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5 months ago ::
Sun 14 March 2010 11.32am
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For two hundred years people have risked breaking necks and bones rolling cheese down a hill. Some might look on it as a stupid past time but others obviously and for reasons of their own make the trip every year. No more it seems. On the grounds of Health and Safety it is to be cancelled. Not because of the cheese rollers - but because of the crowds looking on. How many more of our local traditions are we going to lose. I am waiting for them to ban the Morris dancers because of their sticks and maybe the bells on their legs make too much noise and could harm our hearing.
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5 months ago ::
Sun 14 March 2010 11.52am
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Of course a few seconds of checking the report would tell you that the organisers cancelled the event themselves, not because of 'Health & Safety' but because they could not cope with the huge crowd attending the event and the associated traffic problems, complaints from local landowners and problems obtaining public liability insurance. /www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7060394.ece
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5 months ago ::
Sun 14 March 2010 12.17pm
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Heard it on the news so did not spend minimal time checking newspaper. But if the organisers cancelled the event themselves it is probably because they cannot afford to pay for the mountains of paperwork and the cost of controlling the crowds because of lack of funds.
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5 months ago ::
Sun 14 March 2010 12.24pm
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Heard it on the news so did not spend minimal time checking newspaper. But if the organisers cancelled the event themselves it is probably because they cannot afford to pay for the mountains of paperwork and the cost of controlling the crowds because of lack of funds.
So...you were talking b lo loks then...
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 12.24am
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Thing is, while HSE did not directly cancel this, it's a result of their actions: Virgil says that part of the issue was the problems getting insurance. Why do you need insurance for an event where people voluntarily run down a hill? Health and Safety rules. If you have problems getting insurance, what is the likely reason - the insurers won't insure an event they feel is likely to result in high numbers of claims - again, why do you need insurance? Is down to health and safety legislation ultimately even if the H&S lobby didn't directly ban it. You want H&S gone mad? I can't even use a 2 step ladder at work without going on a course because if I was asked to and had an accident I would be able to sue the company even if it was my own fault because i'd not gone on the H&S training course... Back at home of course I can go up the ladder and clear the gutters, use a drill, clean the windows without any problems
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 12.37am
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More centuries old traditions vanishing.Next it will be the Ashbourne shrovetide football game played by two rival Derbyshire villages.Hundreds join in to play the game and it has been a vital part of both the communities traditions for centuries.Every year the game is played and many get hurt,and every year it draws massive crowds who follow the ball through the streets and fields until it gets to one of the goals which are set in two rivers. Its good to celebrate culture and diversity as long as it isnt our own .
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 1.21am
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I m no fan of elf ans safety...however the insurance policy premiums are so high because of the increasing amounts of litigation...so blame the ambulance chasing,no win no fee, accident compensation lawyers......and the greedy general public who use every personal misfortune to winlke some cash out of someone else.
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 5.11am
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Health and Safety first. Well, if we're going to ban cheese rolling watchers, let follow this until its logical conclusion. Let's ban: Double-decker buses in case someone falls on the stairs. Theatre stages (unless there's a regulation fence between that and the orchestra) If it rains, parks are closed (slippery mud) Cars that can go faster than 70mph Glass doors Skipping ropes all biros (well kids can swallow the cap) any other suggestions out there of obviously dangerous situations?
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 8.33am
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I m no fan of elf ans safety...however the insurance policy premiums are so high because of the increasing amounts of litigation...so blame the ambulance chasing,no win no fee, accident compensation lawyers......and the greedy general public who use every personal misfortune to winlke some cash out of someone else.
Exactly - but the 'elf and safety gorn mad' mob will never listen...
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5 months ago ::
Mon 15 March 2010 10.33am
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Like everything else under this Control freak dictatorial Nulab government and its egotistic leader, the pendulum of H&S has swung too far towards a nanny attitude. I mean a couse on climbing a step ladder! its getting rediculus. Most 'accidents' are caused by carelessness and lack of concentration, Not to mention impatience and shear lack of Basic Common Sense. Its seldom because of lack of knowledge.
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