Tory proposals to close the Brighton History Centre as we know it have left me saddened.

As a recent flurry of letters to the Argus show, the Centre has a core of users who see the services as valuable and irreplaceable.

Whether it be to trace family history, as a resource for historians, or as a low-cost way for people to look into their past, the History Centre is clearly important to many people.

One of the reasons given for the proposed closure - which would see some of the Centre's resources moved to the Jubilee Library - was that 60% of users were over 65.

I am shocked that this is seen as a reason to close, rather than to keep the Centre open.

Resources for older people are valuable. The users of the Centre clearly get a lot out of their visits, including the help they get from the staff, who will all lose their jobs under the proposals.

Many younger people do not know where the Centre is, or even that it exists.

This seems to be the problem, not the over 65's who use the resources.

One Argus reader puts it well when she says "Don't close it - advertise it."