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Originally Posted by jaysay
Well to all intents a purposes the music stops at 9-45 each evening, this week has been exceptional, with very warm weather, probably the reason young people were outside. Martin the youth leader and his staff are working hard for these young people, in fact the last time I saw him, last Monday or Tuesday, he had worked 19 days without a break. Back in the late eighties a lot of people who did give a damn about young people in Ossy gave up countless hours of their own time lobbying for this facility and raised thousands of pounds to equip the centre when it was finally built. Catering for the needs of young people today has never been harder, but people like Martin are making a difference and I for one applaud his attempts to change attitudes towards the youth of Ossy, It may just help if from time to time he got some positive vibes instead of continually getting negative ones
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I agree Jaysay it is hard to cater for todays kids and I applaud anyone who takes on the task of trying to occupy them (I personally couldnt)
What i was trying to say that if it is as bad as some residents are saying then rather than close it down altogether relocate. . We were lucky as kids we not only had Harvey st on a friday night but also Lock st which were great . they did allsorts to keep us busy inc have a local netball team.
However Harvey street had to close its doors back then purely because of the trouble that spilled out onto the streets.
Like I say its a tough call.
I just hope than rather than lose it altogether for the kids some compromise with the residents can be made.