Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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sully said:My response, just sent to the Argus:
I was interested in the post-pub ramblings around the Falmer area of J R Gilding back in July, and wondered why it took so long to commit it to writing (letters 29 September 2006).
The letter begins by referring to two photographs, but I don't know where he has seen them, so cannot comment on the quality as he has.
All I must point out is that an aerial photograph does not give any idea of how a scene will look to somebody on the ground, and until we all grow wings and the Bognor birdman prize is won every year, we must reflect on views that we will actually see. Thus the view from the A27 is what the vast majority of people will see, as there are limited other viewpoints that are regularly visited by humans.
The references to Falmer pond seem a bit superfluous, as nothing will change there. As he correctly points out in his letter, the stadium will be the other side of the B2123.
He also seems unaware that the stadium will require the demolition of some of the "tatty" university of Brighton buildings and will be sunk into the ground. There will be far more effort to blend into the surroundings than was displayed when the Sussex University campus was built and extended, yet he seems to think that those particular buildings "blended into the Downs and the trees hid the odd modern carbuncle jutting up".
He then decides to ramble on about additional buildings on the site, security fencing and the like, which are surely all figments of his imagination.
I really think he shouldn't drink so much at lunchtimes.