![]() Sir Tom Jones is treated by doctors after collapsing in Budapest ahead of latest date on his Surrounded By Time tour That tells you the extent of the problem. 'One tenant told me he had been responsible for removing 50 cockerels from the site, people had brought them to him. He said: 'At the end of the day, is it fair to have your sleep broken from 4am by cockerels? Is it people or poultry that come first? Town Council chairman Tony Upson defended the ban and the eviction notices, saying that cockerels were banned from allotments by the Allotment Act 1950 - but this is disputed by others.Ĭouncillor Upson said cockerel owners had been given three months to comply with the ban and only one person had not complied. KeepingĬockerels is just a bit of pleasure. ![]() 'I am petrified of losing my allotment - I am retired and I love it. He said: 'I think what they are trying to do is frighten people. He claimed the council’s methods amounted to 'bully-boy tactics'.Ĭockerel owner Stan Wilson, an independent councillor, is refusing to get rid of Bert, the two-year-old cockerel he reared from a chick. At their time of life they want peace and quiet.' 'The letters and warnings from the council has been frightening some of the old blokes to death. 'Cockerels are loud but they are not 80 decibels and are no louder than a passing car. 'The old blokes on the allotments want peace and quiet, they don’t need this. Jack Bashforth, 64, said: 'One person has complained but these allotments have been here 150 years - the council won’t even negotiate.
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