Outreach Postmaster, Peter Blakie arrived at the Comrades Hall this morning and discovered that the Post Office locked cupboard had been broken into and the locked cash box was emptied of £30-40 cash, which will no longer be left at the Comrades Hall.

Entry to the Hall can only be accessed by a key code which allows access to the key to open the front door.  The key was in the box this morning and the Comrades Hall Management Committee have taken the precaution of removing the key and the box is now covered should forensic evidence be required by the Police.

Nothing of value remains in the Post Office. The CH Management Committee meet next week. It is proposed that a new lock be put on the door as so many individuals and groups now have a copy of the key.  Anyone holding a key to the Comrades Hall is asked to return it to Jacqui Sewell at Krumbs, in Broadwindsor’s High Street.

Peter, who is celebrating his 64th birthday today was both surprised and saddened.

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