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Stafford Council tell Plumbits to take down signs after 20 years
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Plumbits
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Good afternoon to everybody,
On a lighter note it seems the comedian justin moorhouse when performing at the gatehouse on saturday night gave plumbits a mention,
he said what about poor old andy wheeler from plumbits and his signs,we ought to storm the council offices in protest,
it did make me laugh that even a out of town comedian thought it was worth a metion in a comedy act,
perhaps it will get mentioned at the next shakespeare performance at the stafford castle in the classic
a comedy of errors
andy wheeler and the nice folk at pluimbits
On a lighter note it seems the comedian justin moorhouse when performing at the gatehouse on saturday night gave plumbits a mention,
he said what about poor old andy wheeler from plumbits and his signs,we ought to storm the council offices in protest,
it did make me laugh that even a out of town comedian thought it was worth a metion in a comedy act,
perhaps it will get mentioned at the next shakespeare performance at the stafford castle in the classic
a comedy of errors
andy wheeler and the nice folk at pluimbits
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Where's Denzil when we need him?
Perhaps this was all planned in advance and that's why the trees were removed - as a precaution....
Plumbits
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its taken me a few minutes to realise who denzil is,and it did make me laugh,we do miss denzil as he used call in on a regular basis with vegatables from his allotment.
not seen him for years but i do miss his tree top protests,perhaps the next time we see him will be sitting on top of a solicitors sign
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
I haven't seen him lately either, and can find nothing about his current circumstances.
I see that Stafford does now have a street named after him, though - although, the green itself really does need a suitable tree in the centre...
Plumbits
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If he turns up i will give you a shout,but there again you will probably hear him first
Plumbits
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Good morning to every body,
We are hopefully on the last leg with the Stafford Borough Council now, we have just got to confirm the last sign and if we can, we can keep the lot, I did explain to SBC if you look closely at our sign you can see that the fax number reads 01785 58927 which is 5 digits, bt changed this to 6 digits many moons ago, certainly more than 10 years ago. At the momment we are in contact with the fitters who are going to confirm when the sign was put on the wall, all being well we can keep our signs. I have just got to dot the I and cross the T.
With regards to the speculation with regards to which firm of solicitors, I can confirm that I telephoned the main suspect in all this and although they said they had made no direct complaint about my company they did commision a firm /person to go round taking photos of all stafford businesses with signage, this in effect started the ball rolling and SBC had to react as they in fact prosecuted the main suspect over there signage.
Other businesses will be receiving letters and enforcement notices as I have to justify their signs, I do feel sorry for other busineses in Stafford town that this firm of solicitors has picked on - we can prove our signs and other people may not be able to.
In times like this I am sure a firm of solicitors could fight its own battles, without dragging in innocent businesses in Stafford to further their gain. I personally think this is an attack on local busineses and honest working people of Stafford. The planning dept by law have now got to investigate every picture that was sent in, so every business that is picked on will suffer the same fate and stress as I have.
In short this firm of solicitors has wasted SBC rate payers money , if any businesses are recieving these letters from SBC and need any advice please do not hesitate to give me a call.
Once again thank you for everyones kind support , its been truely amazing.
From Andy Wheeler and the nice people at Plumbits
We are hopefully on the last leg with the Stafford Borough Council now, we have just got to confirm the last sign and if we can, we can keep the lot, I did explain to SBC if you look closely at our sign you can see that the fax number reads 01785 58927 which is 5 digits, bt changed this to 6 digits many moons ago, certainly more than 10 years ago. At the momment we are in contact with the fitters who are going to confirm when the sign was put on the wall, all being well we can keep our signs. I have just got to dot the I and cross the T.
With regards to the speculation with regards to which firm of solicitors, I can confirm that I telephoned the main suspect in all this and although they said they had made no direct complaint about my company they did commision a firm /person to go round taking photos of all stafford businesses with signage, this in effect started the ball rolling and SBC had to react as they in fact prosecuted the main suspect over there signage.
Other businesses will be receiving letters and enforcement notices as I have to justify their signs, I do feel sorry for other busineses in Stafford town that this firm of solicitors has picked on - we can prove our signs and other people may not be able to.
In times like this I am sure a firm of solicitors could fight its own battles, without dragging in innocent businesses in Stafford to further their gain. I personally think this is an attack on local busineses and honest working people of Stafford. The planning dept by law have now got to investigate every picture that was sent in, so every business that is picked on will suffer the same fate and stress as I have.
In short this firm of solicitors has wasted SBC rate payers money , if any businesses are recieving these letters from SBC and need any advice please do not hesitate to give me a call.
Once again thank you for everyones kind support , its been truely amazing.
From Andy Wheeler and the nice people at Plumbits
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
And put the '2' on the fax number....
Plumbits
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Very good i should of thought of that one
Plumbits
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I am sure they would at a cost,i spoke to 2 of the partners in the suspect solicitors,one seemed to be a very nice man who i had dealt with before,the other reminded me of my days on the paper round when you came across a very nasty snarling rotweiller,but in my days on the paper round i did tell the dog to calm down especialy as it was out of order,i am not sure which one would be best suited for the job of defending the people of stafford they have put in this predicament possibly the one with the frothing mouth
spiderman
Newbie
a long time ago i met a very similar Rottweiler, he belonged to the "Stone" family and had the very peculiar name of "Ted"
Now Ted would growl and pant and bark and froth at the mouth and generally do all the usual stuff that dogs do; except that Ted had an unhealthy fixation with signs, he would growl at them, defecate on them, bark at them and sometimes rip them to pieces with his giant wide jaws.
One day Ted saw a number of signs all in one place and he just lost it, he used all his strength and guile to try and rip these signs down from the wall but to no avail, but; just when he was about to give up the largest of the signs fell from the wall and crushed poor Teds snout
The moral of this story is really quite simple :
Don't F**k about with anyone else s signs and keep your nose out of other peoples business. !!!
Now Ted would growl and pant and bark and froth at the mouth and generally do all the usual stuff that dogs do; except that Ted had an unhealthy fixation with signs, he would growl at them, defecate on them, bark at them and sometimes rip them to pieces with his giant wide jaws.
One day Ted saw a number of signs all in one place and he just lost it, he used all his strength and guile to try and rip these signs down from the wall but to no avail, but; just when he was about to give up the largest of the signs fell from the wall and crushed poor Teds snout
The moral of this story is really quite simple :
Don't F**k about with anyone else s signs and keep your nose out of other peoples business. !!!
spiderman
Newbie
Touching on the Shakespeare theme you are spot on Andy, this is a comedy of errors, and I cant help wondering whether all this started on the twelfth night, but you know measure for measure this could end up just a tempest in a tea cup.
It has become a bit of a winters tale though, but I know that when its all over it will have seemed like a midsummer nights dream and you will realize it was all much ado about nothing.
DA DA
It has become a bit of a winters tale though, but I know that when its all over it will have seemed like a midsummer nights dream and you will realize it was all much ado about nothing.
DA DA
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Enjoying a drop of red.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
John, even Mr. Marwood int that bad x
Plumbits
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I think if i had sopent a bit more time at school i would of had a better knowledge of shakespeare and spelling,but your ditty fits well with the occasion well done
Plumbits
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I have only just read this and i can only think that you might be thinking of the same family ,all together they had 3 dogs pat rick ted and they were from the stone family,you know it has a familiar ring to it,pat rick ted stone,it will come to me in a minute,
but spiderman i was brought up not to swear,so please refrain i heard quite enough of that from one of the partners from the suspect solicitors,the one that took me back to my paper round days with the nasty rotweiller,
my mother used to say swearing is for the want of a better word,i shall be sending ted a dictionary for christmas to chew on
Plumbits
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good evening to every body,i have just recieved a email from stafford borough council to say they are going to hand deliver to me tommorow written confirmation that i can keep all my signs,as soon as i recieve the letter i will let the forum know.
thanks again for everybodys support
andy wheeler and the nice people at plumbits
thanks again for everybodys support
andy wheeler and the nice people at plumbits