BRIGHTWELL Bowling Club members intend to fight with all their might for the retention of their clubhouse and green, despite indications that Waverley Council sees no future for them in the East Street development. That was the message this week from club president Ray Mills, who declared: "Come on the people of Farnham, a little more help from you would not go amiss!" "The Brightwell Club has been an integral part of Farnham now for 81 years and it would be very sad to see it closed, as it was when the town lost its swimming pool and the cinema, disappearing one terrible weekend." Mr Mills drew attention to the club's proud history, being among the initial clubs that formed the West Surrey Bowls League in 1946, supplying its first chairman and three presidents since and also playing an important role in the Aldershot & District Bowling Association and the Farnham & District Association of clubs. "Would it not be very good if we could bring back the old Farnham Urban District Council, run by Farnham people for the people fo the town?" he suggested in a sideswipe at Waverley Council. The bowling club finds itself in a strange position. For while Waverley's executive has opted to look into proposals to have the club relocated, merged with another club or served notice to quit, East Street developers Crest Nicholson are proceeding as if the club is to stay. At Waverley Council's East Street consultative forum last week John Murdoch, of the landscape architects for the East Street project, presented a drawing showing an enhanced bowling facility replanted on top of the car park and set in a brand new hedged enclosure with a viewing gallery. "The bowling green is currently in there until we're told otherwise by this council," said Jonathan Hill, for the developers. Although some other speakers expressed support for the bowling green staying, they were alive to the fact that it might well go. Town council leader Mark Norris mentioned the possibilities for a children's play area, bandstand and outdoor performance area. And Michael McLellan, for the Farnham Public Art Trust, mentioned that if the bowling green were not to remain, it would provide a great opportunity for a public park all the way down to the river. He drew an analogy with the 18th century landscaping of Capability Brown, "where the whole concept was a work of art in itself".