"They're at it again," I said to the lady from the print shop who lives close to the junction between Bridge Street and Broad Street.
"Who are?" she asked.
"'The Residents of Broad Street', so called," I said. I waggled the leg of a signboard that had been stuffed down the back of the horse trough. "They've done it again, leaving a snotty note and hiding the sign."
The print shop lady knew nothing about it, and hadn't even noticed the disappearance of the previous signs.
This one was from the Globe, a new metal one painted red with green legs.
The sign on it was longer than the previous sign - A4 - and the gist of it was that, two weeks ago, local businesses had been warned not to put their signs up opposite the junction any more. "What part of go away don't you understand?" it went on. "Next time this goes on the bonfire - get it?"
Which seems a bit pointless, since it's a metal sign, and also probably criminal damage.
No longer pretending to speak for all the residents of Broad Street, this note wasn't signed at all, but it is in the same type face as the previous missive.
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It may be worth hiring someone as a "sandwich board man" who wears the signboard but can just walk away when this "Resident of Broad Street" appears! Could be quite amusing, watching one chase the other!
I just love the Signboard Wars. Keep on reporting with any updates!
You shouls send a picture of the note to this site - http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ !
Perhaps we should rally round and put our own A-board up that tells the 'resident' where to stick their anonymous notes.
I'm really beginning to miss the signs, especially the one from the Globe, as it kept you informed of their events. I think we should encourage them to reinstate the sign and persevere.
who is the forcefull note scriber? Does anyone know??
as owner of one of the offending signs i'd like to sit down and chat, although it may be a case of being shouted at! but it can't hurt to try.
The sign from the Globe is back! Hip hip hooray!
We can't work it out - even Mary Fellowes, who usually knows everything, doesn't know, and she's been keeping an eye on the horse trough just in case she spots the phantom 'Resident'.
Argh........the Globe sign wasn't there at 6.30! What is going on?
I might print a sign and put it up asking if the "phantom" resident would be prepared to sit down and talk about this... leaving contact details.
NEWSFLASH:(as i type)
It sounds as if there are further developments... Just heard that the Globe sign has now "gone missing". They are going to the police as I type. According to the same source It's Ian who lives with Diana Blunt of Pembertons book shop who is the author of the printed signs. Apparently Ms. Blunt has admitted the theft of the sign! Clainming it's effecting the sale of her house!?!?!?
As that seems to be the case i will skip the note and knock on the door to confront them later today. Perhaps i'll take cake as a peace offering!!
Watch this space.
I wasn't going to go public - but as callum has revealed the alleged identity of the miscreant, I can confirm that this is what Mandy from the Globe told me this morning.
So now it's up to the police....
Aha! didn't I suspect this - see my comment 22nd July!
Did you know that the area right outside the front windows of Sycamore House on Broad Street is actually a public right of way?
All along the raised part of Broad Street is a public right of way. That's why the house at the end, by the alleyway to the Library, has to leave the gates of their iron railings open for people to pass through.
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