Nipped home from work for a quick bite and found a letter from the Council in the box. It seems they are upset about my flying a (Charlton) flag in my back garden as it "could distract drivers on the A217 and it also obscures a directional road sign". The flag only flies on matchdays and Sundays and I can't believe it does either of the things they state (Dazzler and Creepyaddick pass it most so perhaps they'd like to say if it is 'Dangerous') but I can see yet another battle with Authority looming and time being wasted on this. The flag has been flown for some 4-5 years now so it's taken long enough for them to spot it! Gotta get back to work now but will try to work out how to post a photo this evening.
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That is funny.
Haven't they got anything better to do?! Sounds pathetic to me.
Dunno wot all the fuss is abhart!
Buy a BIGGER ONE!
I contrast your situation with those big billboards that are actually designed to catch motorists attention.
Locally there are the big adverts by the side of Woolwich rd and the ones on the right as you approach the Blackwall Tunnel.
If those complaining really wanted to stop motorists having their attention grabbed I think the adverts are the place to start.
If we are trusted to drive past things designed to catch our eye, I'm pretty sure we should also be trusted to drive past a flapping flag.
Nothing more certain!!
I say toilet duck 'em. BALLS TO THE COUNCIL
My parents/Grandparents would have been so disheartned having served there country and worked for Greenwich council most of there lives.
If my memory is correct my grandfather would have been in charge of this department at the council, being the Superintedent of Greenwich for buildings and monuments.
This is the nonsense of the 'state' that George Orwell detested.
With pollution, noise and traffic chaos on the roads of Greenwich, lets ban a football flag because someone is enjoying themselves!
Curb_it, it's mainly Chelski and Nigels out here Bren, very few of whom actually attend any matches but my money's on a Palarse type.
EGAddick: about 1/2 mile down the road from Hartswood, towards Gatwick on the right.
Mister W: I'll have a word with Mrs M on this but er, I don't expect a helpful reply, mind you after a couple of scotches and in a favourable light, you never know.
Just like my part of Surrey- festooned with shellsuited chavs in Chelsea shirts who can be found clogging up the high st stores and Bingo halls of the area on any given day or night when their (alleged) Bridge idols are playing at home.
These were the same "individuals" who supported Man U in the 90's! "I support the winning team innit bruv"
Thank you for your letter which has received my careful attention.
You have certainly raised a number of issues which ought to be addressed immediately. The small flag waving in the breeze in my back garden may indeed be a distraction to drivers on the A217 and, as you state, may obscure a road sign.
But how would you know? Have you driven down the A217 and seen the flag? If so, were you driving with due care and attention? I put it to you that either (a) the flag is, in fact not a distraction (witness the fact that your journey - if indeed you did make that journey - was completed without mishap) or (b) you distracted yourself by looking out for the flag when, instead, you should have been driving.
So we have a dichotomy. Either you are wasting my time by complaining about my flag in the full knowledge that it is not a distraction. Or you have been driving dangerously and carelessly past my home, not concentrating on the road and peering about, looking for flags.
You are either a nuisance or a danger. In either case, please go away.
Yours sincerely
March51
However had it have been a Spanners flag, that would of course been an entirely different matter.