Further to letters about the forgotten buildings of Portslade, much has been written about Portslade Town Hall.

The building suffered from neglect by councils of both colours over the years until the present administration was forced to act a couple of years ago, after a serious ingress of water into the rooms in its east wing.

At the same time a major refit was carried out to the kitchen, which is now the home of the Purple People Food Bank each Friday at noon.

It is understandable that other plans then had to be made for the under-used rooms at the front of the building on both its east and west wings.

I’m given to understand that those on the east will now be a contact point for local PCSOs while the ground floor room on the west wing will now become a local contact point for the council, together with the rooms which were once the caretaker’s flat, now having an extension being added to it.

In all this debate, no mention has been made of the building’s former history, when it was called the “Ronuk Hall”, built in the 1930s as a recreational facility for the firm whose factory was once behind it.

In Brighton Museum, there is a display case which contains samples of the various polish and wood-finishing products made by Ronuk.

Both the names of Colon Wood Dye and Ronseal are still made by later owners of the brand.

If you ever wondered how the expression, “It does what it says on the tin” came into existence, it was applied to these products by the later owners.

It would be nice if a mention of the building’s history was displayed at the hall, even if it was only a photo of the display at Brighton Museum.

Robin Hurst, Chrisdory Road, Portslade