To think we can park here?

[ShopTattsyrup]

AIBU to just ignore this letter and keep parking?

I live on a very short stretch of street that is just 4 terraces at the back of a church. Opposite our houses is the car park for the church and for it's church hall.

All 4 families who live on this stretch know eachother fairly well, no drives or garages and so the unoffical rule is that you park outside your own house and if you have a second car you park on the other side of the street behind the church (where there is space for two neatly parked cars while allowing a good clearance of the dropped curb entrance to the church car park).

Last week we all got the same letter, seemingly from this church, asking us to refrain from parking on the side next to the church as it impedes entry to our car park.

Now one of my neighbours has lived here for >20 years and the existing parking arrangement has never been an issue. I've lived here for 3 and the street is more than wide enough to have cars parked on both sides and drive comfortably through the centre. There's no double yellows etc.

What makes me think this letter is a load of bollocks is that the letter is signed from "St Christopher's Church" - surely if it were official it would say From Rev. John Smith or similar? Or be from the council?

Glad to see your update OP. Your instincts were right despite the attempts of many on here to give the note credence and make this your and your neighbours’ fault: there’s nothing wrong with the parking and the anonymity was a clue to CFery.

Read the original post and the quoted post - the houses have no driveways or garages - no dropped kerb. Also the quote says they park within "2 or 3 feetbefore the corner" - the corner being the junction with the street.

Yes, I think a lot of people are of the school of thought that people wouldn't ask if they weren't really being disadvantaged or genuinely in need.

Not at all: plenty of people are completely selfish, arrogant CFs who truly believe that the law for everybody and society in general should automatically revolve around their own (often random) personal preferences and conveniences.

They're the equivalent of a mediaeval king or queen who doesn't like onions and so brings in a law banning everybody from ever eating onions - in the belief that it simply must be for the best across the board!

Thanks for the update OP. So, as many of us thought, it's just a busy body with poor driving skills hiding behind the guise of the church. Appalling behaviour.

Great update.

I too, rather like the use of "enthusiastic group leaders"