Well-heeled homeowners have been slammed for trying to ban kids from rolling their Easter eggs.
A war of words erupted after families in the leafy area, near Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, were hit with a letter from new homeowners telling them to stop the egg rolling as they feared it may “cause distress”.
One furious dad said the 10-year-old Easter tradition was now doomed thanks to growing gentrification of the community.
He said: “It is beyond pathetic. We were shocked to get a letter from the factors of 20 Clifton Street this week.
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"Our kids along with many of their friends have always gathered on Clifton Street to roll eggs on Easter Sunday.
“It’s a tradition that’s lasted nearly 10 years and involves 12 families. One resident – who had just moved into the building – asked what happened to the bits of waste eggs left over.
"They were told family dogs with the group ate most of the leftover bits and the rest were polished off by passing dogs, gulls and maybe even a fox or two.
“We thought nothing more of it until this letter from the factors arrived to ask us ‘to not cause distress, nuisance or mess within the area of the property’.
“Do they have nothing else to bother them? The waste is entirely natural produce and will be gone within hours. It’s not like we are leaving rusty shopping trollies outside their front door.”
Another local said: “Kids have been really upset by this. There is an ongoing gentrification here and this latest row is part of that.”
Another dad said: “I personally went out and cleared the street after last year’s egg rolling.”
Director Michael Martin, of property factors Taylor & Martin, said yesterday: “I’m very sorry to hear that the residents are upset by this letter as that’s the last thing I would have wanted. If the egg rolling goes ahead we will not be seeking further action.”
