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Thank you for the information. The last post will support my point, newspapers can't be relied upon to get the facts! Having contacted the secretary of the local RBL branch, it appears that if the right questions had been asked, the report would have reflected something nearer to reality. An arrangement had been made to remove the crosses from the memorial garden on the day the wreaths were removed. This had been set at the time the field of Remembrance was being constructed by the same volunteers who removed the wreaths. Further to meeting with the Town Clerk, on the day of removal of crosses, he was reminded of health and safety . He reacted, without further consultation to those he is answerable to and removed all wreaths but left the cut flowers. This does not take away the fact that there were serious oversights of protocol and simple courtesy. An agreement had been made last year to return wreaths to at least some residents, that was blatantly ignored. In relation to the mention of Cllrs missing; if they do the job as Mr Sansum says he will do, their absence is noticed. As with everything else, some draw attention to themselves for the work they do, others for the lack of it. As is mentioned, there is a set number of Cllrs. Not too exhausting, one would have thought, to check names, if the reporter has no direct knowledge of their names. In relation to " if looks could kill" I presume that again was said by a reporter? Sensationalism to promote sales, no more. The RBL secretary took it upon himself to donate a wreath to a family that had been promised their wreath would be returned, paying for it himself. He certainly sounded like a genuine gentleman who expressed his distress at the way 2 members of the group had reacted to suggestions by another. Personally I hoped the person responsible would have had the alleged courage attributed to veterans to make a personal apology. Sadly, that was not forthcoming. It leaves many bridges to be built. Shame also that the "advice" re health and safety was not owned up to. So my conclusion is that the town clerk at least wanted the field of Remembrance cleared in an inappropriate time. Presuming she works under and according to the direction of the Cllrs, I would say that equal lack of respect and protocol was shown on both sides.