My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed me in the direction of some Nanny nonsense going on in Worcester, involving some 8 inch wooden stakes and a health and safety ruling.
Power Park in Worcester is a Civil War themed park, created to commemorate a local battle.
In 2011 8 foot 8 inch thick wooden stakes were erected (there's that word again) on a fence as part of a revamp of the childrens' play area, to commemorate English pikemen.
Now fast forward 2 years and the local council have decreed that the stake erections pose a health and safety threat to children, in the council's view the children might snap the 8 inch stakes in twain.
Really!!??
An 8 inch thick wooden stake can be snapped in twain by a child?
Now whilst the park is run by St Peter’s Parish Council, the £50K funding for the revamp in 2011 came from....any guesses?
Yes, that's right, the council!
The same council that now deems the stakes to be a health and safety hazard.
A Worcester City Council spokesman is quoted by the Mail:
"The concern was that the poles were not wide enough in diameter to withstand children swinging on them.The stakes have been hacked off and are now waist height, doubtless they now pose a trip hazard!
The poles were in danger of snapping when children played on them.
The play area was installed and run by St Peter's Parish Council. The work to cut back the posts was also carried out by them.
Worcester City Council's only involvement was as the landowner, and in that role we advised the parish council that the poles were not wide enough for their purpose and therefore were a potential danger to children playing there."
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"....in the council's view the children might snap the 8 inch stakes in twain."
ReplyDeleteWhat? We are talking about children for Pete's sake! It would take SUPERMAN to snap a stake that thick! Where do local authorities find these people?
"Worcester City Council's only involvement was as the landowner, and in that role we advised the parish council that the poles were not wide enough for their purpose and therefore were a potential danger to children playing there."
For 'advised' we should no doubt read
'threatened'!
A well deserved award.
ReplyDeleteWhilst laying awake in bed last night, worrying about my insomnia, I wondered whether the words, council and prats, were interchangeable....I feel that they more than likely are.
Typical. Any bloody minority that screams the loudest, the council caves in.
ReplyDeleteBloody vampires...