Tuesday 27th March 2012
Terry Ledbury gives valuable service to the local community, as a “lollipop man” at Silver Street, Warminster.
Terry, in conversation with Danny Howell, said: “I’m told I’m the only person left doing this job in Warminster. The crossing patrols outside Sambourne School and St. John’s School have both been replaced by zebra crossings. And there’s no longer anyone doing this at Portway (showing children from the Avenue School across the road from Bartholomew’s Lane to the Portway Lane housing estate).”
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell on the afternoon of Tuesday 27th March 2012.
Terry, who lives at Deverill Road, told Danny Howell that next month (April 2012) he will have been doing this job for four years. Terry said: “The winters while I’ve been doing this haven’t exactly been kind but I’ve managed. I’m used to working outdoors, having worked on farms in the past. I’m a person who likes to get up in the morning and do something useful every day. But I suppose I’m the last of a dying breed.”
When asked how many children he sees across the road at Silver Street, Terry said: “It varies. Sometimes the parents meet their children as they come out of the Minster School and take them shopping, so then I don’t see so many of them. But other times I can show as many as fifteen children over the road.”