Over The Years I Can Remember Many Street Parties,

normally held down a cul-de-sac,

so there would be no through traffic, well it is the Diamond Jubilee year, so what better reason to be patriotic and have a street party? but those planning the party in Petersfield, Hampshire, in June, have been told that although a charity they must spend £320 for a ladder training course, Health & Safety strike again, the course, called Safety With Ladders, covers the Health and Safety Executive Work at Height Regulations 2005,


participants are shown how to set up a barrier around a ladder to stop people bumping into it, I wonder what would happen if some one looking at the top of the ladder bumped into the barrier and sued, where does it stop? also how to position someone at the bottom of it to warn others the ladder is there, (in case they do not see the barriers!), they will also be taught how to carry out the risk assessments required to put up tables for a street market, for me it is sad when people in the UK put so much effort into a project then have to jump through fiery hoops to make it all happen,


as committee member Vaughan Clarke, 71, said: ‘these ridiculous rules are making it more and more difficult to have some simple old-fashioned fun, I’ve been using ladders all my life, all we want to do is mark the occasion by stringing up some bunting, it’s lunacy, the centre management told me I needed public liability insurance, a risk assessment and a ladder certificate to put up the bunting', lunacy indeed and good for you Vaughan, making sure kids have a good time, though perhaps a younger member of the team would be better on the ladders!