I am writing to you to tell you about the closure and demolition of the Earl of Leicester, 13 years ago.

It used to be the heart of the community and loved by everyone who went there.

It now is a pile of old bricks and covered in mud and grass. I wasn't fortunate enough to see the beautiful structure of the Dereham Road building but I know that there was a petition going round for the saving of the public bar.

Someone brought a bulldozer to the site and knocked the roof right off at roughly at 6am in early July, 2004. The main point I am trying to reach is that the site of which the Earl of Leicester used to be has turned into a scrap heap.

Wouldn't it be great if it could be turned into a place for people to grow flowers and vegetables or a mini park for the members of the public to enjoy? It would become a place that everyone could remember for its beauty and calmness. Even if you just level it out and put a fence around it for the members of the public to plant flowers and vegetables, it would be greatly appreciated.