Today (4 December) saw another benchmark day for campaigners fighting to save the Beach Tavern and see the building become a community asset—Bay Life 4 December 2015
At a constituency surgery today held in Pevensey Bay, at the Bayside Diner in the Eastbourne Road, MP for Bexhill and Battle, Huw Merriman met with campaigners aiming to save the Beach Tavern as a community asset for utilisation as a library.
Before meeting with campaigners he told Bay Life, “I am prepared to be involved in this issue and I am going to be investigating the matter in more detail, and I am perfectly happy for Bay Life to say that this is the case”.
Following the meeting a spokesperson for the Friends of Pevensey Bay Library group told Bay Life “I just want to say how impressed I was by meeting MP Huw Merriman. He took in a lot of information from us and was able to see the issue in a very positive way”.
The next meeting of the Friends of Pevensey Bay Library is on Friday December 18 at the Ocean Bakery and Restaurant in Eastbourne Road, Pevensey Bay at 7:00pm. Organisers say that all members of the Friends of Pevensey Bay Library and supporters are welcome.
The proposed sale of the Beach Tavern in Pevensey Bay by auction has become a source of concern to the community.
Dianne Dear, who is a district councillor and the publisher of Bay Life, said (21 November) on hearing the news of a proposed sale by auction, “I’m concerned about who will buy especially as a big supermarket chain could take over and ruin Pevensey Bay”.
The auction of the Beach Tavern is planned to take place on December 15 at the Metropole Hotel in Brighton.
