I have recently had cause to use the public noticeboards in Seaford, formerly maintained by Lewes District Council but now by Seaford Town Council.

I posted notices for the Seaford Residents' Association open meeting on the Cuckmere Estuary, and then for Bugsy Malone at Seaford Head College.

I put them up with wallpaper paste and removed them cleanly when the events had passed. When I first put up notices for clubs and other voluntary events in Seaford in the Seventies, Seaford had nine council noticeboards.

Let us hope the council can soon erect more than the current five. There was then an unwritten rule, quite well observed, that all notices were pasted up and all were for voluntary and charitable events.

Today it seems most posters go up with staples or drawing pins. These tend to shear off and rust and are a hazard.

Pasted posters can be peeled off easily, can be overpasted when outdated and don't need fancy plastic sleeves to preserve them.

Events that are often commercial ventures should pay for Press advertising and leave the town's boards for community events.

I don't expect the council to be able to police the boards more than occasionally but a durable metal notice on each with a few ground rules would be a good start.

Can we not give community noticeboards back to the community?

The additional method of publicity open to genuine charitable events is, of course, to use the services of the town crier.

-Peter White, Valley Drive, Seaford