We live in a world gone mad!!
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Every year the massive 1ft diameter cheese has been rolled down the hill
It's more dodgy reporting really. She hasn't been banned at all, just advised that if she is seen as an organiser then she could end up
sued. Simple solution is to sell them the damn cheese.
I'm guessing the police don't want it to happen due to the expense of policing it etc.
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Originally posted by JoelP
It's more dodgy reporting really. She hasn't been banned at all, just advised that if she is seen as an organiser then she could end up sued. Simple solution is to sell them the damn cheese.
I'm guessing the police don't want it to happen due to the expense of policing it etc.
yp - t'is a crazy world indeed. if people want to take part in the 'dangerous' activity of chasing a lump of rotten milk down a hill, then leave them be. they should be intelligent to assess the risks themselves; a hell of a lot more people break limbs, necks and die skiing, skateboarding, horsie riding, rugby etc than in this event yet the police to do not prevent the partakers enjoying those pasttimes.
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Originally posted by v8kid
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Originally posted by JoelP
It's more dodgy reporting really. She hasn't been banned at all, just advised that if she is seen as an organiser then she could end up sued. Simple solution is to sell them the damn cheese.
I'm guessing the police don't want it to happen due to the expense of policing it etc.
"advice" can mean a multitude of things.
From the report she obviously feels threatened and sounds traumatised - so would you at that age if some cops turned up at your door telling you all the bad things that would happen to you is you did not do as they said.
Shame on them for getting into this situation and shame on the chief constasble for not putting it right with the old dear and letting us know.
The cops may be correct but do they really need to terrorise an old woman?
Would they try the same tactics with me? ........I think not!
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Originally posted by scootz
As for the 'event' itself!? A load of bloody nonsense! The NHS is bursting at the seams whilst trying to deal with serious naturally occurring issues. It simply can't function when folk are presenting themselves with injuries sustained in such stupid circumstances!
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Originally posted by scootz
As for the 'event' itself!? A load of bloody nonsense! The NHS is bursting at the seams whilst trying to deal with serious naturally occurring issues. It simply can't function when folk are presenting themselves with injuries sustained in such stupid circumstances!
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Originally posted by scootz
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Originally posted by v8kid
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Originally posted by JoelP
It's more dodgy reporting really. She hasn't been banned at all, just advised that if she is seen as an organiser then she could end up sued. Simple solution is to sell them the damn cheese.
I'm guessing the police don't want it to happen due to the expense of policing it etc.
"advice" can mean a multitude of things.
From the report she obviously feels threatened and sounds traumatised - so would you at that age if some cops turned up at your door telling you all the bad things that would happen to you is you did not do as they said.
Shame on them for getting into this situation and shame on the chief constasble for not putting it right with the old dear and letting us know.
The cops may be correct but do they really need to terrorise an old woman?
Would they try the same tactics with me? ........I think not!
Funny how we all differ in the way we interpret things!
My automatic reaction is that the old dear would have had a fair few sensational phrases forced on her by the 'reporter'. Seen them do it so many times before. No-one would be interested in the story if it was just a 'quiet word in her lughole'... so lets have her 'terrified'!!!
Whilst she may not have appreciated the police input, I don't believe for a second that they treated her in a bully-boy style. The event is aleady under national focus, so I'll bet my bottom dollar that whoever was sent to speak to her was told by his / her boss to wear kid gloves! Not that it matters... the story will just get twisted anyway!
Anyway, is it not better that she's advised about the potential ramifications... rather than possibly face them because she wasn't aware of them in the first place!
As for the 'event' itself!? A load of bloody nonsense! The NHS is bursting at the seams whilst trying to deal with serious naturally occurring issues. It simply can't function when folk are presenting themselves with injuries sustained in such stupid circumstances!
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Originally posted by v8kidI take your point that reporters will "look" for a sensational story. However we tend to judge situations from our own perspective and we can't expect an old person to be as robust as we are.
You'll soon see just how robust some of them can be especially the
women 
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
I'm struggling with this a bit. It's a silly tradition, but clearly plenty of people have a lot of fun doing it and I wouldn't want want to see it stopped on the grounds of "Health and Safety". Inevitably there is the odd broken limb, and I believe any participants should be made fully aware of the danger and should sign a disclaimer to that effect.
I live near the hill - one of my neighbours took this:
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Originally posted by scootz
My automatic reaction is that the old dear would have had a fair few sensational phrases forced on her by the 'reporter'. Seen them do it so many times before. No-one would be interested in the story if it was just a 'quiet word in her lughole'... so lets have her 'terrified'!!!
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As for the 'event' itself!? A load of bloody nonsense! The NHS is bursting at the seams whilst trying to deal with serious naturally occurring issues. It simply can't function when folk are presenting themselves with injuries sustained in such stupid circumstances!
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As for the 'event' itself!? A load of bloody nonsense! The NHS is bursting at the seams whilst trying to deal with serious naturally occurring issues. It simply can't function when folk are presenting themselves with injuries sustained in such stupid circumstances!
From what I understand, the "authorities" wanted to start charging people to enter or even watch the event. The organisers said no and so
the "authorities" decided to shut them down using the police as their tool to do it.
As has been said already, there are plenty of dangerous activities that you can do, mountain climbing, skating, or swimming in the sea. It's just
that it would be harder to charge people for that but as everyone doing this is gathered in one place they thought they would be easy pickings for
some extra taxing via a charge to compete or spectate. Personally I'm glad they stood up/fell down for their right to carry on a 100yr old
tradition!
As to police intimidation, yes we all know they do it and to have three burly officers in uniform to "advise" an old lady in her 80's
would seem a little OTT when a single officer, perhaps a community liaison officer, would have done the job without the risk of
"accidentally" appearing heavy handed! She could of course be a cheese wielding maniac, but I don't think so somehow!
Just go back to handing out free heroin. That will teach everyone how to have a proper good time.
Won't it?
Wouldn't it be terrible if she made the cheese to as a show piece for the shop and someone nicked it, then used it in the event!