A LISKEARD woman has vowed to fight the decision to close two of the town's public toilets. Gaby Schooling was so shocked by the news of the closures that she decided to do something about it, and has already collected a petition with more than 100 signatures. Toilets across Caradon are being closed or having responsibilities passed on to their parish or town council. Those remaining closed are: Dobwalls, Pensilva, Widegates, Liskeard (Cattle Market) Polperro, Saltash (Callington Road) and Torpoint (two, Horson Cemetery and Defiance Field). Those to be looked after by their parish councils are: Menheniot, Lanreath, St Germans, Duloe, Frogmore, Pelynt, St Cleer and Upton Cross. At Liskeard Gaby is now urging people to get in contact with Caradon council before Monday when the toilets are due to close. The toilet at Sungirt – below the Somerfield supermarket, and the only public toilet in the town with baby changing facilities – and the ladies toilet on Dean Street, are both set to close after Liskeard Town Council decided not to take the facilities on from the Caradon council. After hearing the news of the closures, Gaby took to the streets and started a petition to help save the toilets, which was presented to Caradon councillor Beryl Martin, chairman of Caradon Council's Public conveniences task group, last week. Gaby said: 'I couldn't believe the news when I was first told it by one of the town's street cleaners and when I spoke to traders and other people in the town they were angry as well. 'In what time I had I went around streets of Liskeard and collected as many signatures as I could - I got more than 100.' Despite the closure looming, Gaby has vowed not to give up the campaign. She said: 'I am going to put a poster in my front window, letting people know what is going to happen. I just have this picture in my mind of a little old lady pulling on the door of the loo and going into a real panic.' A spokesperson for Liskeard town council said: 'The town council is obviously sympathetic towards the closure of the toilets, but we were only told that the toilets would close during June. 'Although Caradon offered part funding for three years, this would then mean an increase of expenditure on the council's budget of 4.5 per cent.' Cllr Martin said that Caradon had the highest number of public toilets per head of population in Cornwall. Because of the high maintenance and running cost, the situation was 'unsustainable,' particularly when the council is facing budget cuts of £600,000 in the coming year, largely due to reduced central government funding. Cllr Martin said: 'We carried out a comprehensive review of Caradon's stock of public conveniences, with each being rated against the same criteria. Twenty-two of our public toilets are either transferred to town or parish councils or closed, saving £70,000 annually. 'Our policy is to provide and maintain a minimum of one high quality public conveniences facility in each of the towns. 'The remaining public loos should support tourism, be located near local service centres or meet other specified needs.'