Posted on 27/03/2017 18:02
glancing through mail online this morning , seems a local police women had go at 2 small children and there dad for he was allowing them to pick 10 daffodils, for there mum and grandmother while out walking for Mother's Day , the picture shows what looks like hundreds of daffs ,
instead of sternly blasting them and frightening the two little girls, surely she could have called dad aside explaining why they were doing wrong,
Posted on 04/04/2017 22:35
When I was young (some time ago) we would sit for ages in the park or country field making daisy chains was this illegal ? and yes we used to pick the Bluebells to don't think they were protected then but even so the parky as we called him never stopped us , wild Roese was another favourite for making or should I say trying to make our own purfume and as for police !! they were busy with real criminals
Posted on 05/04/2017 00:29
Personally I think the police were completely right to take the action they did. On the news I watched it said 27 flowers had been picked. It also shows the dad up as a bit of skinflint, after all you can buy a bunch of daffs for £1. He is also giving no moral lead to his children so its wrong on all sorts of levels. Another issue is that kids tend to pull flowers out of the ground which will likely destroy the bulb for future years. I don't think you can compare with daisies as they are a weed and will be mown back at least every month during the summer. In Milton Keynes we have had some lovely displays of spring bulbs along our grid roads. I am sure some are picked but in the main they are respected by the people that live here.
David
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