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Resident, 86, threatens to chain herself to 1ft high picket fence in ‘petty’ council row

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Pensioners have been told their garden picket fence will be removed. // Pensioners have threatened to chain themselves to a foot-high fence protecting a communal garden after a housing group warned it would have to be removed. Julian Philips, 80, painstakingly dug up the "mud field" to lay down grass and planted flowers to create a garden for the 31 flats in Helgate Court, in Norwich, Norfolk.Mr Philips installed a low picket fence, just a foot-high, around the edge to stop the area from being driven over and churned back into mud. But Housing group Orbit, which owns the building, had given them seven days to take it down - after claiming it was a "trip hazard". Photo released 10/07/2026
Residents of this retirement housing complex have been ordered to remove their 1ft picket fence, much to their fury (Picture: Newsquest/SWNS)

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