In response to your article about the Connaught pub in Hove Street (August 16), it has been a public house since 1880 and therefore pre-dates any of the tenement/flats in the area.

With regard to an application for a late licence, if successful, leading to extra on-the-street drinking, the type of person doing this does not purchase their alcohol from a pub.

Off-licences, supermarkets and convenience stores are their source.

Travel options are the same in the area as they are in Church Road with its numerous bistros and restaurants (some open until 1am).

Finally, a licence can be revoked if a problem arises, so perhaps the "new faces" at the Connaught should be given a chance.

Did the same residents arrange the closure of the sorting office and relocation of the fire station because of noise?

-J Clark, Hove