Jubilee bunting torn down after complaints that it was ‘too noisy’

Apparently the bunting was ‘too loud’ because it flapped within the wind (Image: KMG / SWNS)

This Kent city would be the most depressing place to mark the Platinum Jubilee after its council took down all its ornamental bunting.

Sheerness, which is the primary city on the Isle of Sheppey, put up the plastic flags alongside its excessive road in celebration of the Queen’s 70-year-reign.

However residents made noise complaints, saying the bunting was ‘too loud’ because it flapped within the wind.

City council chair Matt Bromley mentioned: ‘We needed one thing completely different this 12 months so we went for a plastic materials.

‘However when the wind blew, it made such a racket residents residing above the retailers complained.

‘Somewhat than trigger a nuisance, we've taken it down and are meaning to donate it to the retailers to allow them to use it to brighten their home windows.’

He confirmed the bunting, which was beforehand hanging in Excessive Road and Broadway, has now been eliminated.

Matt added: ‘It’s been a studying curve. We might be going again to materials subsequent time.’

Vibrant and vibrant, Sheerness in Kent was able to have a good time the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (Image: KMG / SWNS)

However now it might simply be essentially the most depressing place within the nation to mark the event (Image: KMG / SWNS)

City council chair Matt Bromley confirmed the bunting has now been eliminated (Image: KMG / SWNS)

An additional blow to the city’s celebrations has seen the £160,000 restoration of its Grade-II listed clock tower not fairly listed in time.

Engineers tried to get the seven-month lengthy challenge accomplished for the Jubilee celebrations, nevertheless it has not fairly been completed in time.

The clock was first unveiled on June 26, 1902, to mark the coronation of King Edward VII and and Queen Alexandra.

Matt mentioned: ‘The concrete across the clock would have been too arduous to have sat on.’

The council is as a substitute organising a free picnic with leisure on the seafront on Sunday subsequent weeked.

Eight road events are deliberate throughout the complete island over the Financial institution Vacation weekend, however Kent County Council has dominated they should be held quietly and with out music or noise.

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