THE committee and members of the club were very concerned over the wording of the article in the Gazette concerning the 24 bedsits being built over our club in Clarence Road, Grays.

The way people have interpreted the article is that the Conservative Club is no longer going to be there.

The fact is that the club is, and will remain, just as it was before, a fully independent private members club.

The club is still going forward, will be the same as before and is, in fact, open to new members.

The bedsits are nothing to do with us and will have no effect whatsoever on our club or its loyal members. – GRAHAM IMBER, vice-chairman, Grays and District Conservative Club, Clarence Road, Grays.