We miss our purple benches! At least two of our purple park benches went missing this week from Fred Hamilton Park! A man wearing a light coloured plaid jacket and toque was seen removing one of them, carrying it on his back down the laneway towards Harrison St. Please return them if you have “borrowed” them – no questions asked. If anyone happens to see our benches or know of there whereabouts, please call 311 so the appropriate staff at the City can figure out how to retrieve them. It would of course be much nicer if the benches were simply returned to the park.
The popular purple benches in Fred Hamilton Park
They may be repainted, but are clearly marked as City property!
Friends of Roxton Road Parks 
I would counsel a more judicious approach in the future. Either chain these very decorative benches down or provide more immoveable but attractive seating such as the heavy logs that are made into benches.. the neighborhood still has a shadowy side (B & E’s, shootings….. Tony M Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:30:45 +0000 To: silverguides@hotmail.com