What a lovely spectacular idea is Mr M Bevis's vision of a Victorian sea fountain at the end of the West Pier (Letters, August 6).

If Shoreham fire brigade could use water hoses during the bath tub race this year on the River Adur, I am sure we could have water fountains spraying from the end of the West pier.

Wouldn't our poor pier look grand with such a display of sea power and the dignity of its past?

-Mrs B Marchant, Shoreham by Sea