About twenty years ago I had gone to visit my parents when I noticed the front page on a local paper.
It was big news, so it was accompanied by a suitably large photo.
The photo showed three people pointing at some grass.
The headline: SOMEONE STOLE OUR BENCH
Sadly I cannot show you the bench as 1. I do not have a copy of it (I have previously searched online archives with no luck), and 2. The bench is missing.
I appreciate this doesn’t fully meet your criteria, but it’s such a vivid image of perfect local news that has stayed with me that I was excited to be able to share.
The jaggy nettle bench on Dogshit Lane. The only time it’s safe to sit on is midwinter,doesn’t help that there’s a plastic bag hanging off the back usually for 💩 🤢
Just under the summit of my local sea stack, Am Buachaille, there’s a lovely rock bench perfect for a post climb doobie and surf check of Sandwood Bay. There is a wee tide dependent swim and a trad HVS 5a route to negotiate, but it’s always well worth the effort just like surfing Sandwood when it’s firing 🧗♀️🌊🏄♂️
Best bench is when you start last year of primary and get to sit on the bench in assembly finally. Worst bench is sitting on the same bench when you’re approaching 30
This one in Penarth. There’s another on the other side. Very close to the road. Always found the location so odd, when a few metres up the road there’s a lovely cliff top with very few benches.
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To be fair, that bench looks older than the brambles
Man U subs bench?
Pe benches if you get the bobbles on the end stuck up your arse, I’ll let you decide if that’s good or bad
The example given looks like a buffer stop of a disused railway siding
The Bracknell Town FC bench is particularly bad at the moment. They could do with a few new players.
Oxford’s notorious anti-homeless benches on Cornmarket Street.
https://preview.redd.it/h33ayt2q4uuf1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1be9285b7c01b332599360166f3ceec9eb8a3d4
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About twenty years ago I had gone to visit my parents when I noticed the front page on a local paper.
It was big news, so it was accompanied by a suitably large photo.
The photo showed three people pointing at some grass.
The headline: SOMEONE STOLE OUR BENCH
Sadly I cannot show you the bench as 1. I do not have a copy of it (I have previously searched online archives with no luck), and 2. The bench is missing.
I appreciate this doesn’t fully meet your criteria, but it’s such a vivid image of perfect local news that has stayed with me that I was excited to be able to share.
https://preview.redd.it/7hbmghowguuf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1be3594d8c6e6bb3e5e2b229438b88a90ec2dc86
The Rest and be Thankful on the A83
https://preview.redd.it/ihf1kzj3kuuf1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=839826b85085ea1186de1434407c36e98e3d6d61
The jaggy nettle bench on Dogshit Lane. The only time it’s safe to sit on is midwinter,doesn’t help that there’s a plastic bag hanging off the back usually for 💩 🤢
https://preview.redd.it/92773p1gnuuf1.jpeg?width=578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=748fec217d8b5a19bc7331c28dc0552fb3eab0bf
https://preview.redd.it/llrm9bdbruuf1.jpeg?width=1376&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b33499896203610c2eabc33364d2889330826b2e
I pass this one on my daily dog walks. Glorious. Made the local rag due it being so inspiring.
We’ve got one down the road from me that looks directly at a busy roundabout. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the fumes.
https://preview.redd.it/jxmi6kjxvuuf1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9c612d0e4bb0e9c700ecbe2aca45e404823ac18
One of two in a park near me in Newcastle
https://preview.redd.it/i8cbi3a0wuuf1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d296840ee154b68cf0a770887818657cbe3230d3
Two of two in a park near me in Newcastle
https://preview.redd.it/fw878f9cxuuf1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31e4974484189011ba546bd03196f7466079454e
Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Huntingdon
https://preview.redd.it/tguez26u4vuf1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c7c8470143ce3498b73d84698cc8772688bb376
The selection of benches overlooking the A38M in Birmingham must be a strong contender.
Blomfield Road, Little Venice.
https://preview.redd.it/go9m4lqtlvuf1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cf6bba62e95a1033d6f0feb115b070817ff7a94
https://preview.redd.it/r4gmc87xmvuf1.png?width=1923&format=png&auto=webp&s=fb79d37bd51a8251ad9de25a05cf23a0346eb439
Just under the summit of my local sea stack, Am Buachaille, there’s a lovely rock bench perfect for a post climb doobie and surf check of Sandwood Bay. There is a wee tide dependent swim and a trad HVS 5a route to negotiate, but it’s always well worth the effort just like surfing Sandwood when it’s firing 🧗♀️🌊🏄♂️
Best bench is when you start last year of primary and get to sit on the bench in assembly finally. Worst bench is sitting on the same bench when you’re approaching 30
https://preview.redd.it/wo8eok8g8wuf1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f462fe371b14f1c5de43146aa390af3b43a3ce1
Andover… says it all really.
https://preview.redd.it/ospg4p3fpwuf1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=24a2583af83cca63450d55459f3ef69ff4fa8adf
At least you can sit on it, I suppose, better than some earlier replies/examples
https://preview.redd.it/mtdizgjcpwuf1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d193b890ff33083c4ac0fc9572f99508a261328
This. MoMA worthy, very avant garde. 😂
I wasn’t sure if this was put here as a strange and small bench or as an unplumbed, oddly wooden toilet. Was near a cliff edge beside the North Sea.
https://preview.redd.it/ci0rw13nixuf1.png?width=1032&format=png&auto=webp&s=7d19ef16d357e48a60f2711e57fd1bee728a85fe
https://preview.redd.it/7dpqwansuxuf1.png?width=4080&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a1982f55b27c7d47f6e9711e2a5d58cd4d82b1e
This beauty.
https://preview.redd.it/u9cqaxvk6yuf1.png?width=348&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5f48974bced8501d9b6cfe17b1808643a465152
Liverpool city centre
This one in Penarth. There’s another on the other side. Very close to the road. Always found the location so odd, when a few metres up the road there’s a lovely cliff top with very few benches.
https://preview.redd.it/jzkz8skb7yuf1.jpeg?width=908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff2eb39d4a283851fcac3699f9a3a924b5a59ed0
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