Funeral car given parking ticket
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4360388.stm
[quote=bbc]Parking ticket put on funeral car
A funeral limousine was issued with a parking ticket, only minutes before it took a grieving family to the service.
The mourners were attending the funeral of John Hare, an 80-year-old man who collapsed and died after trouble with youths near his home.
The car was parked on double-yellow lines outside the undertakers' office in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester.
Bury Council has now cancelled the ticket and said the attendant tried to find out whether it was a funeral car.
The £60 ticket was issued as family members waited inside Booth and Wolstenholme on Crow Lane.
A funeral director removed it from the windscreen before it was seen by mourners.
A spokeswoman for Booth and Wolstenholme told the BBC News website that the family were upset when they found out about the fine.
He said: "In 15 years of us being here, nothing like this has ever happened before.
"Funeral cars are usually exempt for parking restrictions to allow people to drop people off and pick them up."
The firm claims that a hearse was parked in the office car park, close to the limousine, when the ticket was issued.
A spokesman for Bury Council said the parking attendant tried to find out whether the car was involved in a funeral and even took pictures of it.
He added that the ticket was cancelled after it was contacted by Mr Hare's family.
The pensioner, a grandfather of eight, died as he called for help from his warden-controlled home in Ramsbottom.
He collapsed after youths were banging on his windows. Tests revealed he died from natural causes. [/quote]
[quote=bbc]Parking ticket put on funeral car
A funeral limousine was issued with a parking ticket, only minutes before it took a grieving family to the service.
The mourners were attending the funeral of John Hare, an 80-year-old man who collapsed and died after trouble with youths near his home.
The car was parked on double-yellow lines outside the undertakers' office in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester.
Bury Council has now cancelled the ticket and said the attendant tried to find out whether it was a funeral car.
The £60 ticket was issued as family members waited inside Booth and Wolstenholme on Crow Lane.
A funeral director removed it from the windscreen before it was seen by mourners.
A spokeswoman for Booth and Wolstenholme told the BBC News website that the family were upset when they found out about the fine.
He said: "In 15 years of us being here, nothing like this has ever happened before.
"Funeral cars are usually exempt for parking restrictions to allow people to drop people off and pick them up."
The firm claims that a hearse was parked in the office car park, close to the limousine, when the ticket was issued.
A spokesman for Bury Council said the parking attendant tried to find out whether the car was involved in a funeral and even took pictures of it.
He added that the ticket was cancelled after it was contacted by Mr Hare's family.
The pensioner, a grandfather of eight, died as he called for help from his warden-controlled home in Ramsbottom.
He collapsed after youths were banging on his windows. Tests revealed he died from natural causes. [/quote]
puggit said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4360388.stm
bbc said:
Parking ticket put on funeral car
He collapsed after youths were banging on his windows. Tests revealed he died from natural causes.
Natural causes??? Being cared shitless by hooligans in his own home? FFS!
hedders said:
puggit said:
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bbc said:
Parking ticket put on funeral car
He collapsed after youths were banging on his windows. Tests revealed he died from natural causes.
Natural causes??? Being cared shitless by hooligans in his own home? FFS!
Not sure what it has to do with the parking ticket though. Seems to have been added in to increase the hand-wringing factor of the story.
Edited to sort out quotes.
>> Edited by Tank Slapper on Thursday 20th October 19:51
puggit said:
A spokesman for Bury Council said the parking attendant tried to find out whether the car was involved in a funeral and even took pictures of it.
So the fact it was black, presumably polished to within an inch of its life and parked under a sign saying "Funeral Director" didn't give the game away just a little bit?
That's an excuse so thin it should have a "No Skating" warning put up next to it.
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