silverfox
Well-Known Member
Well done Martin Davis!
From the Star
TWO thieves have been branded "disgraceful" after they stole the first bouquet of flowers to be laid in the city centre in memory of Derek Dooley.
The bunch of red roses was placed by an anonymous wellwisher on the pavement outside Sheffield Town Hall, on Dooley's bronze 'Walk of Fame' plaque.
But within hours the flowers had been stolen by a man and a woman - in full view of passers-by who had stopped to pay their respects.
The couple were spotted in the act and challenged by Independent councillor Coun Martin Davis from Stocksbridge, who managed to retrieve the blooms.
He told The Star: "I had just been looking at the flowers on the plaque. I hadn't got 25 yards away when I saw a couple walk past, bend down, pick the flowers up, and walk off with them.
"I went after them and told them the flowers had been placed in tribute to Derek Dooley, who had died. I got a mouthful of verbal abuse back, but
then they threw the flowers on the ground and kept walking.
"I picked them up and returned them to the plaque, and quite a few people came up afterwards to say 'well done'. They weren't the most salubrious couple, obviously, but what they did was disgraceful."
By this morning more bouquets had begun to build up on the pavement, and the area around the bronze plaque was roped off.
A public book of condolence has been opened inside Sheffield Town Hall, where the Union Jack standard is flying at half-mast.
The book will available during normal Town Hall opening times, today until 4.45pm, and from Monday to Thursday 8.45am to 5pm.
From the Star
TWO thieves have been branded "disgraceful" after they stole the first bouquet of flowers to be laid in the city centre in memory of Derek Dooley.
The bunch of red roses was placed by an anonymous wellwisher on the pavement outside Sheffield Town Hall, on Dooley's bronze 'Walk of Fame' plaque.
But within hours the flowers had been stolen by a man and a woman - in full view of passers-by who had stopped to pay their respects.
The couple were spotted in the act and challenged by Independent councillor Coun Martin Davis from Stocksbridge, who managed to retrieve the blooms.
He told The Star: "I had just been looking at the flowers on the plaque. I hadn't got 25 yards away when I saw a couple walk past, bend down, pick the flowers up, and walk off with them.
"I went after them and told them the flowers had been placed in tribute to Derek Dooley, who had died. I got a mouthful of verbal abuse back, but
then they threw the flowers on the ground and kept walking.
"I picked them up and returned them to the plaque, and quite a few people came up afterwards to say 'well done'. They weren't the most salubrious couple, obviously, but what they did was disgraceful."
By this morning more bouquets had begun to build up on the pavement, and the area around the bronze plaque was roped off.
A public book of condolence has been opened inside Sheffield Town Hall, where the Union Jack standard is flying at half-mast.
The book will available during normal Town Hall opening times, today until 4.45pm, and from Monday to Thursday 8.45am to 5pm.
