Hoddlesden village chainsaw massacres sleep (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Hoddlesden village chainsaw massacres sleep
11:13am Friday 12th November 2010 in Hoddlesden
By Catherine Pye, Health reporter
CHRISTMAS CHORE: The tree ready for decorating
VILLAGERS in Hoddlesden were given a rude awakening by workmen with chainsaws.
Bernadette Woods of Queen’s Square, was unable to get back to sleep at 5.40am after being blasted for 20 minutes by the machine’s noise as the village Christmas tree was erected.
Four men, contracted by Blackburn with Darwen Council, used the saw to cut the bottom of the tree into shape.
Short video clip of the workers in action
The council has now apologised, saying the noise was ‘unacceptable’.
Mrs Woods, 52, said: “I was having trouble sleeping anyway as my husband goes out to work cleaning the streets at 3am, and I had just begun to doze off again when the chainsaw started.
“Why couldn’t they have done the trimming at the yard before bringing it here?
I went outside to ask them to stop but they couldn’t hear me.
"There were four of them, a load of vehicles and flashing lights.
“At these times of economic hardship and cutbacks, do we really need all that?”
She added: “We’ve lived here for eight years and never had this before.
"They usually put the tree up at 9pm, which is fine. I’m not against having the tree.
"I’m sure it’ll look lovely when it’s decorated, but there was no need for the early-morning start.”
The tree, which has not yet been decorated, stands in the village green, near the war memorial.
Another resident of Queen’s Square, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard the noise and thought they were cutting the grass.
“It was ridiculously early to be doing the work, and it’s also too early to be putting up Christmas trees on Armistice Day.”
Peter Hunt, director of regeneration and environment, said: “We apologise for the disturbance.
“The contractors were delivering the trees to the village and they went early to avoid blocking off the road with their large vehicle.
"But using a chainsaw at that time in the morning is not acceptable.”
Comments(11)
slammer
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2:42pm Fri 12 Nov 10
Viv
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4:13pm Fri 12 Nov 10
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There are far worse things to happen than being woken up at 5:45, as for many people this would be a fairly normal start to their day.
Viv
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4:13pm Fri 12 Nov 10
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There are far worse things to happen than being woken up at 5:45, as for many people this would be a fairly normal start to their day.
tpreece01
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4:57pm Fri 12 Nov 10
icannotrace
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7:25pm Fri 12 Nov 10
tpreece01 wrote:It's early admittedly to start with a chain saw but I would hardly call 5:40am "stupid o'clock". What time do you start work?
Right, let's all go round to Viv and useyourhead's house in the morning and wake them up at stupid o'clock. I bet they won't complain!
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As for....
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“At these times of economic hardship and cutbacks, do we really need all that?”
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What's she going on about. Please explain.
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Also love the video. Although it's not really Speilberg stuff is it?
Ess
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11:39pm Fri 12 Nov 10
So once in 8 years isn't really all that bad is it... get a grip woman!
useyourhead
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11:44pm Fri 12 Nov 10
tpreece01 wrote:I shall let you decide what is stupid o'clock ;)
Right, let's all go round to Viv and useyourhead's house in the morning and wake them up at stupid o'clock. I bet they won't complain!
CapitaBackHander
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1:03pm Sat 13 Nov 10
Darwenbert
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10:11pm Sat 13 Nov 10
mr cameron
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7:26pm Sat 4 Dec 10
useyourhead says...
11:55am Fri 12 Nov 10
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wait till there is no space in the budget for a tree, then you will be whinging that they weren't there!
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