A girl has had her family holiday ruined after breaking her ankle at Chalkwell Fair.
Hmmm…
Tiegan Jackson, seven, landed badly on a ball while bouncing on the trampoline in one of the enclosures on the first day of the fair, at Chalkwell Park.
In immense pain and unable to put weight on her foot, she was taken by mum Kelly Ilett, 31..
Wait, what? Different surnames? Oh, I see where this is going…
Before leaving, Miss Ilett …
Aha!
… of Denton Avenue, Westcliff, said: “She’s in a lot of pain and, if you’re flying within 48 hours of having a cast fitted, you need a doctor’s certificate.
“So we’re hoping we’re not going to have to cancel it, because it’s been booked since last April and has cost a lot money.
“Even if we do go, it’s ruined for her – she’s not going to be able to do anything.
“We’ve been looking forward to this and it’s our other daughter’s 12th birthday while we’re away, but Tiegan is going to have to just watch her sisters have fun – it’s going to be so boring for her.”
Not if she can find the pie shop, judging by the picture of her the paper printed!
A spokesman for Southend Carnivals said the incident was not reported to staff at the time, but that procedures were in place for dealing with such accidents to ensure a safe environment.
And no doubt their insurers have procedures for dealing with the likes of the Ilett-Jacksons of this world…
That is a 7 year old? They are kidding - please tell me they are.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing is exactly how many meal tickets does Miss Ilett have to help finance her lifestyle?
Quite a porker for a 7 year old!
ReplyDeleteWas her name (obviously Megan, not some made-up idiocy), written semi-legibly on her birth certificate?
Yes, the different surnames were a good start.
ReplyDelete"Tiegan"
ReplyDeleteThere, right there, is where I stopped reading as it was obvious what we could expect from someone who had named their child thus .
Strange how a double-barrelled surname used to be a sign of being one of the Aristocracy, now it indicates entirely the opposite.
ReplyDelete"That is a 7 year old? They are kidding - please tell me they are."
ReplyDeleteIt's Essex, Ivan. She's not unique, far from it!
"With the water and the food there, the child is guaranteed to lose two stone."
Heh!
"There, right there, is where I stopped reading as it was obvious what we could expect from someone who had named their child thus ."
It's a dead giveaway, isn't it?