Accusations flew- and so did the fish
WEST Sussex elections '“ bribery and corruption?
"There are many who lament the old order of things; who relish notions of bribery and corruption and envy those who waxed rich over election gains made in the past.
"The present elections are threadbare by comparison; controlled by a rigid economy which prevents candidates from spending any more on their elections than they would on a second-hand sofa.
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Hide Ad"Those who appreciated the old-style elections sigh for the days when every elector's wife had a new dress, every child's money box filled like magic; to say nothing of the crisp bank-notes left after visits by smiling, wheedling candidates."
This nostalgic, tongue-in-cheek view was written in 1888, just before the first elections to the newly-created West Sussex County Council.
For full feature and more pictures see West Sussex Gazette January 7