Hilary Gavin

Category: WSCC Highways

May 19, 2026

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Villager quizzes parish council on “poor speed calming” along Hunston’s “dangerous” road

FIRST video footage of Hunston Parish Council meeting held in the parish council offices in the village hall in West Sussex on Monday, May 18th, 2026*. By HILARY GAVIN A VILLAGER yesterday asked parish councillors to explain why traffic calming in Hunston is “so poor” compared to “very effective” road safety measures elsewhere in West…
February 20, 2026

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Education, Journalism, News reporting, Parish council stories, POLICE, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Naming and shaming the local parish Cllr who likens the police’s Speedwatch scheme to spying

By HILARY GAVIN IT’S BEEN a long time in the offing – but it had to be done. I’m publicly shaming irresponsible Sidlesham Parish Cllr Tricia Tull for decrying the Speedwatch campaign targeted at inconsiderate – and darn right disrespectful – drivers who race through villages. If you read my Facebook comment on the police’s…
January 7, 2026

BANKING, Council reporting, Golf feature, HISTORY, Journalism, Movies, News reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, Utilities companies, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Reflections on a year in local journalism on the Manhood Peninsula in England

By HILARY GAVIN IF YOU’RE following me on social media, you’ll know that I’m fast approaching my WordPress blog site’s first anniversary. Of course, my regular blog readers know that I christened my site in February 2025 with a feature on my “big break” into journalism courtesy of the IRA Bognor Regis bike bombing in…
October 10, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Sidlesham Parish Council October meeting highlights – including trustee resignations from community association

By HILARY GAVIN Friday, October 10th, 2025 I AM writing this report on Sidlesham Parish Council’s full meeting held in the St Mary’s Church Hall Parish Rooms on Wednesday, October 8th, after downloading two YouTube videos of the proceedings which is always time-consuming. As you can see from the footage, Wednesday’s meeting covered a great…
October 7, 2025

Golf feature, Uncategorized, WSCC Highways

Why golf matters: Exploring the game’s social impacts today through the medium of film

By HILARY GAVIN FOR as long as I can remember I’ve been aware of Hollywood star Groucho Marx’s quip to a private-members’ club, when he allegedly said: “Please accept my resignation, I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” If you’ve never heard of Groucho Marx and his…
June 12, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, Uncategorized, WSCC, WSCC Highways

Mum Bex’s call for action at B2145 and Sidlesham school to save lives

By HILARY GAVIN IMAGINE being too scared to get off a Stagecoach bus to cross the road to your home that you’d rather stay onboard for an extra 20 minutes while the driver does his or her rounds in a nearby town before returning to your village. It’s shameful, I know, but I almost didn’t…
June 5, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Journalism, News reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC, WSCC Highways

B2145 Road Repair Schedule: Necessary but what will the impact be on holiday traffic?

UPDATE: (Saturday, June 7th, 2025) I’m not sure if any of you, my readers, are on Facebook – but I’m pasting the FB discussion I had with Selsey CDC Cllr Donna Johnson on The Selsey Grapevine news group yesterday about the state of the Stagecoach bus stops on the B2145 – and especially the exposed…
May 28, 2025

Chichester District Council, Council reporting, Parish council stories, WSCC Highways

Chichester planning and rural road safety: Are councillors asking the right questions?

By HILARY GAVIN Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 IT WAS a squally, blustery English summer’s day this afternoon when I drove past the Green Lane T-Junction bus stop which I consider to be a DEATH-TRAP. As you can see from the photo I took of the north-bound Stagecoach bus stop on Saturday (May 24th, 2025), the…