Two notice boards, which have been sited in prominent locations in Tenby, have come in for criticism from town councillors who themselves agreed to fund the designs.

The boards, which feature two figures holding up a glass display case for event notices to be featured in, have been placed at the Norton/Croft junction and on South Parade.

They were originally a joint proposal of the Tenby Events Management team of the De Valence Trust and the Tenby Chamber of Trade and Tourism.

While Tenby Town Council provided funding for one of the boards, funding for the other came from the Chamber of Trade, Tenby Civic Society and Tenby Rotary Club.

However, one councillor complained this week that they were "hideous".

"They look like two Russian brutalist workers holding up the boards," said Clr. Mrs. Trisha Putwain at Tuesday night's meeting of the town council.

Her colleague, Deputy Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Julie Evans, agreed with her views.

"I went past the one on the Norton and it obscures quite a bit of the view of the harbour. I don't think they look like what I'd envisaged, they are simply too chunky," she remarked, while Clr. Mrs. Caroline Thomas called them "horrible".

Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown didn't agree with her colleagues' views and felt that the designs were what the town council had asked for in the first place.

"It was this town council along with the Pembrokeshire National Park Authority who approved the designs and Pembrokeshire County Council who approved where they should be sited, so I don't see what the problem is really," she said.

Clr. Mike Thorne was also surprised by the negative reaction of certain councillors.

"I'm lost for words, it was this town council which wrote a letter to say that everyone was very excited about the project, and every organisation involved approved the designs."

Town clerk, Mr. Andrew Davies, told members that he had already received several phone calls to his office from people complaining about the notice boards.