Bench snub was rude

Neither my colleague Jane Wood, whose idea the bench was, and without whose involvement the project would never have been built, nor the designers, were told by Arun District Council about the award, or that a presentation was taking place, although the council appears to have placed the responsibility for completing the project on Ms Wood’s very broad shoulders.

Not only is this thoughtless and bad manners, but at a time when local authorities have no money for such projects, and need help from private individuals, it also seems a case of “biting the hand that feeds you”.

Roger Barker,