Charity volunteers thought they were given their marching orders when the council booted them off their usual patch.
They're like family - Dennis Reeve-Smidmore is glad to see the Salvation Army collectors back on their Corringham pitch Picture: DAVE HENDERSON
Thurrock Council asked Salvation Army officers to move from their spot selling their War Cry newspaper outside Somerfield, in St John's Way, Corringham, because they did not have a street collectors' permit.
A spokesman for the Salvation Army said: "We go on the street to sell copies of the Salvation Army paper and therefore we don't see that as street collecting."
However, the Salvationists have now applied for permits for the Corringham area and been granted them up until Christmas.
The spokesman added: "We have now moved and got an agreement with another store in Corringham to stand outside their shop."
A spokesman for Thurrock Council described the situation as a misunderstanding.
He said: "If people from any charity want to go and collect on the street, they have to apply for a permit. We issue them free of charge.
"We see street collecting and selling those papers as the same thing and the one permit covers both of these.
"We wrote a polite letter to the Salvation Army telling them this and they have sent us a list of dates and places where they will be over the next few months. We have granted these permits."
Published Wednesday July 28, 2004
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