Letter: Sad state of council

It is very demoralising for staff, and a shock to visitors. The silver proudly owned by the residents of Shrewsbury and Atcham, the Mayor's Parlour, used to meet and greet hundreds of visitors and residents to our lovely town, all now pretty inaccessible.

The town council carries still the pride of services to the town, the wonderful flowers, the winning entries Britain in Bloom, the clean streets, parks and playgrounds, and yet it is now homeless after July 16.

Sadly unitary in Shropshire made a council big enough to be important, but we still have a town council thankfully who are still small enough to care. They certainly care, but are left in this demeaned state. There is money in the coffers to ensure they have a high profile office, convenient to the public, where the mayor can continue showing the silver, and continue the amazing job that each mayor does. This money was ring fenced for that very use.

I know the leader of the town council Councillor Alan Mosley has created a group to look at this dire situation, and look at ideas, which is good, but as a proud ex-mayor I was really saddened to see the town council left high and dry in a building which they had built as SABC, and now don't even have a reception area, with difficult public access.

I do hope that the decision will be made very soon about new offices. There are many ideas which include community usage, and other very fitting joint uses which would benefit the Shrewsbury public. So many cuts have been made to the budgets, and they struggle to keep up with standards once set. The residents of Shrewsbury expect floral excellence, and to date they are still not disappointed.

Thank you to all who strive for this, and I hope that you soon get the status and the home which you all deserve and the public in the main expect.

Judith Williams, Shrewsbury