'Please don't take our stones they are very precious to us': Nine-year-old's heartfelt plea to flagstone thieves following spate of thefts at town centre church
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA nine-year-old boy has written a heartfelt appeal to flagstone thieves targeting his beloved church.
Valuable Yorkstone paving has been stolen from St Mary in the Baum in Rochdale town centre twice in the past fortnight and three times in the last 12 months Following the latest theft, when around a dozen flags were discovered to have been taken from the grounds on January 26, Luke Pollock wrote a sign to the thieves and tied it to the church gates.It reads: "To the flagstone people, please don't take our stones they are very precious to us and we do not have the money to replace them."If you are reading this please think again."I love my church."From Luke age 9."Valerie Leach, church treasurer and chair of the parochial.
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