Probably the worst thing about Crawley is, at this very moment, being removed from the town forever.
I'm talking about Sussex House, the big ugly building at the bottom of the high street.
Sussex House, to put it mildly, is (or was) a horrible building. The term eyesore was invented for it.
They used to have a similarly awful building in Portsmouth called the Tricorn. All concrete and no style.
The 60's might have brought us The Beatles, a man on the moon and an English World Cup triumph but it was also the decade of truly terrible architecture.
The bulldozers are taking to Sussex House today and, soon, it seems likely that the other great Crawley eyesore - the Central Sussex College tower - will also get the demolition treatment.
First impressions are crucial. If the first thing you see driving into town are the two ugliest buildings known to man, it's not exactly going to make a positive impression.
Which is why the JCB's are very welcome, as far as I'm concerned.
