When tree-pruning was the responsibility of East Sussex County Council, trees were regularly and fiercely pruned.

Even if they looked rather bare initially, they were at least kept under control and side-shoots from the trunks were unknown.

Now they merely receive a light trim occasionally and their side-shoots increase every year. They are a mass of foliage with the proliferating side-shoots obscuring one's vision. Some I have been able to reach I have pruned myself.

The thick vegetation obscures the sun and the vast number of falling leaves creates numerous problems in the wet autumn.

It seems nothing will be done until Councillor Oxley speaks up. Come back, East Sussex, all is forgiven.

-R G Jenkins, Hove