Retro-chic neon out of keeping
Our seaside culture goes back long before neon; which was invented in France, patented there in 1915 and popularised in America.
As a traditional feature it is conspicuously absent from the seafronts of Brighton, Worthing, Littlehampton and Bognor.
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Hide AdCertainly neon is enjoying something of a retro-chic revival, but for many years it was out of fashion, looking rather ugly, cheap and nasty, and as such I think it suits the caf very well.
Mark Williams,
Mantling Road,
Littlehampton
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