CALLINGTON Town Council is becoming increasingly frustrated at the delays over obtaining new ?Welcome to Callington? signs for the town. The original signs, paid for by the town?s twinning association, were removed seven years ago when the Millennium stones were installed as they ?were not the best?, according to town councillor Andrew Long. The town council would like signs with the town?s crest at the top, ?Welcome to Callington? underneath, with the Cornish version ?Agas dynnergh yn Kelliwik? and the two crests of their twin towns of Guipavas and Barsbuttel. The council has been trying to obtain replacement signs and endeavouring to find out whether the county council would provide them or whether the town would have to finance them. ?Because we plan to have the signs in English and Cornish, the Government Office South West has allegedly told county that this is a special case and therefore would require an extra charge,? Cllr Long told fellow town councillors at a recent meeting. ?Most large towns in Cornwall now have welcome signs in both English and Cornish,? he said. A spokeswoman from Cornwall county council said the authority acknowledged there had been delays in dealing with the application for a Callington entry sign and was looking into the reasons. ?In the meantime Cornwall highways is working with Callington Town Council to expedite the process of gaining approval for the sign from the Government Office South West (GoSW),? she said. ?The sign requires ratification from GoSW which has cost implications that need to be approved by the town council prior to Cornwall Highways starting work on the design for the sign.? She said work could start as soon as the costs had been approved and quality colour drawings supplied to support the design. The GoSW ratification process could take two to three months.