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A tall stone cross stands at the end of Shepperton High Street, in old Middlesex, and at its foot are the names of 60 local men who gave their lives in the First World War. It was put up in 1921. Another 30 names were added after the Second World War. The Women's Institute, hearing that the council hoped to save £14,000 by doing away with flowers round the memorial and sticking to grass, volunteered to tend the flowers themselves. They were told by councillors that it would be too dangerous.

Too dangerous – tending flowers by a war memorial? No, too dangerous crossing the road to the roundabout on which the council chose to leave the memorial. Never mind that anyone walking from Church Road to the High Street must cross the same leafy road. Was it for this that men gave their lives – for a land fit for heroes who are not allowed to cross the road?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/t...-purposes.html

alcazar

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When DID these p1llocks that we elected to serve us, become our masters?

PaulC72

The day they were elected lol.

warrenm2

The day when good men stand idly by...

tony de wonderful

Some jobsworth probably did a formal risk assessment and it came out as 'high risk'.

Mick

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For £14k they must have someone full time 40 hrs a week 46 weeks a year looking after those flowers

Nearly had tears rolling down my cheeks reading that last paragraph

Leslie

Having come from that area as a lad, I find that all very distressing.

What a load of plonkers to even consider doing away with the flowers at all let alone not accepting the volunteers offer.

Must be that they found that too embarrassing!

Les