I could not believe the Tourist Information Centre at Hove Town Hall had closed.

The reason given to me was Hove has amalgamated with Brighton to become a city.

I used to obtain much information about places to visit and book tickets for National Express coaches.

People who did not want to holiday in glitzy Brighton were found accommodation in Hove by the centre. The Hove Town Hall building is grossly under-used, apart from collecting council tax and the new parking fines and an occasional entertainment do.

When is this gobbling up of Hove by Brighton going to cease? It would not surprise me if Hove railway station was changed to West Brighton and the football club changed to Brighton and Falmer City FC.

To prevent the demise of Hove, all Hove and Portslade residents should form a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Hove (SPCH), pronounced as speech.

-Roy Hilliard, Old Shoreham Road, Portslade