Two contrasting incidents took place in the village this weekend.
Sunday morning saw the ‘Best Kept Village’ clock mounted over the butchers in South Street for all to see.
And shamefully, sometime Saturday night - Sunday morning, the hairdressers in The Square was broken into.
Sign of the times?
VILLAGE PRIDE
The clock, which commemorates winning the Best Kept Village competition in 1987/88, was taken down from the wall of clock cottage in The High Street earlier this year.
Titchfield Village Trust organised its removal and paid for its subsequent repair and renovation and following a lick of paint has been secured to the wall over Hadlows.
VILLAGE SHAME
Just yards away in The Square staff were repairing a broken window to the barbers.
At some time during the night thieves had smashed the glass in the front door, got inside and stole a charity collection box and till money.
Last night’s incident was the latest in an ever increasing string of anti-social behaviour, vandalism and criminal damage that has plagued the village for the last six months.
If anyone is experiencing anti-social they must phone the police on 101 and at some point mention the words “Section 4 Public Order Offence” as a Community Trigger.
The Community Trigger empowers members of the public to ask Fareham's Community Safety Partnership to review their responses to any incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Crime can also be reported online at https://www.hampshire.police.uk/ro/report/
Only call 999 during an emergency such as:
a danger to life
a crime is happening now (or has just happened)
having immediate concerns for safety
a dangerous incident on the motorway
seeing something suspicious that needs immediate attention