Residents have been left baffled after their housing association demanded they stop meeting on their garden furniture - because it's a health and safety hazard.
Orbit Housing, which owns the bungalows that line Hopeville Avenue in Broadstairs, Kent, says the items used as a “wellbeing hub” could be dangerous.
But residents, many of who are elderly and live alone, insist the meeting place is vital for their mental health - and that losing it would be devastating.
They said the decision is "health and safety gone mad".
Lyndon Brand, who moved to the area two years ago, created the hub in his front garden shortly after throwing a party for the King’s coronation.
It consists of four wooden chairs with side tables and a picnic bench.
The group grew, but just as it reached its height at the end of last month, Orbit Housing posted a letter through residents’ doors.
