The posts are in, and when the weather permits cabling and cameras will follow, despite the fact the the council undertook a consultation exercise involving about 1,000 people - 800 residents and 200 tourists of which less than 5 per cent actually mentioned the fear of crime.
One man, a retired writer named Keith Sharp, has done everything in his power to stop the system because he believes it threatens privacy, freedom and the quality of life in his town but after a long and articulate campaign he has lost: the hysterical Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors have got their way and the cameras are going up to change forever this corner of England.