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Victoria Park and the MUD!, Saturated soil, flooding, muddy equipment - Arghh! |
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Feb 16 2012, 03:09 PM
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Has anyone complained to the Council about the mud and floods at Victoria park around the kids play equipment?
It is awlful!! All the equipment is covered in it, the kids slip and fall in it, and it doesnt wash out the clothes very well!!
When it rains, there are deep puddles around the equipment and it doesnt drain away.
Who can i contact to get this highlighted and sorted?
Bring back the hardstanding old park with its fenced boundary!!
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Feb 16 2012, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (Lifes-a-Beach @ Feb 16 2012, 03:09 PM) Has anyone complained to the Council about the mud and floods at Victoria park around the kids play equipment?
It is awlful!! All the equipment is covered in it, the kids slip and fall in it, and it doesnt wash out the clothes very well!!
When it rains, there are deep puddles around the equipment and it doesnt drain away. People tend not to complain (as with many things), but rather go elsewhere. Although - with regard to the fence issue - I know a number of people who said that they complained to the council, and there was a 2000+ signature petition, but NTC still decided not to do anything about it. I am pretty confident (although I have no proof) that if you do complain to the council, they will possibly suggest that either: a ) They were unaware of the situation as no-one else had complained. Or b ) That the quagmire is simply down to something like "unseasonable weather" or similar, rather than being down to installing a load of play equipment into an area with a history of flooding, without anything weather-proof in the way of foundation. My guess would be with a). Whatever kind of response you get, I'd be willing to bet that you'll be told that the situation is out of their control. QUOTE (Lifes-a-Beach @ Feb 16 2012, 03:09 PM) Who can i contact to get this highlighted and sorted? Looking at the NTC website, there doesn't appear to be contact information for specific departments. So the first stop would be here: Newbury Town Council Town Hall Market Place Newbury Berkshire RG14 5AA Tel: 01635 35486 Fax: 01635 40484 Email: towncouncil@newbury.gov.uk QUOTE (Lifes-a-Beach @ Feb 16 2012, 03:09 PM) Bring back the hardstanding old park with its fenced boundary!! You'll get no argument from me there.
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Feb 16 2012, 04:18 PM
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QUOTE (Lifes-a-Beach @ Feb 16 2012, 03:09 PM) It is awlful!! All the equipment is covered in it, the kids slip and fall in it, and it doesnt wash out the clothes very well!! If Fairy non bio can get motor oil and grease out of my T-shirt I'm sure it'll be fine with an ickle bit of mud. Although I agree with what you're saying I think you fail to understand what happens when you mix grass, rain and children. That's right, a delicious sandwich.
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Feb 16 2012, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE (xjay1337 @ Feb 16 2012, 04:18 PM) If Fairy non bio can get motor oil and grease out of my T-shirt... I doubt it. QUOTE (xjay1337 @ Feb 16 2012, 04:18 PM) ...I'm sure it'll be fine with an ickle bit of mud. Although I agree with what you're saying I think you fail to understand what happens when you mix grass, rain and children. I'm assuming that when you make it out of your 20's you'll realise that you don't know everything. I'm not all that confident it'll happen though.
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Feb 16 2012, 04:41 PM
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QUOTE (massifheed @ Feb 16 2012, 04:38 PM) I'm assuming that when you make it out of your 20's you'll realise that you don't know everything. I'm not all that confident it'll happen though. Mental age that counts and his case - 3.
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Feb 16 2012, 04:45 PM
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You're right. It won't. But seriously how is that "knowing everything" - it's knowing what will come out of clothes when you wash them. As I do my own washing I feel I am quite qualified to comment. I don't need to be 40 or a woman (or a man) to figure that out. I'm far from a master washer though. It took me about 4 attempts to realise what bit the powder went in and what bit the liquid softener stuff goes (the bit that makes it smell nice). And then when I moved and had to relearn a whole new washing machine, it was like **** to me. Which knob did what, and where the buttons went. It was especially hard as they had the A,B,C...all the way to like G on the dial, and the dial has worn out so you can't actually see what setting you are on. I can find out what G is and then I have to count backwards. Not fun So yes oil and mud will come out quite easily, if I leave the mud or oil for more than a couple of days before doing the washing then yes, it's a lot harder to get out and often requires a second wash. To be fair oil is harder than mud and sometimes you need some of that VANISH OXI ACTION PINK WHERE THEY SHOUT AT YOU IN THE ADVERT LIKE BARRY SCOTT DID TRY MY PRODUCT PLEASE BUY ME SO I GET MONEY TO EAT RARWGHWRGWHGRHAWGRHWAGRHEW Just like something else being with master w, and ending in er.
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Feb 16 2012, 07:23 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Feb 16 2012, 05:08 PM) Just a reply about washing, & Victoria Park problems. A very nice (now elderly) lady from Woolton Hill. Would boil my school kit for a few times before they ended up in the trunk for East Woodhay Stn. What's all the nancy boy stuff with conditioner for? And it clearly didn't do you any harm.. Very few laundrettes today - let alone laundries! Arguably all washing machines did was put work back in the home. We used to put all our laundry in a big bag and it came back, fresh clean and ironed, so perhaps a technological improvement too far.
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Feb 16 2012, 07:46 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Feb 16 2012, 05:21 PM) Way to go then? 9 years 3 months to go.
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Feb 16 2012, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE (massifheed @ Feb 16 2012, 04:12 PM) People tend not to complain (as with many things), but rather go elsewhere. Although - with regard to the fence issue - I know a number of people who said that they complained to the council, and there was a 2000+ signature petition, but NTC still decided not to do anything about it.
I am pretty confident (although I have no proof) that if you do complain to the council, they will possibly suggest that either:
a ) They were unaware of the situation as no-one else had complained.
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b ) That the quagmire is simply down to something like "unseasonable weather" or similar, rather than being down to installing a load of play equipment into an area with a history of flooding, without anything weather-proof in the way of foundation.
My guess would be with a). Whatever kind of response you get, I'd be willing to bet that you'll be told that the situation is out of their control.
Looking at the NTC website, there doesn't appear to be contact information for specific departments. So the first stop would be here:
Newbury Town Council Town Hall Market Place Newbury Berkshire RG14 5AA
Tel: 01635 35486 Fax: 01635 40484 Email: towncouncil@newbury.gov.uk
You'll get no argument from me there. The council are fully aware of the mud and water problem in the play area, numerous complaints - they have just chosen to ignore taxpayers as usual!
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Feb 16 2012, 08:18 PM
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I have to say that the old hard standing and contained fenced in play park was alot easier and more pleasant for parents knowing a) their child cant wander off near water, their child wont be confronted with dogs, and c) their child wont be covered in mud. As a large family, we have to consider things that may appear trivial to others, like mud, because we are forever washing clothes and dont need an excuse to wash more.
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Feb 19 2012, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Feb 17 2012, 01:27 PM) Although waiting in a line of naked teens for their turn in a cold bath at 06.30 was deemed healthy. I seriously doubt it. I won't ask what kind of country club you attended in your former years.
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Feb 19 2012, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE (xjay1337 @ Feb 19 2012, 09:28 PM) I won't ask what kind of country club you attended in your former years. It sounds rather more fun than the Youth Clubs I was steered towards many years back. No cold showers, didn't need them - thought it was for stirring tea with...
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