Return of grass

After an autumn and winter of unsightly mud, green returns to the western lawn of the Pavilion. A turfing company was, this morning, speedily laying turf from a continuous roll mounted at the front of a special machine. 

At the eastern lawn the last traces of the skating rink & restaurant are being removed. Spring is in the air!

These oases of green in the City centre are intensively used and very important to residents and visitors alike. A lot of the deterioration in the western lawn was attributable to being covered by the temporary Festival structure throughout May. One wonders if this might have been asking too much of the grass.

The "Sixty - Six Hotel"

A rare view of the southern aspect of "Belvedere" in Montpelier Road, c.1935, after becoming a hotel.

RSCH redevelopment - work begins

Work has started in earnest on St Mary's Hall, one of the decant locations for the 3Ts redevelopment. Some services and staff will be moving to St Mary's later this year to help clear the area needed for construction of the first redevelopment building. 

The scaffolding is now in place to protect the old school building whilst the roof is removed. Weatherproofing and other remedial work will be undertaken, after which the roof will be replaced as before.

"The North Laine" - Argus letter

Congratulations to Tim Price for the notice in his shop window explaining the difference between The Lanes and North Laine (The Argus, February 1).

The Brighton Society tried to do this when we attempted to get the street sign Bond Street Laine changed, but without success. Could a visit to Tim Price’s notice by all officers in the highways department of Brighton and Hove City Council be arranged as part of their continuing professional development?

Selma Montford, hon secretary, The Brighton Society

See also:- "The North Laine" explained . . .

Local Humanism - name change

At a well-attended EGM yesterday evening the Brighton & Hove Humanist Society voted in a new constitution and to change the name of the Society to:-

 BRIGHTON & DISTRICT HUMANIST SOCIETY 

This name change was in recognition of the geographically diverse membership of the Society which draws many people from outside the City boundaries.

The EGM was followed by a well-received presentation, "Towards a Secular State" by Gerard Phillips Vice-President of the National Secular Society. This was followed by questions and discussion.