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AIBU?

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Village Hall car park

83 replies

Littleredhouse · 21/09/2017 10:19

Three times a week I drive my son to his school in the next village before going to the station to get the train to work. We always park in village hall car park, walk to school and then I jump on the train - and then pick up the car after work.

I have a permit from school which allows me to park there - I'm guessing it's meant for pick ups and drop offs, but I've always parked there for the day without any problems. The commuter car park is always full by the time I get there, and there is no parking anywhere else in the village due to restrictions. The village hall car park is always less than half full.

Recently I've had 2 notices on the car from the village hall stating that it's for people using the hall only and that I may get clamped.

My questions are 1. AIBU to park here? 2. Can they clamp me? (There's a gate on the car park and a sign that says if you're there after the last event you may be locked in, but nothing about clamping)

OP posts:
Tim07 · 20/02/2020 14:28

As a frequent user of our Village Hall, I find it frustrating and selfish of non-hall users who park there, and then who get angry because they are blocked in by the user. It shows disrespect.

AlpacaGoodnight · 20/02/2020 14:34

You are a village hall CF! There are probably groups and functions on regularly and you are taking up a space needed.

myBumJuiceSmellsLikeRoses · 20/02/2020 15:01

HOLY ZOMBIES! It's 2020 now.

simonisnotme · 20/02/2020 15:01

you are a CF
its a village hall carpark not your personal carpark
we had gym users using our church carpark till we padlocked a few in the cheeky gits

simonisnotme · 20/02/2020 15:01

oh bugger, zombie thread

Ferretyone · 20/02/2020 15:14

@Littleredhouse

The good news is that it is a bluff that the car will be clamped! Clamping on private land is now illegal though not on street or - for example - in station car parks.

Is the simple solution to find the responsible person for the village hall and get some sort of positive acknowledgement that you can park there [in writing]

Microwavedtea · 20/02/2020 15:18

ZOMBIE!!!

How do these old threads keep getting dragged up?

FourDecades · 20/02/2020 15:27

@Tim07 - this is a zombie thread. How did you end up posting on it? Am genuinely curious as there are warnings not too.

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