THE FORMER chairman of Camborne Royal British Legion has accused a troubled community centre of underhand tactics.
It follows a row over a noticeboard that was removed from outside the Donald Thomas Centre (DTC) for repairs but never replaced.
Ted Williams, 80, who has recently stepped down from the RBL chairmanship due to ill health, said the board and the posts were donated to the branch by Camborne Town Council about five years ago.
But last month the board was taken down and members told there was not enough space for it and the new Donald Thomas Centre sign.
"It's not about what has been done but the way it was done," Mr Williams said.
"It's underhand and noone had the courtesy to say anything. I feel they have been arrogant towards another organisation."
Mr Williams said the noticeboard was the group's only method of communicating information to its members.
He described it as a "lifeline" for the RBL branch, which was re-established only two years ago after folding due to a lack of members.
He added: "Perhaps they thought it was their post but they have no excuse for the way they have handled this matter. There seems to be a cover-up as noone has admitted taking it down and not putting it back.
"We want to work with other organisations in the town and I am sure the current committee would be happy to share the plot but this matter has been handled badly."
The new chairman of the Donald Thomas Centre, the Reverend Mike Firbank, said the Legion sign was taken down to renovate it and paint the holding posts.
Mr Firbank said some members of the Donald Thomas Centre wondered if the sign would be better placed somewhere else while the centre was offered a new display board to help advertise its own services. "All of this happened quite quickly and communication about it got confused between different parties," Mr Firbank added.
"The situation now is that the newly elected chair of the British Legion in Camborne is happily looking for a new location for their noticeboard and has kindly given DTC the posts to keep their new sign on."
