UK: Gardener, 74, could be kicked out of allotment after 28 years in vicious row over rules
“The committee has been notified that, under rule 12, you have been causing damage to fencing by resting items against their fences from your side of the fence erected by the tenants.
By George Bunn, Kieren Williams
Mirror
30 May 2023
Excerpt:
“I felt suicidal. It has been my life, it is like throwing me out of my own life. I am not a dangerous person, I do not know where they are getting this. I am a ratepayer, I am of good character, and suddenly I’m John Wayne wrecking everything. The fact is it feels like I have got no say in anything.”
StokeonTrentLive has seen two letters sent to John by the committee.
The first states: “The committee has been notified that, under rule 12, you have been causing damage to fencing by resting items against their fences from your side of the fence erected by the tenants.
“When their concern has been passed on to you, they have received verbal abuse from you, thus breaking rule 14. There are also claims, again from more than one tenant, that rule 17 has been broken, in that you removed items from their plots without their permission.”
The eviction letter added: “We have informed Stoke-on-Trent City Council of our action and they agree that we have followed the correct procedure.
“Moreover, you have suffered a number of heart attacks and work on the property alone, often with your gate locked. The council agrees with us that this puts you at risk and it would be wise for you not to have an allotment with such health problems irrespective of the breaking of the rules and regulations.”
