3rd May 2007
A shopkeeper was told by police to remove golly dolls from her window display - because they were offensive. Moira Pickering, 62, was warned that she risked breaching race hate laws if she failed to take them down.
Recently bereaved widow Moira has been selling the dolls in her shop Stalybridge Reproductions in the town near Manchester for years and said they had never caused offence.
Moira said the action was
political correctness gone mad She said: "A woman came in and began taking photos. I thought she was taking a photo of the table and chairs, but then she went outside and started taking more photos.
"The next minute the police were here and said it was an offence to display the gollywog which was sitting in a chair.
"I find sex shops offensive, I find cabbage patch dolls offensive, but I wouldn't report them.
DailyMail
