A housing estate in Bincaster has been trapped by a carolling band that refuses to move unless residents put money in their bucket. The Bincaster Temperance Band first set up camp last Tuesday and haven't moved since.
Estate resident Mike Clumber said, "It all started last Tuesday. They came onto the estate playing carols. It was a bit of fun at first, we brought the kids to the front door to laugh at people grovelling for money. Then they came back on Wednesday, then again on Thursday. Then they did Friday and stayed for the weekend and it's still going on this week. I can't get to work now unless I stop at their carolling corden and put yet another pound coin in their bucket".
Local Councillor Dermont Senior said, "This brass band moved in over a week ago and haven't left. They are still grovelling for money and the residents on that estate are now officially trapped. They cannot move in or out of their homes without putting something into this brass band's collecting bucket. Frankly, they are sick of it, they have suffered too much. We will be holding a council meeting in the New Year where we will discuss moving this brass band on".
Neighbourhood Watch spokesman Nigel Leghorn said, "If it was starving kids in Africa or soldiers coming back from Afghanistan with limbs missing, folk could understand it. But all these fuckers want is to fleece us for every penny we've got so they can blow it on an expensive idiot to take them to the next Area contest. We are all trying to do something for the greater good but these brass banders just want to collect their own selfish money to waste upon themselves as they see fit."
It could be a long-running siege.
