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We should bring back the stocks for people who lit bonfires on sunny mornings?

35 replies

wonderstuff · 20/03/2025 11:54

Why do people do it? What’s wrong with driving to the top or getting waste collected? Can’t put my washing out or open my windows.

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MissyB1 · 20/03/2025 17:24

I agree about the daytime, but I love the smell of an evening bonfire!

Ddakji · 20/03/2025 17:22

Oh yes - any time of day to be honest - bonfires are for dank, dark evenings only - not when people have their windows open, their washing out or are trying to enjoy their own gardens. Bonfire smoke is really pervasive, worse than BBQs, and I say that as someone who hates the smell of burnt meat.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 17:11

Apart from washing, it’s not nice to inflict smoke on other people enjoying or working in their gardens.

PassingStranger · 20/03/2025 17:03

ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 20/03/2025 16:39

Well as someone who has had their local
tip closed this year and an allotment owner who has asked their council to supply and been told to try and dispose of their rubbish another way, I think I’ll definitely be having bonfires this year as I don’t want to waste fuel and time travelling to a tip 30 minutes away.

Yes but not in the daytime on a nice day.....
People put washing out.

ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 20/03/2025 16:39

Well as someone who has had their local
tip closed this year and an allotment owner who has asked their council to supply and been told to try and dispose of their rubbish another way, I think I’ll definitely be having bonfires this year as I don’t want to waste fuel and time travelling to a tip 30 minutes away.

PassingStranger · 20/03/2025 16:34

Tell them..
It's selfish and it's wrong.

Happyspendingthedayinthegarden · 20/03/2025 16:27

So agree - so selfish to have a stinky bonfire on a lovely day with brisk wind & is perfect for drying laundry. I feel for you.

I've spent the last couple of days washing my towels, changing bed, putting my duvet & pillows out in the sunshine. I'm so looking forward to going to bed tonight with my lovely clean fresh bedding smelling of sunshine.

Endlessdogbowlsandbones · 20/03/2025 16:25

I agree Op! Really anti-social! And particularly galling on a sunny spring day when you’ve hung washing on the line for the first time, and flung open all of the windows!
Don’t they know how to compost fhs?

Papyrophile · 20/03/2025 16:16

We should bring back the stocks for all sorts of minor infringements and some low level criminal acts too. Public shame with the name and photo of the miscreant on local social media feeds!

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 16:01

Obviously the stocks should be placed a bit downwind from their bonfire.

TBH I haven’t seen one for a long time except out in very rural areas, which suggests few people find them necessary nowadays.