'I sat on Brighton seafront with Max Miller'

I must thank him for his information.

In the late 1930s my mother was a friend of Kathleen, Max Miller's wife.

We used to visit him at his home when he lived along Marine Parade in Brighton.

In the early 1960s, I used to meet up with him when he sat in his favourite shelter at the bottom of Burlington Street on the seafront.

I was in Burlington Street on the day of his funeral, I was in charge of crowd control.

As the coffin was removed from the hearse I came to attention and saluted.

In those days all police officers had to salute passing funerals, something that isn’t done today, which is a pity.

David Rowland

Telscombe Cliffs