OAPs blasted by De La Warr
Pensioner power kicked in as an exhibition on the controversial seafront re-development opened.
Staff at the De La Warr Pavilion, which hosted the display on behalf of Rother District Council, complained of rudeness and aggressive behaviour by some visitors.
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Hide AdMany of the culprits were said to be elderly. Pavilion director Alan Haydon said such behaviour was unacceptable.
And he warned that management reserved the right to evict anyone who failed to behave decently.
In a letter to the Observer Mr Haydon says: "Whilst we are familiar with local visitors expressing strong opinions to us, we were shocked at the anger and rudeness directed towards our staff.
"Rother District Council (not the De La Warr Pavilion) were conducting a public consultation in the DLWP studio and, although we appreciate that feelings were riding high, there was no excuse for this unacceptable behaviour towards staff who were just doing their jobs.
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Hide Ad"Had such behaviour been demonstrated by younger members of this community, people would have deemed it thuggish.
"What example are we therefore setting to others and what image are we projecting to those visiting from outside our community?"