“any one remember when the promanade never had a beach from the pier to the old swim pool it was put there from 2 sand banks . now the river swirl have build a sand bar up just of the tied line thus the salt marsh will thrive in the new beach lagoon that will be , this was done by the removal of the sand banks and the reclaim land on the docks , it was on calender in the seveneties that this would happen, first it hit donna nook then horshoe point then humberston now creeping up to cleethorpes”

“The question needs to be asked, if the salt marsh is prevented from spreading to Cleethorpes beach will it be that detrimental to wading birds? I doubt it, but it will be detrimental to the economy of Cleethorpes if it's allowed to encroach any further.

Anyone with the slightest knowledge of this area of the coast will be aware that there are large areas already provided for sea birds all along the shore line up to New Holland and further, plus Reads Island. I'm all in favour of looking after wildlife, but a little common sense needs to come in to play now and then.

The destruction of Cleethorpes beach would be hugely detrimental to the area and no great gain to the sea birds.”

“Lets face it, the saltmarsh is the least of Cleethorpes' problems. Cleethorpes has hardly changed in 50 years and it's a joke. Talking of which - how did Cleethorpes look in the 1970's? Look at it today to find out.

I agree this marsh has to go but the council has to do far more than that if the area is to thrive because all the removal of the marsh will do is to slow down the decline. But the decline will continue....”

“It is vital to cut it back, as a few months ago I had to return home to Southport for my late father's funeral, and when we drove along the promenade and along the beach area I was shocked to find it taken hold of by the creeping doom. I couldn't believe how much of the beach was lost to the saltmarsh. If Cleethorpes don't start doing something and soon it will happen here. Forget the loonies of natural England and I love nature and its creatures but this would definitely kill off Cleethorpes if allowed to spread”

“Oops ! Still cannot spell..........”

“Right. Time to be a bit more serious. The saltmarsh helps control coastal erosion. i.e. The beach does not "migrate" elsewhere due to tides,etc...After having met Mike Sleight,I found it was a haven for important creapy crawlies and lots of plants. We should be pleased about our current coastline. I like it. Ask me forty alot years ago? No. Dreadful........”

“The saltmarsh started after the boom was taken out at Cleethorpes yacht club. That altered all the channels around there, started the sand bar and the saltmarsh. Surely we could keep so much of the marsh for birds and also keep a blue flag beach for tourism in the town otherwise Cleethorpes will be dead to tourists.”

“The salt marsh started growing after the boom was taken out at Cleethorpes yacht club. The river channels changes all together and it carried on from there. I think that it is important for birds but it is also important for Cleethorpes tourism to have a blue flag beach. Surely we can hold it back to a certain extaent so the we don't end up with no beach at all”

“Isn¿t it nature¿s way of adding to the sea defences, the current government probably won¿t spend money on up-keep of the man made ones.
Then again I suppose its no bad thing if Cleethorpes gets wiped out by the next storm swell that comes along.”

“Would someone please tell us why the saltmarsh is spreading? For years it has not moved. So why now? Is it anything to do with the sand bar that has appeared at the same time the saltmarsh started to spread? Of course it is. And the cost of removing the sand bar is so great for Great Grimsby to bear Cleethorpes gets to lose its livelihood.”