A recent meeting to plan for this year's Britain in Bloom contest saw a number of topics discussed, it was revealed by the Tenby in Bloom committee chairman at Tuesday night's meeting of the town council.

Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane told her colleagues that lots of ideas were discussed at an enthusiastic meeting, including holding a plant festival/sale in the town. She also said that the committee were looking into carrying out improvements to the Brother Thomas garden on the Back Hill.

It was also discussed that a letter be sent to the Rotary Club to see where they had got with their plans to spruce up the RNIB charity box on the Esplanade, with Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown backing this suggestion.

"If the Rotary Club aren't planning on doing anything with the box before summer, then maybe we can remove it and bring it back after the holiday season, as it looks absolutely terrible and a lot of visitors are even befuddled as to what it is," she said.

"I know that if that area was tidied up a bit, it would help the town pick up more points in the Britain In Bloom contest," added Clr. Mrs. Brown.

Clr. Mrs. Caroline Thomas also suggested that shops and businesses in the town be encouraged to go out and clean the front of their properties, with Clr. Lawrence Blackhall agreeing.

"Some time ago we wrote to some properties and I congratulate the rock and fudge shop on the corner in Tudor Square for addressing the issue, which maybe will give a nudge to others," he said.

Clr. Mrs. Lane said that if businesses put flowers outside their properties, then that would encourage them to go out and water them every day which would help. She also said that with the help of Clr. Mrs. Brown, the pair were going to look at addressing issues at the town's railway station.

"We're fed up with the state of our station, and have been for some time, so we're going to write to a host of stations in the area to see if we can get them on board to support us and a campaign to carry out improvements," explained Clr. Mrs. Brown.

"We've tried for years to get through to the main rail companies about improving our station, but we just can't get through to them, but with more support in the area then perhaps we can take the issue to the Welsh Government," added Clr. Mrs. Lane.