Bin used to deter pavement parking leads to prosecution warning - your letters, plus a throwback to Easter camp 1983 on Cannock Chase

Your letters today cover concerns over a prosecution warning linked to a bin placed outside a home, reflections on West Bromwich Albion’s recent struggles, and views on the US president’s public remarks.

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PICTURE FROM THE PAST: ​These scouts from Pelsall seemed to be well equipped for the Easter camp in 1983 at Beaudesert on Cannock Chase where they lived under canvas and carried out projects to further badge work. From left, Richard Deakin, Mark Lycett, Ian Pratley and leader Brian Marsh.
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Bin warning is just rubbish

I have just received a notice of possible prosecution for placing my old, disused bin outside my property.

I have done so in order to prevent pavement parking outside my front garden.

It has been done so I can gain access to my front path and cross the road in safety, or access a taxi, delivery parcels etc, or for building materials such as sand, soil, gravel, and timber delivered by crane.

How do residents know it is illegal to place bins or bollards outside their properties to prevent people parking on pavements?

Who informs us, and how and when rules change? It appears that nobody—not the council—tells us.

How does the taxpayer know? We don’t. So stealth fines etc.

Derek Griffiths, Wolverhampton