School markings accidentally painted outside home

"Keep clear" markings intended for outside a Shropshire school have been accidentally painted outside a home instead. The yellow zig-zag lines were placed outside a former primary school that has not heard the sound of children's voices for 13 years.



The blunder came about in the small village of Ruyton XI Towns, near Shrewsbury. The gang were sent to draw up the safety markings outside St John the Baptist Primary School on Church Street. But they instead descended on the former village school in Grug Hill, half a mile away and which closed in 2001.



Councillor Colin Case, chairman of the parish council and a governor at the village school, said the workmanship couldn't be faulted – but the geography left something to be desired. He said: "They are beautifully painted, a cracking job, just 400 yards in the wrong place. I suspect the poor lady who lives in the old school now isn't as amused though."



Councillor Case, who is also a governor at the village primary school, said the work had not been arranged by the school. He said: "The school don't seem to have any knowledge of the work. It's such a shame but these things do happen, particularly if you use subcontractors that don't know the area that well. But the new school isn't really that new any more. It's been there for 10 years so anyone local would know where it is."