What a sad old world we’re living in! Council workmen have today had to remove New Invention’s ornamental arch at the entrance to the community green on the corner of Lichfield Road with Forest gate.
The arch was removed this afternoon because it had been vandalised over the weekend. Someone had cut through three of the four legs of the metal structure rendering it unsafe.
“This is the latest in a series of mindless attacks around the newly established green” said Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires who was alerted to the problem by a member of the community forum earlier this afternoon.
Flower beds have had to be replanted twice after flowers and shrubs, mostly donated by the local community, had been stolen, and someone had tried to lift one of the benches out of the ground a couple of months ago.
The green was created from a piece of open scrub land in order to prevent the possibility of it being lost to development and to provide an attractive focal point for the community. In the short time it has been in existence it has become a well used feature at the heart of the urban village.
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