Council ban gardener Arthur... over bad hip

GREEN-fingered Arthur Martin got a letter out of the blue seizing his allotment — after the council ruled his bad hip is a safety hazard.

The pensioner, 73, was stunned yesterday after being given three weeks to quit his beloved veg plot over fears he will hurt himself tending it.

Arthur, chairman of the local allotment society, said after the town council voted at a meeting to boot him off: “Health and safety is your own responsibility — not anybody else’s.

“I’m perfectly capable of looking after the allotment. It’s one of life’s pleasures and a social activity for me.

There’s quite a few chaps up there my age.”          Read More