Nanny’s jobsworth friends in Lincolnshire County Council seem to have a bit of a fixation about flowers.
They are labouring under the deranged impression that flowers are dangerous.
This strange belief has caused grief for two Spalding flower shop owners; Jane Fletcher, of Flowers 'N' Things, and Emma Peake of Daisies Floral Design.
They have received warning letters from the council, telling them to remove their floral displays from outside of their shops.
It seems that, in the eyes of the jobsworth council, these bright and colourful displays are a health and safety hazard for near sighted pedestrians.
In a fine example of British resistance to dictatorship, the ladies are refusing to remove their displays; arguing that they have been trading in this manner for years, without complaints from real people.
Paul Rusted, area highways manager for Boston and South Holland division, sent a letter threatening the ladies with the removal and destruction of their property if they do not comply.
The perversity, of this already ridiculous situation, is that Flowers ‘N’ Things has a licence for chairs and tables for its coffee shop. However, despite Mrs Fletcher offering to pay for another licence for flowers, the jobsworth council refuse to discuss the matter.
By the way the council’s policy of not allowing goods to be displayed on the pavement has, apparently, been in force since 1980.
Why then do they seek to enforce it now so aggressively, some 25 years after inception?
Maybe the new Freedom of Information Act could be used to extract an answer from them? Those wishing to ask the council about this daft decision can write to highways@lincolnshire.gov.uk
I am sure that they will be pleased to assist you!
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