a strongly worded letter about how they have had to take on another of the responsibilities of the council. Cllr David George said: "It is small mindedness. Have they not got anything better to do than go around closing paddling pools? We have to keep the paddling pool open." Cllr Harry Rees added: "We're a tourism island. This current council team seems not to want tourism. They just got a tourism grant and not one penny is being spent in Ventnor." So glad the paddling pool will in use again, my children and grandchildren have used it when they were little. It is lovely to see children having fun in it in the summer. So thanks to Ventnor town council for supporting and saving this iconic paddling pool. Watch this space VERY soon the IoW council team responsible for tourism (when they have no money for toilets etc. ) will announce that they have come to a financial agreement with WIGHTLINK (even when they are making a MASIF profits) to keep the ferries running 24 / 7. Any views or opinions presented in the comments above are solely those of the author and do not represent those of the Isle of Wight County Press.