundle of fun that is Bex Moloney, Lucy Winder, Amanda Rae and the world’s greatest ever neighbour Meryl Plant. Happy birthday one and all.