ON FEBRUARY 22 I went to collect my young daughters from a Brownies and Guides Thinking Day service at Christ Church, Erith.

When I arrived it was pretty chaotic with parents and cars everywhere.

I drove to the far end of Christchurch Avenue before I found a parking space.

Being a narrow road and with other parked cars opposite I parked partly on the pavement as most other people had done.

The service overran by nearly half an hour and when I returned to my car I was horrified to find a penalty notice slapped on the windscreen.

I cannot believe the council has attendants running around giving out tickets at 7.50pm.

I thought I was giving my daughters some purpose in life by taking them to this but now feel I may as well let them roam the streets of the borough, smashing it up.

They might then be rewarded with a treat by the authorities.

The attendant must have seen everybody outside the church but did not warn anyone.

Many other cars had tickets and I would be interested to hear from anyone else who suffered the same fate.

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