Sunday, July 23, 2006

Jerks Topple Cool Giant Fish Display

COUNCIL workmen were repairing the damage to a giant fish on Monday, July 10, after a floral display in the town was vandalised.

A decorative fish in the Triangle was overturned, damaging one of the jewels in the crown of the town's South West in Bloom entry this year.

Joy Seward, vice chairman of Sidmouth in Bloom, said: "We are working hours and hours and hours at the moment, getting everything right to present to the judges on Tuesday morning.

"It's hard because, as fast as you clear up one thing, someone seems to do something silly to another.

"Last year, on the day before judging, one of the fish was turned over.

"Nick Beavis, who made them, came out early in the morning before the judges arrived to repair it.

"It's a shame these people can't put their energy to better use - perhaps they could do some weeding for us instead!"

A police spokesman said they had received no report of the incident.

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