The pink flowering cherry trees in Clermont Road had to be felled as one was dead, one was dying and most of the rest were diseased. What would be the point of consulting residents when the trees had to be felled whatever members of the public said? You might ask why residents were not informed but that would take time and money.

I have lived in Clermont Road for nearly 50 years and every year just a week after the trees burst into blossom we had a high wind, the blossom fell to the ground and became slippery wet brown slush.

Why doesn’t the council plant a number of different sorts of trees along our roads, then they might come into flower or leaf at different times? That would be much more interesting and presumably they would not all be prone to the same disease.

Selma Montford, Clermont Road, Brighton