The Eastern Daily Press seems to have targeted one of its patch’s most famous fictional sons with a headline offering readers the chance to give their views on the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre.
It echoes almost word-for-word the question posed by Alan Partridge to his female companion as he attempted to “keep the wolf from the door” in one of the cult BBC sitcom’s more intimate scenes, which can be viewed here.
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Does this not constitute discrimination against disabled people. I no longer shop in Norwich as I find it impossible to park anywhere near the shops unless I go into Chaplefield or Cast.e Mall. I have no interest in those shops. So now I go to Kings Lynn where I can park close to M&S and its all flat. They will kill off Norwich. I recently visited Newbury which is pedestrianised and was deserted. At least there you could still park nearby.
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“Car free zone planned for city centre”, in case they come out with the stock’ it would be hard to describe without using pedestrianised,city centre etc
Lovely stuff by the tub thumping word furnace chaps! Maybe the reporter who lifted the piece is too young to know the comedy value of this headline
It would only be better if it was on Mustard TV followed by Professional monkey tennis ?
Aaa haaaaaa!
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lovely stuff
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Jean – I understand where you coming from, but they do say it will be good for people in wheelchairs.
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What about access to Dixons? I think we should be told.
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Classic Archant foot shooting, you couldn’t make it up could you?
If it’s not falling for banjo statue based April foolery,offeringfree cinema tickets for reader supplied content, one of the commercial managers falling for a wind up phone call by Middlesbrough fans that was all over the interweb or mustard tv broadcasting one of their presenters using the C word in a link, it’s not being aware of classic comedy lines from a tv show set on their doorstep. what next publishing the fixtures of the inner city sumo tournament maybe?
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I’ll be honest, I’m dead against it.
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One for their ‘cracking’ Investigations Unit ‘ to investigate, did the headline writer have another bad day and do it to encourage derision? Or is it as has been mentioned previously the work of a junior deputy assistant editor who is too young to notice the irony I wonder?
Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan!!
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