Dear Editor

The removal of the Chieftain tank from Western Way by Pembroke Dock Town Council due to the lack of funds available for maintenance, is a diabolical decision (Western Telegraph, March 11th).

What about the £150,000 the council receives from the public? Surely money could be found from this council tax.

In the past other historical artefacts — the Warrior and the Sunderland — were also allowed to leave the county, but they should all have been placed in Pembroke Dock Dockyard, where millions of pounds of heritage money has been spent.

About £500,000 was spent on the Martello Tower in Front Street, Pembroke Dock, so why can’t money be found to keep this artefact in the town?

Tony Hodges
13 Front Street,
Pembroke Dock.