General Chat

Whilst i was "surfing" the net as i do always looking for interesting reads, i came across an article which i had to laugh at although really the council are not laughing.

There is a beauty spot nr Bradford called St Ives and had been free to park. When the council installed a ticket machine so free parking was removed, the locals who visit the spot were not happy bunnies.

So it would appear that over a weekend recently, locals arrived only to find, "someone" had completely stolen the machine :-D :-D

On the noticeboard showing the charges, a notice read" the parking charges have temporarily been suspended." Presumably because they don't have a replacement machine.

There were 4 concrete poles which would have taken some removing and they believe it was done in 2 sessions.

Now whilst I don't agree with what has happened, I guess its better than vandalising the machine? Although, if it had been vandalised, it could have been repaired.

Quite amazing the stories you come across.

Florence in the hebrides

Thank you for putting this up, it made me smile.

ZZzzz glad it raised a smile :-D

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It what can you do with an old ticket machine?

Put it outside your gate to stop people blocking it! :-) :-)

Names, nothing! I think whoever stole it was just making a point about the charges. Its probably been fly tipped somewhere which would be terrible but don't think they would keep it in their garden!

Andysmum, that made me smile :-D :-D

Door stops?

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In days of yore, when speed cameras needed film to be extracted, some chewing gum or a spot of glue in the lock would disable it for quite a while.

And you know this how Brian? ;-) ;-)

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