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Mad system, Cyril, why do authorities have to impose awkward conditions, I mean a hard way and an easy way, as we both say, a common sense way is what is needed, alas...

The real problem I have is that it looks like everyone has just given up when you see the state of our small market towns. I think that's down to a lack of imagination and innovation by all sorts of people who have vested interests in our towns. A single example. Even when new life is attempted to be breathed into our market place with a weekly market the powers that be have allowed it to disintegrate into a second-hand car boot sale. Where there was once a half decent market (discounted rents for a while!) using new liveried stalls (we paid for!) it now looks like a dump! Plus all that new stone flags etc are now having vehicles driven over them and in some instances parked on them in complete contempt to what was stated at the time the recent marketplace revamp took place. The Town Council has had this brought to their attention on several occasions the result, its got worse!

Lets retire to the smoking room Brett and leave the plebs to amuse themselves.

It would have been a different matter if Jockey Herbert Jenkins had suffered the same fate as this jockey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/21800282