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Chatty Pensioners Banned From Park Bench For Being Too Noisy
"The seven pensioners, including a 96-year-old and her friend who dedicated 40 years of her life to the NHS, have been told their teatime chats are a 'noise nuisance' which disturbs nearby residents.Housing Association bosses have now warned the group the four benches in Mottingham, south London, they sit on will be removed if they don't tone down the volume of their conversations. Being 'hard of hearing' is now punishable? The pensioners meet up once a day to talk about such every things like the weather, their families and the cost of living. Ann Reddy, 69, who is recovering from a stroke and has had 45 operations, said she was horrified about being branded a trouble-maker." "But someone has complained and said we are making too much noise." Her friend, 96-year-old Rose Anderson, a great-grandmother of nine great, said she would "go mad" if forced to sit in her flat all day by herself. She said: "I'm so old now and I have got nothing else to do with my day. "We all deserve to be treated with a lot more respect than this." No, you're just a pensioner - Broomleigh Housing Association Posted by: Mullah Richard 2008-11-03 |
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