The absurd ban on my father's memorial has been overturned and they finally granted permission for the design. Those bureaucrats at the Chancellor's office were wrong to deny us for this long but our persistence forced their hand. We won this fight for Derek and I appreciate everyone who stood …
January 22, 2011
Final supporters
I wrote to the Chancellor explaining the circumstances and my fathers passion for the sport and it was refused, despite the support of Hindringham's Vicar & Churchwardens. We are now appealing officially at additional cost. I hope this petition may show the support we have. Please feel free to pass this on, all support is much appreciated. We hope it will make a difference.
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Update 05/03/11, below letter now received. Appeal refused:
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Reached 250 supporters
January 8, 2011
January 7, 2011
The bureaucrats at the Church of England are still ignoring us but we are clawing our way toward 250 signatures. Blast this link out to your social media circles right now so we can force them to look at the reality of my father's legacy.
January 6, 2011
We hit 100 signatures today. Those bureaucrats at the Church need to realize they cannot just ignore a grieving family while dismissing the local leaders who actually know my father's community.
January 6, 2011
The bureaucrats in charge of this churchyard are rejecting my father's memorial again despite clear support from the local clergy. They want us to believe this speedway tribute is somehow inappropriate but their refusal proves they are only interested in enforcing rigid rules over human sentiment. I am not backing down because they expect us to just go away quietly.
Reached 100 supporters
January 5, 2011
6 Comments
poor man. speedway was his life and he deserves to be remembered for what he loved. shame on them for saying no.
Thinking of you all. Hope this gets sorted soon.
Ridiculous red tape. Let them honor him how they want.
common sense people. its a headstone not a billboard in times square!!
The church needs to get with the times. Totally ridiculous to deny this.
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The absurd ban on my father's memorial has been overturned and they finally granted permission for the design. Those bureaucrats at the Chancellor's office were wrong to deny us for this long but our persistence forced their hand. We won this fight for Derek and I appreciate everyone who stood …
January 22, 2011
Final supporters
I wrote to the Chancellor explaining the circumstances and my fathers passion for the sport and it was refused, despite the support of Hindringham's Vicar & Churchwardens. We are now appealing officially at additional cost. I hope this petition may show the support we have. Please feel free to pass this on, all support is much appreciated. We hope it will make a difference.
By signing this petition, I confirm that I fully support this and believe that this memorial is in no way inappropriate.
(NB. After signing you are taken to a 'donations' page. Your signature has already been recorded; you do NOT have to donate to ipetitions.com. It is optional.)
Update 05/03/11, below letter now received. Appeal refused:
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 8, 2011
January 7, 2011
The bureaucrats at the Church of England are still ignoring us but we are clawing our way toward 250 signatures. Blast this link out to your social media circles right now so we can force them to look at the reality of my father's legacy.
January 6, 2011
We hit 100 signatures today. Those bureaucrats at the Church need to realize they cannot just ignore a grieving family while dismissing the local leaders who actually know my father's community.
January 6, 2011
The bureaucrats in charge of this churchyard are rejecting my father's memorial again despite clear support from the local clergy. They want us to believe this speedway tribute is somehow inappropriate but their refusal proves they are only interested in enforcing rigid rules over human sentiment. I am not backing down because they expect us to just go away quietly.
Reached 100 supporters
January 5, 2011
6 Comments
This is just heartless. It was his life passion and it represents who he was. Let the family have their peace.
poor man. speedway was his life and he deserves to be remembered for what he loved. shame on them for saying no.
Thinking of you all. Hope this gets sorted soon.
Ridiculous red tape. Let them honor him how they want.
common sense people. its a headstone not a billboard in times square!!
The church needs to get with the times. Totally ridiculous to deny this.
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This is just heartless. It was his life passion and it represents who he was. Let the family have their peace.