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Openreach removes pole put up in front of blue plaque | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
A telephone pole erected right in front of a blue plaque on a house in Bristol has been removed by telecom engineers. | A telephone pole erected right in front of a blue plaque on a house in Bristol has been removed by telecom engineers. |
The pole was installed on the corner of Elmdale Road in Bedminster, blocking a plaque for suffragette Jessie Stephen. | The pole was installed on the corner of Elmdale Road in Bedminster, blocking a plaque for suffragette Jessie Stephen. |
It was quickly removed by OpenReach on Wednesday after a local journalist alerted the firm to its error. | |
Kim Mears, from Openreach, said: "We've got over four million poles and this is really, really rare but when we get it wrong we get it really wrong." | Kim Mears, from Openreach, said: "We've got over four million poles and this is really, really rare but when we get it wrong we get it really wrong." |
Ms Stephen, who died in 1979 at the age of 86, was the first woman president of the Trades Council. | Ms Stephen, who died in 1979 at the age of 86, was the first woman president of the Trades Council. |
The councillor and trade unionist, who lived at a house on the corner of Elmdale Road, was also awarded an MBE for her services. | The councillor and trade unionist, who lived at a house on the corner of Elmdale Road, was also awarded an MBE for her services. |
Openreach, which has been installing poles as part of its ultrafast broadband roll-out, said it had "never" had to remove a pole before for blocking a blue plaque. | Openreach, which has been installing poles as part of its ultrafast broadband roll-out, said it had "never" had to remove a pole before for blocking a blue plaque. |
"We got it wrong, we got it really wrong and we're truly sorry," said Ms Mears. | "We got it wrong, we got it really wrong and we're truly sorry," said Ms Mears. |
"I looked at this one - stood back and just said: 'How?' because if you just apply the common sense rule not only did they [engineers] get it wrong there was just no common sense involved." | "I looked at this one - stood back and just said: 'How?' because if you just apply the common sense rule not only did they [engineers] get it wrong there was just no common sense involved." |
She said the company had "dealt with it really quickly" after being alerted to the error by Bristol Live reporter, Tristan Cork. | She said the company had "dealt with it really quickly" after being alerted to the error by Bristol Live reporter, Tristan Cork. |
"There was no way we wanted to be disrespectful to Jessie," she said. | "There was no way we wanted to be disrespectful to Jessie," she said. |
"Obviously she's hugely important both as an individual and for Bristol so we made sure that we fixed it." | "Obviously she's hugely important both as an individual and for Bristol so we made sure that we fixed it." |
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