Signs thrown into the gorse as businesses count the cost
Monday 21st February 2011, 2:29PM GMT.
Peter Goubert of P&C Builders, left, decorator Malcolm Chippendale and Chateau des Tielles nursing home proprietor Peter Adam, right, have all had signs stolen from their respective businesses and dumped down the side of the cliffs. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 1095061)
A SPATE of sign thefts has left local businesses out of pocket.
Traffic and business hoardings, as well as planning notices, have all been stolen over the past few months.
Peter Adam, owner of Chateau des Tielles nursing home, was on the receiving end of this when someone stole four tradesmen’s signs from the Torteval property, as well as a planning application notice. Mr Adam only discovered the theft when a planning officer asked where his sign was.
However, when he was walking his dogs on the Pleinmont cliffs a few weeks later, he discovered his signs tossed into the gorse, along with more than 40 others.
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It will be difficult to catch them as they are all probably back at their Universities by now
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Perhaps proper signs warning people not to steal signs would do the trick. things being stolen and dumped on the cliffs, It’s a bad sign.
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try north beach
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very fortunate that it was him who found it, I mean that sincerely, its a lucky coincidence
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Hey maybe it’s the Environment Department saving time and cutting costs.
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Are businesses really counting the cost? They found them didn’t they.
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A sign of the times I guess.
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