John Bray emails: “I would be greatly indebted to any reader who remembers John Charles Bee-Mason MBE of Hassocks Bee Farms and Junction Road, Burgess Hill and who is willing to talk to me about him.

“I am writing about his life, times and eventual death after years of persecution by the members of the Burgess Hill Urban District Council in the mid-1950s. All those involved are now dead but the memory remains and the truth will come out at last.

“Write to me at 37 Rumbolds Lane, Haywards Heath RH16 4NX or save a stamp and call me on 01444 457528.”