Following the "improvements" (Brighton and Hove City Council's words, not mine) to Saunders Park, Brighton, by the council to allow the police to see into the park without getting out of their cars, a strange notice has been placed at the main park entrance in Lewes Road.

This states that only adults accompanied by children are allowed in Saunders Park playground.

Where, exactly, is Saunders Park playground? There are railings surrounding an area with a sandpit, but swings, slide and paddling pool are all open to the rest of the park.

Is the hardcourt football-basketball area part of the playground or not?

I ask only because a further notice states that no balls, skateboards, bicycles or dogs are allowed in the playground area.

Given that the only seats in the park are either next to the paddling pool or in the sandpit area, are elderly people in this area being actively discouraged from using the park?

I admit they can be a bad influence - only last week, a couple of grandparents were next to the empty paddling pool teaching a little girl to ride her bike.

Shame on them, breaking the council's regulations like that. But parents are no better around here.

The same day, there was a young mother playing ball with her toddler next to the sand-pit.

Perhaps all adults should be banned from the park, although it might prove simpler if the council just banned children.

-Mrs D E Groves, Saunders Park View, Brighton