A
surprise party was held in Ockbrook last week to say goodbye to PC Mark
Phillips. The Borrowash area manager has left his post after 12 years in
the Parish. Mark knew nothing about the event when he turned up at the
Royal Oak for a drink. The evenings started with some local children
singing a special song written by Tracy Stear to the tune of Bob the
Builder. Reverend Michael Webster presented him with a Policeman hand
puppet and then a Mark Phillips “This was Your Bea,” told his story in
the “This is Your Life” style. Everyone enjoyed the evening but most
of all Mark and his family. Mark said “I was a little surprised and a
little embarrassed but enjoyed another lasting memory of my time in the
Parish”. Marks beat in the
parish as now been taken over by PC Phil Day.