I joined my friend who walks my dogs for the last 15 minutes of her walk this evening. I was so shocked at the state of the cemetery, much worse than before, very distressing. This is the main cemetery in Wiltshire’s county town.

Do the people employing this company ever look up here? It’s a joke.

By the central roundabout, a beautiful shrub has had a huge piece just hacked off, instead of trimming it to shape. All grass edges have been weedkilled, and not neatly trimmed at all.

On the cremation site, the last two caretakers weeded the gravel sections, this lot just strim it off. The whole site is a mess.

The left hand side as you exit the cemetery gates is totally untouched, beautiful shrubs ruined, bindweed taking over the fencing, and weeds taking over the whole lot. The workers (used lightly) say it is not their job. Every other caretaker always kept it pristine, shrubs trimmed and weed free; it is in the cemetery, is it not? The hedges (which the public cut last year) are way over the road coming into Downside Park, nothing is cut or trimmed in the cemetery either.

Why is the Balfour company still here? We pay to have this estate kept tidy, that’s a joke, it’s not been touched since last year.

I suggest that those people who think my complaint or observations are right should demand a public meeting with the council. Let’s get this sorted, stop pussyfooting around people who have had more than enough chances to get it right.

R Armitage (Mrs),
Downside Park,
Trowbridge.