Mother is left in tears after neighbours covered her Nissan Micra in bunting and a traffic cone in ‘revenge’ for ‘ruining’ street’s Coronation party because she forgot to move the car

• Aleksandra Kieloch, 42, forgot to move her car when she left for a weekend away

A mother who ‘ruined’ a Coronation street party by leaving her car parked in the road while enjoying a weekend away was left in tears when neighbours took out ‘revenge’ on the vehicle.

Aleksandra Kieloch, 42, received letters from residents ‘banning’ cars from her road in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, on Sunday May 7, but they slipped her mind when she left for a trip to Devon the Thursday beforehand.

Angry locals contacted the mother-of-two and her partner Matt Naylor on Saturday night, demanding they remove the car immediately, only to be branded ‘inconsiderate’ when they said it would not be possible. 

The following day the couple were sent a photo of their Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its roof, bunting wrapped around it and a cardboard cutout of King Charles stood next to it.

Other images posted to social media show a Lancashire Police PCSO posing in front of the decorated vehicle while another has a ‘road closed’ sign standing in front of its bonnet.

Aleksandra Kieloch (pictured with partner Matt), 42, received letters from residents ‘banning’ cars from her road in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, on Sunday May 7, but they slipped her mind when she left for a trip to Devon on the Thursday beforehand

The couple were sent a photo of their Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its roof, bunting wrapped around it and a cardboard cutout of King Charles stood next to it

Apologetic Aleksandra has since revealed she was ‘annoyed’ and ‘upset’ by the ‘silly’ stunt and insists she only forgot to move the car because of a sleepless night with her one-year-old.

Matt, who lives with Aleksandra and their two children, said he found it ‘hilarious’ that residents accused her of ‘ruining’ the party by leaving her three-door car on the ‘mile-long’ street.

The IT company owner posted an image of the car on a 46,000-follower-strong Facebook page he runs, and his angry neighbours’ actions have divided opinion.

Some described them as ‘pathetic’ while others said the mother ‘got off lightly’ and should ‘respect the community’s celebrations’.

Aleksandra, from Czestochowa, Poland, said: ‘I was upset at first. I thought it was a bit silly. I was annoyed because they didn’t need to do that.

‘I’d had a bad night with the baby and I forgot. It’s strange that they would close the road anyway. After a while I got over it.’

She left the family home on Thursday to join Matt in Torquay, Devon, where he’d been working away that week.

They returned home on Tuesday to find the decorations and traffic cone had been removed from Aleksandra’s car.

Matt, 41, claims the stunt has ‘backfired’ given the number of comments slamming his neighbours’ actions.

Other images posted to social media show a Lancashire Police PCSO posing in front of the decorated vehicle while another has a ‘road closed’ sign standing in front of its bonnet

Aleksandra, from Czestochowa, Poland, said: ‘I was upset at first. I thought it was a bit silly. I was annoyed because they didn’t need to do that.’ 

Matt, who lives with Aleksandra and their two children, said he found it ‘hilarious’ that residents accused her of ‘ruining’ the party by leaving her three-door car on the ‘mile-long’ street

Matt said: ‘We apologised but they said it was ruining the party. It’s a mile-long street. I found it hilarious.

‘One of the neighbours messaged on Saturday and we realised there was nothing we could do. Then on Sunday morning people were telling us we were inconsiderate.

‘Aleksandra was worried she’d upset them but time’s a great healer and it all became light-hearted.

‘In the end the majority of the neighbours took it well but there were some sour faces about it.

‘They told me they were going to post it on social media so I said I’d beat them to it and put it on mine.

‘They were all up in arms about it but it backfired on them royally. The scorn from the neighbours turned into sympathy from the locals on Facebook.’

Matt’s post, written sarcastically in a news article style, has more than 1,300 likes and more than 800 comments.

Matt’s post said: ‘[Our] coronation street party almost ruined after car left in street by an absent-minded resident who went on an unexpected trip.

‘The rule was ‘all cars must be off the street by Sunday’, however the residents of [our] Street decided to make the most of the situation to decorate the resident’s car in coronation merchandise.’

The IT company owner posted an image of the car on a 46,000-follower-strong Facebook page he runs, and his angry neighbours’ actions have divided opinion. Some comments (pictured) described them as ‘pathetic’ while others said the mother ‘got off lightly’ and should ‘respect the community’s celebrations’

One commented: ‘What right has anyone got to insist that we all join in and then to touch someone else’s property?’

One replied: ‘As a community we can all come together by sometimes celebrating differently. Respect the fact that the community is celebrating. Thanks..’

Another said: ‘How pathetic. I know who is more in the wrong. If the car is taxed they have every right to park there.

‘However it doesn’t give people the authority to touch someone else’s property as for almost ruining a party really?’

Another agreed and said: ‘If I was going away for a week and not taking the car I wouldn’t move my car for the whole week for the sake of some poxy little party on the Sunday either.’

However, one argued: ‘However busy her week was there’s no excuse for not moving the car, she got away with it lightly in my opinion.’

Another said: ‘The rule was all cars must be off the street by Sunday, but they pay their tax and insurance. They can park on the road whenever they want to!’

One joked: ‘At least the car joined in with the coronation, I think it looks quite good.’

A spokesperson for Fylde Council said: ‘The protocol for requesting the closure of a road for a coronation street party was correctly followed by the residents.

‘As part of the closure, the lead person for the organisation of the street closure is asked to inform all residents of the closure prior to the day, and would have been able to request that vehicles be moved if this was deemed necessary. Fylde Council had no involvement in this communication.’

Lancashire Police did not wish to comment. 

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