Published: May 24, 2010
Residents bid a fond farewell to popular Highbridge PCSO Gill

Highbridge has bid a fond farewell to a popular PCSO, who is moving to another job this week.

Gill Bawler, pictured here on the right, has been a familiar face about Highbridge in her role as a PCSO for five years.

She is moving to Somerset County Council shortly to take on a new community role.

Dozens of colleagues flocked to the Huntspill Arms on Friday evening to give her a send-off.

Gill told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "I will greatly miss the job and everyone in the town. It has been a fantastic five years."

Earlier this year, she was named 'PCSO Of The Year' for Somerset West in the annual Community Policing Awards, as we first reported earlier this year.

Gill was also instrumental in setting up the successful Highbridge Dreamscheme and has also spent many years working with Highbridge Youth Club on the town's Morland estate.

Pictured above are Gill Bawler, right, with fellow PCSO Claire Chambers at Friday's party