Forum Topic

Flyposting, does the Chiswick Calendar support it?

Was intrigued to see the Chiswick Calendar reporting on fly posting and being a tad snarky about locals removing them. We see lots around Chiswick, all for worthy causes no doubt (such as the Tai Chi, restoration work, Burlesque affairs and the Markets, - Boot, Flower, Cheese and Bric a Brac)Now I thought that attaching flyers and such was a crime under the Highways Act 1980 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.  Google tells me these are the penalties:• Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs): Councils can issue on-the-spot fines (typically around £500, or a default of £75–£500 depending on the specific local authority enforcement level).• Court Fines: Prosecution under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 can lead to fines up to £2,500, plus ongoing daily fines if the offense continues.Where does the Calendar stand on this?https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/poster-pilferer-tears-down-flyers-for-community-events-in-chiswick/

Davy Jones ● 1d9 Comments

What exactly are YOU objecting to?

Philippa Bond ● 1d

Not a lot.It's an interesting area - do YOU for example, agree with people nailing plastic laminated sheets into trees with copper nails? See this a fair bit. No wonder we've lost so many trees.

Davy Jones ● 1d

It is somewhat unusual that the phantom fly poster remover only seems to target churches and then rings them up after.Could he be very religious and thinks that posters on churches are sacrilege or an atheist and disapproves of the churches doing any advertising?

Michael Robinson ● 1d

Must be better way of doing this that doesn't upset religious sensitivities, risk penalty notices,  or mean put up flyers in the wrong place (tacking to trees for example - not that the churches did that but it's seen often). Maybe designated managed places for posting that local groups could help with and take down old notices?

Davy Jones ● 1d

You mean “noticeboards”?

Lucy Chambers ● 1d

I always thought a permit was required to use public space/amenity for promotion. Like any other business would be required to do.

David Lesniak ● 1d

Yes, but in waiting for the better way there is likely to be an awful lot of time, argument, money and bureaucracy involved.  There is also an everlasting worry and cost of deterioration/vandalism/keys/access etc.  There used to be someone in the HoC that did something like this. The cost to and importance of the bigger picture with the immediacy of the need to advertise community events somehow seems to get minimised and bypassed.James McNeil Whistler and his wife Beatrice/Beatrix Birnie Philip's work was recently featured in an exhibition at Tate Britain which I went to because of an interest in those artists who were living in this area.  I've visited that graveyard and seen that vandalised grave in St Nicholas' Churchyard so am interested to read that there is/has been an initiative to repair it.  Without reading the OP's post I wouldn't have known and therefore many others - so thank you.  I regularly walk along one part or another of the waterfront there.I'm also sure that in days long ago there would also have been posters or people loudly advertising their wares or events that someone somewhere would have objected to!When there are already people who vandalise graves in the area - what can you say - except that this is really going from one extreme to another!?

Philippa Bond ● 1d

  I very rarely see posters up except around churches andor TG and CHR for sunday markets.  So im not dure anyone is targeting churches,or religion.Its just where most are put up.  Thank god phillipa is not putting any up They would be 10ft long to cater for all the links.😁

Julian Pavey ● 22h

:)

Philippa Bond ● 22h