WHILE CTC are worrying about the internal changes to a local hotel, there is a real shocker a few yards from them. While Councillors choose to be almost invisible these days following the changes to the layout of the town, The Fleece has struck a body blow by displaying the ultimate in bad taste and a complete lack of respect for our town.

Just how did these Northern louts come to choose this colour – the mind truly boggles. Perhaps a decision made in haste, were they all dressed in their braces, flat caps and mufflers, gathered for a quick snack of dripping doorstep sandwiches and pint mugs of cocoa, anxious not to miss the AGM of the Blackburn Ferret Fanciers?

Maybe someone in authority is colour blind or completely lacking in finesse? It is of course conceivable that the company buyer picked up a cheap batch of counterfeit Weathershield from say North Korea, or was it actually a reject batch from the UK manufacturer themselves – who knows?

Such a abomination for us all to suffer; yet another reason to avoid the town centre. We all feel sorry for those working opposite.

Are the current owners so indifferent that they couldn’t take the time and interest to consult a Farrow and Ball colour chart for inspiration? Probably not as it seems they simply do not care.

Perhaps the CTC or CDC would take the necessary action to have this changed – we are in danger of being just another town anywhere in England.

ROYSTON GAY
Cirencester