I agree with G Roberts and D Barnett (Letters, January 11). I received from the Labour Party a questionnaire asking "What would I like the Government to do?"

My reply was provide better facilities for young people. I was born in Brighton and lived there for 67 years. Many of the facilities I and many others enjoyed are no more.

Black Rock swimming pool, which provided so much healthy recreation and pleasure, is gone. Long gone, too, is the roller rink which at one time was at the Peter Pan Playground, complete with skate hire.

No more large ice-skating rink after the loss of the SS Brighton, home of the Brighton Tigers and Tom Arnold's ice shows. No more Brighton Girls' Club, which provided many activities, from table tennis and chess to quiet reading and amateur dramatics, plus camping in the summer holidays. Gone, too, the Central Boys' Club, where lads enjoyed five-a-side football, snooker and darts.

Cub Scouts, Brownies, Guides, Boys' and Girls' Brigades were all active and flourishing. There were tennis clubs, most parks had tennis courts and the cycle track at Preston Park was popular.

The Phoenix Athletic Club at Withdean Stadium produced at least one Olympic champion. The famous Regent Dance Hall and the dance hall at the Aquarium are both gone. The Corn Exchange building was also used for dancing, as were many school halls.

Many people today say our young people are in danger of becoming obese because they spend so much time sitting watching TV or using computers.

If we want our future citizens to be happy and healthy, we must provide the means. We must train them up the way we want them to go. Clubs and pubs are not good enough, with their deafening music and flashing lights.

Add to this alcohol and drugs and it is hardly conducive to healthy minds and bodies.

-Mrs E Knight, Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven