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BREAKING: Cirencester Christmas tree taken down for health and safety fears

11:32am Friday 18th November 2011 in News By Andrea Glennon

Cirencester Christmas tree taken down for health and safety fears Cirencester Christmas tree taken down for health and safety fears

CHRISTMAS celebrations in Cirencester hit a snag this morning as council workers started dismantling the town's Christmas tree.

Townsfolk watched on in shock as half a dozen Cirencester Town Council workers began stripping the tree branch by branch by chainsaw from the bottom up.

Council land manager Jamie Walton told the Standard that a large 25ft split had been noticed in the trunk of the Christmas tree this morning and scaffolding had been erected immediately to dismantle the tree for health and safety reasons.

"We've had to cut it down in sections because obviously we couldn't just chop it down in the middle of Market Place on a busy Friday, especially when its market day."

Jamie confirmed that a new tree should be in place next Tuesday in time for the Christmas lights switch on next Friday.

For more on this story see next week's Standard.

Comments(15)

Council Taxpayer says...
7:17pm Fri 18 Nov 11

Top marks to the Town Council for spotting a potential public hazard and dealing with it promptly.
If only CDC had taken its responsibilities for health and safety that seriously...........
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rolly c says...
8:39pm Tue 22 Nov 11

as the first town councillor to be on the scene friday morning,and got told by a member of the public i fealt it my duty to inform martin conyers straight away about the damaged tree, and within hours it was moved for safety reasons full marks go out to all the workers for their efficiency in making the area safe a gain

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Union Man says...
2:07am Wed 23 Nov 11

It is un islamic and that is a health and safety consideration.

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Robert Jeanes says...
9:16am Wed 23 Nov 11

If ... "rolly c" ... really is a councillor, why be coy and use a pseudonym?
His English grammar perhaps............

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Olly Cromwell says...
10:37am Wed 23 Nov 11

Any truth to the rumour that the 25ft split was at least smaller than the one in the local Tory ranks as they seek urgent Officer advice on whether 'it is expedient' to give Lynden the chop? Apparently, an external report by Sir Bufton Tufton has already been commissioned.

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Union Man says...
10:40am Wed 23 Nov 11

Mr Jeans takes time off from sniping at Conservatives to attack a fellow Lib Dem. Interesting. I said he shoud get out more. But who is Rolly C, he claims to be a town councillor, but is he actually the town Councillor named Roly because if not he is dangerously close to impersonating him and surely that is an offence?

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Union Man says...
11:58am Wed 23 Nov 11

As for splits in Tory ranks Olly should look beneath the thin layer of bailer twine and old newspapers soaked in creosote that "Binds" the Local Lib ems together.
Splits its like a bundle of kindling thrown together.

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joe.harris says...
12:40pm Wed 23 Nov 11

I think you all need to get a grip.

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Council Taxpayer says...
7:59pm Wed 23 Nov 11

If Union Man is, as everyone suspects, a well known Tory Councillor, he would be well advised to keep his right-wing views on Islam to himself.
He may be comforted by the fact that the ethics quango, Standards for England, is being abolished and he is therefore unlikely to be referred to that body for his pathetic comment above.
However, councillors still have a duty to treat all religious groups with respect and he should know better.

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BBW says...
9:31am Thu 24 Nov 11

(sigh). These idiots get worse every week... It's an article about a Christmas tree. Haven't you all got homes to got to? I know i obviously haven't, but you see my point, no?

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rolly c says...
11:02am Thu 24 Nov 11

i assure you yes it is roly from chesterton ward and i did tell martin last friday morning about the tree it was reported just before 8 am and i have received a email from martin thanking me for my observation over the matter so don't worry yourself " union man " it is me

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Crispin Mount says...
4:38pm Thu 24 Nov 11

Perhaps 'Union Man' will be joining the picket line in Trinity Road next Wednesday to stand shoulder to shoulder with his trusty Cotswold District Council Officers as they strike for a pension. Should make for a good photo opportunity!

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Robert Jeanes says...
5:07pm Thu 24 Nov 11

No problem then with finding firewood for the brazier Crispin, and very seasonal too!

Can you suggest any particular carols the strikers might like to sing?

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Union Man says...
11:56am Fri 25 Nov 11

Sorry. As I'm not a member of UNISON the Thatcherite era strike laws would define my presence on the picket line as secondary picketing and therefore I would be liable for arrest.
For real impact they should have striked next Wednesday when it is CDC Planning Committee, that would have set the cat among the chickens.

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Robin-Hood says...
4:38pm Fri 25 Nov 11

I must agree Union Man, it is nice to see Robert Jeanes venturing in to new pastures and targeting a Lib Dem for a change!

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