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Fylde women are being urged to take part in a world record attempt to help raise breast cancer awareness amongst women on the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. They are being asked to clear out their smalls drawers and donate all their unwanted bras to the attempt to create the longest bra chain ever.
The record breaking attempt aims to encourage Cypriot women to have regular breast check-ups. The aim is to string up 100,000 bras. The current record stands at 79,001 it was set in Sentosa Island, Singapore, in 2003. When the collected bras are hooked end to end they should cover a distance of approximately 37 miles.
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"Two months ago one of our members, Beryl, asked if we could help her friend Elaine, who has a holiday apartment in Cyprus. Elaine and some of her friends have joined the Anti-Cancer Society of Cyprus. As a fundraising and awarenessraising campaign they needed 'unwanted bras' plus a donation for each if possible. They are hoping to make the world's largest 'bra chain'.
"Our Programme Action officer, Pam, said it could be a Programme Action Project for our Club. As Pam has taken on the post of Region Programme Officer, she asked at our September Region meeting for spare bras to be brought to our November meeting. SI Fylde had managed to promote the appeal in the press. What a surprise we got, hundreds of bras were given in. We had bags full, boxes full, they were overflowing everywhere.
"During the lunch break Pam asked if we could join them all together, which we did. We then took them into the lecture theatre and draped them along the rows of seats.
"We had a lot of fun fastening them together and also helping a good project. At the end of the day we decide that it had been 'an uplifting project' "
"On a farm fence alongside the main road in Cardrona, in the south of the South Island, is a display of bras which appears to have started as a prank. There is a large and very popular ski field nearby! This has been there for a number of years and shows no sign of disappearing. It is very popular with overseas tourists who always stop to take photos. As I did too when down there last year. I will send Hendre a photo to go with yours Jean, just for fun."
In the newspaper article it says:
"A legal opinion has found Cardrona's famous bra fence to be both a building
and a sign. The fence has been a popular landmark since bras started
appearing on it in 1999.
"The Lakes Distric Council asked a Dunedin lawyer for advice on the legality
of the fence after it received a complaint from a district plan crusader
Andre Prassinos. He was concerned the fence was a traffic hazard which had
the potential for tragedy. He suggested it was not a fence but something
else that might require resource consent.
"Because the fence was used as a sign, it became a building and therefore
needed to be set back 20 metres from the road. Therefore the fence required
resource consent"
"For your information, almost any new building of any kind, such as
electricity pylons, wind farms, etc etc have to go through a hearing by the
local body in the area to obtain 'resource consent'. This can often be a
long winded and time consuming affair, and I am sure many of you have such
legislation in your countries.
"Because of the article the fence was featured on the evening television news, with many close ups of the wide variety of bras adorning it.
"Goodness knows what the farmer is going to do now - I'm sure he won't want to move his fence back from the road 20 metres! It sort of defeats the purpose."
SHEILAH DOWNS
