News RSS Feed Send your news, pictures & videos


Sutton Councillor’s fury over shop’s golliwog dolls

11:50am Thursday 29th September 2011 in News By Matt Watts

One of the dolls in the shop window One of the dolls in the shop window

A councillor is protesting against a gift shop over its decision to sell controversial golliwog dolls.

Sutton Councillor Lester Holloway has organised the protest outside the Memory Lane gift shop in Times Square shopping centre, after branding the dolls rascist.

He has asked the shop, near Sutton High Street, to take them off the shelves.

But a spokesman for the shop, which displays three of the dolls in its windows, defied his requests, and said it sold several hundred of the stuffed toys each year, and they were not illegal.

The image of the doll, which started as a character in children's books in the late 19th century, was featured in Enid Blyton books, and used by British jam manufacturer James Robertson & Sons as its mascot before it was removed after boycotts of the product, is the subject of heated debate.

Some argue it should be preserved as a cultural artefact.

Others argue they have long been associated with rascist stereotypes and insults of racism against people of African descent.

Councillor Holloway said: “Next month is black history month and as someone who is of mixed race, I find the dolls particularly offensive.

“They mock black people’s features and are reminiscent of colonial oppression and overt racism. They have no place in Sutton and should not be on display.”

Coun Holloway, a representative of Sutton North ward, has organised the protest on Facebook, and will be speaking on BBC radio this weekend to galvanise support for the protest.

A spokesman for the Memory Lane shop said: “I respect Coun Holloway’s right to protest, but we do not believe stocking and selling the dolls is an offence or offensive.”

He said the shop had received only one other complaint in the 10 years it had stocked the dolls.

Police and Sutton trading standards have been consulted by Coun Holloway over the matter but have not taken action because selling the dolls is not illegal.

A Sutton police spokesman said: “There are no criminal offences. This is a matter between individuals and the store.”

A Sutton Council spokesman said: “We understand the historical origins of the golliwog mean some people find them offensive but no law is being broken and there is no action for the council or the police to take.”

Protesters will meet outside Sutton station at noon on Friday, October 7, before marching on the store.

The golliwog was first introduced as a children's character by New York author Florence Upton in 1895.

• Based on a minstrel doll, the character was adopted by Enid Blyton in her Noddy books, as a badly behaved and often criminal figure.

• In recent years, it has become a figure of controversy after being interpreted by many as a crude racial stereotype, with the term was used as a racial slur.

• It was removed from the famous Robertson jam label in 2001 after public and political pressure.

• In March 2007, officers from Greater Manchester Police seized two golliwogs from a shop after a complaint that the dolls were offensive.

• This month an Enid Blyton fan was banned from selling the dolls at a vintage market in Bournemouth after council officials branded them racist.

Comments(56)

Michael Pantlin says...
1:05pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Oh no another pc bonkers councillor. Unfortunately does not represent my ward so I can't help to vote him out next time. Golliwogs are just dolls. As a very young child I had a golliwog and a teddy bear. When I went to primary school in Tooting we didn't know what black people were like: never saw one. The first black boy we had in the class was treated with respect and affection. Golliwogs had no effect on that: we saw no connection. Having a golliwog has never inhibited me from having lovely black friends. Having a teddy bear has not caused me to harm any bears. In fact quite the opposite I am an animal lover and only yesterday signed up to a protest about endangered bears being shot by moronic hunters for their bloodthirsty pleasure. Sorry councillor I don't agree with you. I suggest you get less precious and more grown up. Having said that I want one of them. Anyone know how much they are please?

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

FlowerPower70 says...
1:22pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Goodness Gracious me, what is Britain coming to? Gingerbread men are now called Gingerbread people, blackboards, chalkboards. Political Correctiveness in this country is more of a negative issue than an apparently offensive toy! No wonder nobody deals with the real issues in this borough if a Councillor has time to organise a protest on this absolutely laughable issue. Personally, I think the shop selling the toy should set up a stall outside memory lane gift shop, because that is what a Golliwog is to me, a great trip down memory lane!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

jg.whitehead says...
2:20pm Thu 29 Sep 11

The shop should be able to sell them,and it is up to the customers if they do not want to buy them,they can always shop elsewhere.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

john72 says...
2:34pm Thu 29 Sep 11

What is going on with these so called elected officials?

Of all the issues effecting Sutton residents ,this one seems to be on the top of his list of priorities.

How about a campaign by Councillor Holloway to sort out all the litter, chewing gum and graffiti along Sutton High Street. Or how about providing enough police presence so that residents are not woken up by drunken yobs at 3 am every Fri/Sat/Sun morning. Alongside smashed up fences, car door mirrors and other private property?

Anyone else enjoy walking down the High Street late on a Friday evening? Can we diversifying trade in the the town so that it isn't all pubs, bars and gangs of drunken under-age being a nuisance?

How about organising an initiative to sort out Sutton's road congestion and the associated noise, pollution and traffic fumes. Does every police car have to blast its siren? even at 4 am in the morning?

Or trying to have a variation of business at the end of the High Street so that it isn't all just kebab shops, pubs, cash lending establishments and other fast food establishments.

Making sure our crumbling, third world roads and pavements with fading street markings and vandalised signs and properly maintained.

The list is endless regarding what these councillors could should be expending their energies on.

Ask them about these issues though and the silence would be deafening!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
2:49pm Thu 29 Sep 11

I have carefully studied the photos in the article of Cllr Hester and the doll. They don't look anything like each other - and I am up to date with my spectacle prescription. I would never confuse their identities, never call Cllr Hester a doll and when I buy mine - just found they are a fiver - I certainly won't name it Hester. That's a promise.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

GreenBrown says...
4:31pm Thu 29 Sep 11

People who take offence at name calling and golliwogs and the like have the power to end the problem....don't take offence. Rise above it and ignore it. Words are only powerful if you let them effect you. A golliwog doll is just a doll until some touchy, in the minority, idiots decide to take offence. All this prep work for Black History month (what???... why???) must have got the councillor all fired up.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

rdawson says...
7:14pm Thu 29 Sep 11

an email sent to lester holloway by myself i have recieved no reply as of yet.
hello, you have been quoted as saying "these mock black peoples features"
i would like to ask you if you have ever seen a black person who looks anything like these dolls? because i certainly haven't the golly's features are a caricature of the american black faced minstrels, in effact the caricature of a caricature.
I am of anglo indian decent and i take no offence in the apperance of these dolls, the use of the word wog however is unacceptable and this has been recognised which is why they have been re-named and the sale of any original golliwog's banned, which i fully support.
surely if what your saying is correct why stop there? should we protest against clowns? how about the use of white boards like they have done with black boards? how about white and brown bread and sugar???
this is political correctness gone mad.
you are in a position to make a real difference to this community, and i believe there are more pressing issues within the community that could use your attention.
many thanks,
Rebecca Dawson

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
7:40pm Thu 29 Sep 11

"Protesters will meet outside Sutton station at noon on Friday, October 7, before marching on the store". Why Sutton Station? From how far afield is he bussing and training in the protest group? This could feel intimidating to people who like dolls. Hopefully by the time they arrive at the store they will have sold out due to extraordinarily high demand. I'm getting mine tomorrow to avoid the rush. Lester has been told that the Golly dolls break no laws. I hope the protest group does not break any either such as causing fear or stress to peaceful shoppers in Memory Lane.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

1localman says...
8:13pm Thu 29 Sep 11

I understand that quite a bit has been spent on the forthcoming Black history month.

Would the same amount of funds be available for a White history month ?

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Martin JP says...
8:19pm Thu 29 Sep 11

wrote:
I am saddened to see such a racist reaction to what is a caricature of a black person in a doll. A doll who has been loved by many children of all colours throughout the years and continues to be so.



Lets widen this argument to show its stupidity. Barbie dolls are synonymous with white blonde women who are intellectually retarded only capable of matching shoes with handbags. This image of Barbie is known by everyone. Are there protests to ban them?. Are blonde councillors (whom there are many) organising marches against them?...No of course not.



The actions of coun Holloway are rooted in an embittered past that does not represent the multicultural mix AND harmony that actually exists with the vast majority of people in this country. Please, let common sense prevail not out dated attitudes from an era that most of us have grown out of, but sadly it seems, not all.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Martin JP says...
8:47pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Thanks to whoever found out the Golli's are a fiver. I will be getting mine tomorrow, lunchtime I think.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

jeffers2 says...
10:17pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Come on guys, don't pretend you haven't noticed, Gollywog has the word 'wog' in it which is a term of abuse towards Black people.

However, it would be interesting to know what Black people think about this controversy. Chances are they're smiling at all the Politically Correct Whiteys getting tied up in knots on this issue.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Clinton Glanville says...
10:57pm Thu 29 Sep 11

This all sounds so daft, at the end of the day its a doll isn't it? how about making the elected members of Sutton council do more worth while things then complain about something so trivia, I do wonder how much tax payers money was used to set up this Facebook group? This may sound a bit cynical, but I think this could just be a bit of political theatre to get more of the electorate to vote for them? How about doing something about the waste of money within the council for example 2 million pounds spent on high street furniture in times of austerity, I hope all nine of the Facebook group members have fun protesting, as if we need anymore of that.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
11:45pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Ban Terry Wog-an.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
11:45pm Thu 29 Sep 11

Ban Terry Wog-an.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
5:12am Fri 30 Sep 11

Where is all this stupidity going to end. When I grew up
most kids had a golliwog as well as a teddy bear.
What a pathetic individuel you are Councillor Holloway. People like you cause more problems then you solve. Im sure most people wouldn't have blinked an eyelid at these in the shop till you stirred this up.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
5:12am Fri 30 Sep 11

Where is all this stupidity going to end. When I grew up
most kids had a golliwog as well as a teddy bear.
What a pathetic individuel you are Councillor Holloway. People like you cause more problems then you solve. Im sure most people wouldn't have blinked an eyelid at these in the shop till you stirred this up.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
5:35am Fri 30 Sep 11

When is all this nonsense going to stop. Most kids when I grew up had a golliwog as well as a teddybear and thought nothing odd about it.
Im sure most people wouldn't have blinked an eyelid at these being sold if you hadn't stirred all this up. What a sad individuel you are Councillor Holloway. You cause more problems then you solve.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
6:21am Fri 30 Sep 11

Jeffers 2
Perhaps if they were called Gollipeople all this rubbish would end and everyone would be happy....well maybe not Councillor Holloway who obviously has too much time on his hands instead of addressing other more important issues in Sutton!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
8:13am Fri 30 Sep 11

Extraordinary comment response for the dear old Guardian on this almost rivalling the ice cream scoop about the stop me and get one gent who was reported as giving himself a handshake under the counter to relieve the boredom that apparently dogs a career '99' cones.
What would be the dream headline to revolutionise the newspapers fortunes?
"Mr. Softee performs sex act with Golly doll"? Anyway while Cllr Lester is leading his crusaders down the High Street risking life and limb not to fall foul of the McCoy obstacle course he can stop and admire his Wilko Grass Wall which I hear is taking shape. He can congratulate himself on being part of the LBS which is spending £145K of your money for their latest grass up exercise as well as the cost he has racked up wasting police and council trading officers' time on his Black History Month gollybashing project which is yet more of our exhorbitant council tax wasted on top of the £10K we pay him to do it.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
8:14am Fri 30 Sep 11

Extraordinary comment response for the dear old Guardian on this almost rivalling the ice cream scoop about the stop me and get one gent who was reported as giving himself a handshake under the counter to relieve the boredom that apparently dogs a career '99' cones.
What would be the dream headline to revolutionise the newspapers fortunes?
"Mr. Softee performs sex act with Golly doll"? Anyway while Cllr Lester is leading his crusaders down the High Street risking life and limb not to fall foul of the McCoy obstacle course he can stop and admire his Wilko Grass Wall which I hear is taking shape. He can congratulate himself on being part of the LBS which is spending £145K of your money for their latest grass up exercise as well as the cost he has racked up wasting police and council trading officers' time on his Black History Month gollybashing project which is yet more of our exhorbitant council tax wasted on top of the £10K we pay him to serve us.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

sbisabirye says...
8:28am Fri 30 Sep 11

I address the golliwog issue in a sub-segment, titled, "The Golliwog Controversy" in my book on Enid Blyton, titled, The Famous Five: A Personal Anecdotage (www.sbisabirye.blog
spot.com).
Stephen Isabirye

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

sbisabirye says...
8:31am Fri 30 Sep 11

I discuss the golliwog issue under the sub-title, "The Golliwog Controversy" in my book on Enid Blyton, titled, The Famous Five: A Personal Anecdotage (www.sbisabirye.blog
spot.com).
Stephen Isabirye

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

edstar says...
10:10am Fri 30 Sep 11

PC gone mad. How dare black people be offended by these dolls which are obviously a mockery of them. When i was young, we used the term wog as a form affection before we spat them (in a friendly way)

Anyway I am off to the **** shop for some of those spick susauges and the Daily Mail then off to the Moons for a drink with some bog trotters.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Joey66 says...
10:29am Fri 30 Sep 11

How depressing that so many people can see nothing wrong with Golliwogs. No doubt these the same people would love to see the return of the Black and White Minstel Show? Surely it doesn't take too many brain cells to realise why these 'toys' are offensive to a large section of our society? If you still don't get it - go and read a history book and the penny might finally drop!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

LiberalsOut says...
1:24pm Fri 30 Sep 11

Typical of these lefty tree hugger types to be outraged on behalf of a section of society who on the whole do not see it as a problem.I pay my Council Tax to get the bins emptied and streets cleaned etc. not for a Councillor to wage war on a retailer going about their business which is quite legal to do.Lets hope there is a protest against Mr Holloway for being a complete waste of space like all Lib Dems

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Stridesy says...
1:54pm Fri 30 Sep 11

One I think there are far more important things to be worrying about than a cuddly toy and two I'm sure I know of two other shops in Sutton that sell them.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Simbali says...
2:13pm Fri 30 Sep 11

I wonder how many people know where the term '****' came from? It was not intended as a derogatory term and actually stands for 'worker on government service', I believe the term originated in India and identified native people entitled to be on military sites.

How interesting that political correctness causes so much enthusiasm and debate!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
2:17pm Fri 30 Sep 11

Nothing wrong with that wonderful Black & White Minstrel Show. Lovely music and costumes. Not a speck of hate in it, then if my memory serves me Pam Rhodes was it? went all pc and the show was locked away in Room 101 at the BBC. You can still enjoy it on the web though - and I do. I could not argue if some people called me fat, with a big nose and large ears yet I have not the slightest inclination to get all hot under the collar about Pinnochio, Humpty Dumpty and Noddy's Friend.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

staffy58 says...
8:46pm Fri 30 Sep 11

wrote:
Surely Councillor Holloway must have more important issues to address in the local community than what could be labelled as "persecuting" 2 people
that are trying to make a living by running a small business. These dolls are sold alongside other collectable items in this shop that is full of wonderfull gifts and memorabilia. They are not positioned in any special place or shown in any way that makes them any different from any other doll that is sold there. If this shop "refused" to sell them then surely this could be deemed offensive to some people. It is a fact in this world that you cannot please everyone so why must some peoples lives be more troubled by what seems to be someone just looking to make a point. I hope that this incident actually brings more business to Memory Lane and it highlights the fact that this is a lovely little shop giving a good service and quality items. They have done nothing wrong and do not deserve all these problems.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
6:40am Sat 1 Oct 11

So Councillor Holloway finds the dolls offensive. I find a lot of things that are on sale today offensive, but thats life. Noone is being forced to buy one of these dolls. One mans meat is another mans poison so to speak.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

betty.s says...
8:24am Sat 1 Oct 11

These dolls have been on sale in sutton for over 3 years - I know this because a good friend of mine, who is a black woman, bought them as christmas presents for my children. My friend did not find these offensive in any way - she actually bought one for herself!
Small businesses face enough pressure at the moment with ever increasing costs and legislation imposed upon them, maybe the PC brigade should lay off before they board up the whole high street!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

betty.s says...
8:24am Sat 1 Oct 11

These dolls have been on sale in sutton for over 3 years - I know this because a good friend of mine, who is a black woman, bought them as christmas presents for my children. My friend did not find these offensive in any way - she actually bought one for herself!
Small businesses face enough pressure at the moment with ever increasing costs and legislation imposed upon them, maybe the PC brigade should lay off before they board up the whole high street!

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
11:39am Sat 1 Oct 11

It's official LibDem policy I am reliably informed not to object to the depressing sinister black face covering masks with eye slits, looking like Death taking a walk, which in the High Street make many people feel uncomfortable. Yet LibDem Cllr Holloway wants to ban a happy smiling doll. Perhaps he would be less furious if the colour waistcoats weree hidden under a burka?

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

cadalot says...
11:49am Sat 1 Oct 11

Some people really should get a life..... Love the comment about the picture of the councillor looks nothing like the golly.... How dare they re write Enid Blyton they would not have done that to Shakespeare?

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

cadalot says...
12:31pm Sat 1 Oct 11

Looking at the picture Councillor Holloway looks like Charlie Williams the yorkshire comedian

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

stutay says...
3:02pm Sat 1 Oct 11

Talk about another councillor going over board and stirring up trouble. having a march on a shop that sells golliwog dolls. im a white builder and my partner is half/half he has one in his van displayed in the window. i have many friends of different races and none find it rascist. Why cant this Lester Holloway and other councillors fight for the right things, eg 9 out of ten jobs go to foreigners, they get housed, while the british citizen pay, the lack of equipment for our armed force's. children on the street. do i need to go on. the british citizen should march on him. He will be the cause of a problem......

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
10:46pm Sat 1 Oct 11

One of the shop owners is off sick trying to recover from a serious op and the lady trying to cope alone in the doll business she loves and is an expert in is stressed out by all this hoo-ha. Councillor Holloway had better be careful if he's bringing in black activist rent a mob to gather at Sutton Station for his march "on the shop" whatever that may mean. People are jumpy after the riots. He says he is a furious man and I deduce he was rude and aggressive to the lady with his foot stamping. As for black history month not I'm interested myself more interested in Sutton's future and how I will cope with the health and welfare cuts. I think he's just trying to use history for a bit of leverage for his own power now and in the future. I chose the history I want to study and follow avidly the preserved steam engine Sutton Council owns. I see the councillor converted to LibDem from his life with Labour on his political journey. He should really be attending to the state of our cemeteries as he is listed on the joint Merton & Sutton Cemetery Committee. Perhaps he thinks that is too dead-end a job for his aspirations. And yes I agree a dead wringer for Charlie Williams, nicely observed. I hope the poor shop owners will be slightly compensated for their ordeal by overwhelming orders for the lovely, happy, cuddly gollies. Consider buying a golly only a fiver to show your support. There is a lovely Robertson Jam one with the yellow waistcote. As for the councillor you voted him in and you can vote him out if you decide he is not an asset to the community.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
12:09am Sun 2 Oct 11

Mr Holloway said: "Golliwog dolls are offensive to all decent citizens. They mock black people.
A quote from Councillor Holloway in the Evening Standard. I think he's just done that for himself. Could his days be numbered as a councillor on Sutton Council. The town doesn't need people like him. I feel so sorry for the owner of Memory Lane having to put up with his comments. Retail is hard enough at present without comments like this. Decent he is not.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

robert81 says...
12:06pm Sun 2 Oct 11

when are the people of sutton going to stop voting in the bunch of looneys called lib dems con holloway grow up

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

losthorizon says...
9:03pm Sun 2 Oct 11

Through his old publicly-funded website Blink.org, Lester Holloway agitated to stop Edge of The City - the C4 film about Asian grooming gangs - from being shown, and sure enough it was pulled. Although the truth eventually emerged, as it had to, one wonders how many vulnerable young girls were abused and raped as an indirect result of Holloway's intervention.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Donna-T says...
1:28am Mon 3 Oct 11

Why don't the likes of Holloway make a fuss about rap lyrics?; they are littered with racist words, homophobia, sexism and glamourise extreme violence and murder, this is selective outrage.

I will be going to the shop tomorrow to get my gollywog, i suppose youv'e upped this ladys sales, well done, every little helps in a recession..

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Donna-T says...
1:31am Mon 3 Oct 11

Why don't the likes of Holloway ever complain about rap lyrics?; they are littered with racist words, homophobia, sexism and glamourise extreme violence and murder. This is selective outrage i think.

Well done you anyway, as i think this lady's sales will be going through the roof, i will be going to the shop tomorrow to buy my golly, it all helps in a recession.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
9:40am Mon 3 Oct 11

Sutton is a largely peaceful Town and has had no problem with the selling of classic and traditional dolls. It will be interesting to see where Councillor Lester is drawing his fellow marchers from and how far they have travelled to reach Sutton. He must now be the biggest embarrassment to the LibDems since Opik Lemit with his Saucy Girls and pronouncements that we were about to be hit by a giant meteorite. Opik looked nothing like a Golly either - he was just a clown. What has Lester got to say about the eviction of Alzheimers patients from the LBS home into private homes? A nurse at one such home was recently in the Guardian news for kicking a woman patient while she was on the floor and he thought no one else was looking. That's real harm, not innocent dolls. Do we really want him as a £10K councillor?

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

MiniJo says...
12:55pm Mon 3 Oct 11

This article has made me quite angry. I am "only" 42, but i had a golliwog when i was a child and although that particular one has gone, as an adult I have bought several more because they are a part of my youth and I like them. I don't see them as a bad depiction of black people, I don't see them as racist. I simply see them as a toy from my childhood that is sadly very rare nowadays.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
7:26pm Mon 3 Oct 11

Q:What's the difference between a gollydoll and Cllr Holloway? A: The doll is popular, smiley, cheers people up and is cuddly.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

gbzgc says...
4:57am Tue 4 Oct 11

why dont we set up a temporary Golly Party to stand against Wally Holly at the next election. we could show people power will not stand for this rubbish and make him truly regret being such a Burk

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
9:56am Wed 5 Oct 11

Cllr Lester seems resolved to have his place in the spotlight with his march on the Memory Lane doll shop in Sutton High Street on Friday at 12 noon. He has advertised it on the Operation Black Vote website see link below

http://www.obv.org.u
k/news-blogs/golliwo
g-dolls-sutton

He wants nothing short of a guarantee that the dolls will never be sold in Sutton again. So much for the rights of the residents of Sutton. What will be want to ban next.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Liz2076 says...
11:39am Wed 5 Oct 11

This man gets more vile and despicableby the day. His actions are nothing short of harassment. Is it his intention to cause so much trouble and upset to the owners of Memory Lane they close up shop and another small business goes out of business.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Suttonone says...
4:37pm Wed 5 Oct 11

wrote:
This counillor man should resign in shame!
The sale of Gollies has been around for years. If one man in one town gets upset then maybe he should shop elsewhere!
This march will no doubt need policing at what no doubt will be an extraordinary cost! The poor police men and women have quite enough to do without reacting to the ramblings of a fed up, tired and obviously out of date person with no sense of common sense.
No doubt this march will lead to an influx of EDL and BNP followers and therfore trouble in what is a peacefull town.
I urge people to turn up and support the shop and buy the Gollies for themselves, friends and loved ones!
GET A GRIP MR LESTER AND GET OUT OF SUTTON - YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT WANTED

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
10:34am Thu 6 Oct 11

I wonder who will be getting off the train to join Jester Gollyaway's miserable rabble. Fellow activist elderly journalist Darcus Howe always looks miserable and drones on and on putting everyone within earshot to sleep. He would fit in quite well though hard to understand what's he's saying. By peaceful march does he mean no chanting, megaphones, drumming, hooters etc. The industrial ear defenders from your local DIY store nearby work a treat if you have to be in the High Street at midday on Friday.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
10:35am Thu 6 Oct 11

I wonder who will be getting off the train to join Jester Gollyaway's miserable rabble. Fellow activist elderly journalist Darcus Howe always looks miserable and drones on and on putting everyone within earshot to sleep. He would fit in quite well though hard to understand what's he's saying. By peaceful march does he mean no chanting, megaphones, drumming, hooters etc. The industrial ear defenders from your local DIY store nearby work a treat if you have to be in the High Street at midday on Friday.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

Michael Pantlin says...
12:30pm Thu 6 Oct 11

Now he's put the march out on Blacknet http://www.blacknet.
co.uk/UK/UK/anti-gol
liwog-protest-this-f
riday-in-sutton
What a trouble-maker is Cllr Jester Gollyaway calling in all the trouble makers on a Golly Awayday rail trip.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

michelle b says...
6:26pm Thu 6 Oct 11

Lestor Holloway is now asking the black comminuty on histheir web sites to join him in his protest saying we are all racist including suggesting this is the reason for the shop selling these golliwogs. What is he doing how dare he act in this manor. Is he trying to stir up a riot in Sutton using more resources that we tax payers have to fund. This man is inciting hate crime against us look on the websites his comments only one person has made a comment. He is inciting we are white people who are raciest how dare he.
This behaviour is totally unexceptable from some one who is meant to be representing not only the goverment but also our community. Why is London Bourough of Sutton not stopping this he represents you as a council.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

michelle b says...
9:14pm Thu 6 Oct 11

Councillor Holloway can you tell us all what you are doing to stop knife crime drug wars, gun crime and gun on gun crime. What did you do when the riots took place. Did you visit the people who suffered did you voice your opinion then so loudly. You have spoken out very loudlt oin the black web sites you use to support your ridiculous protest. Is there not any white sites no of course not we want to live a life every one is human you are entitled to your opinion like every one but like most we dont speak out we let things pass by because the nation is to soft or to scared to say any thing in case we offend and it is people like you that make all human beings feel like this.you are intimidating the human race.

Report this post »    Register/Log In »

click2find

Most popular


About cookies

We want you to enjoy your visit to our website. That's why we use cookies to enhance your experience. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more about the cookies we use.

I agree