Dame Elizabeth Neville takes up the Blunkett wheeze and installs a Community Police Post at 13 Hobbes Close where local beat officers can take their meal breaks and get up to speed on local crime from the culprits themselves who also have their drop in centre in the same building. The premises are easy to locate as an Australian style scarecrow now stands in a prominent position for all to see, where residents can quickly find an officer or crook as required.
Neighbour, Mrs Jobbins said its a wonderful initiative and was eager to point out that the project is being funded by local Head Master Mr Trobe, out of his own pocket. The recently renovated building with its Scotland Yard style rotating scarecrow is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Malmesbury Mr John Bowen at a date to be set during the next season of council meetings.
An open evening will be held on Saturday the 27th of September from 4.00pm onwards, everybody is welcome and the Bourbon Street Paraders will be on hand to entertain all with their excellent Jazz performances.
For those of you thinking of taking a holiday next year in Australia, you will find that Conondale near Brisbane in Queensland has its own community police post to which we are twined and for those of you who are interested, the local information centre in our very own Town Hall can make bookings for you at reduced rates on production of the Twin Town Vouchers, to be found in next months copy of community news paper, the Jackdaw. Malmesbury has at least 64 ex-pats living within an hours drive of Brisbane who are in the holiday house exchange scheme.
This October there will be a delegation of tourism experts, small businesses and shop keepers coming to Malmesbury from the Sunshine Coast in Australia to hold seminars at the Malmesbury Victoria Football Club House to hopefully boost moral with our dwindling Chamber of Commerce who have lost so many shop keepers during the last year to the Saddam Factor.
