Heyes playing fields. - Page 2

MargaretR · 05-08-2011, 13:12

Really noisy here today.
My desk has been shaking several times.
That caterpillar track digger makes the earth move for me

What I dont understand is why they are re-digging a trench that they dug and filled in several weeks ago.
I can see that they are adding another pipe to the one they originally laid.
Why didn't they lay both then

garinda · 05-08-2011, 16:29

Heard on the grapevine that a lot of the contractors have had the tyres on their vehicles slashed.

MargaretR · 05-08-2011, 16:45

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Originally Posted by garinda

Heard on the grapevine that a lot of the contractors have had the tyres on their vehicles slashed.

That was a few weeks ago. The gang of lads also tried to start the construction equipment. After that they moved their vehicles off the site nightly for a while.

There have been incidents since - kids fooling about on the piles of building materials, thefts of wood - I've lost count of the number of times the police have been up here.

It is amazing to see 14yr olds scale the high fencing in one leap - one even carried his bike over with him.

It might well be providing a much needed amenity for the community but it is very disruptive for nearby residents while it is being built.

MargaretR · 05-08-2011, 17:05

The roof is under construction now.
This pavilion is big! - three entrances.

I suppose the criminal invasion will really get underway when the plumbing gear arrives.
We have heard that 24hr surveillance will be used - it's needed.

garinda · 05-08-2011, 18:22

It looks massive.

It must be a right pain, especially in summer, when you want your windows open.

steeljack · 05-08-2011, 18:37

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Originally Posted by garinda

It looks massive.

It's what you get when you have a local Councillors who look after the interests of their constituants

MargaretR · 05-08-2011, 20:43

I heard the metal fencing rattle about 30 mins ago and went to the window just in time to see four lads leaving the site by using the gate (they must have broken the lock on it).
They ran off down the allotment track before I got a good look at them.

I stayed looking but they didn't come back - I have a police incident number to call and quote if they do. They are not far away - I can hear their boisterous shouts.

Looks like its gonna be a busy night.
I must try to summon up a thunderstorm

jaysay · 06-08-2011, 09:01

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Really noisy here today.
My desk has been shaking several times.
That caterpillar track digger makes the earth move for me

What I dont understand is why they are re-digging a trench that they dug and filled in several weeks ago.
I can see that they are adding another pipe to the one they originally laid.
Why didn't they lay both then

Could have been Gas and Electricity, they usually do that on the roads

jaysay · 06-08-2011, 09:05

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I heard the metal fencing rattle about 30 mins ago and went to the window just in time to see four lads leaving the site by using the gate (they must have broken the lock on it).
They ran off down the allotment track before I got a good look at them.

I stayed looking but they didn't come back - I have a police incident number to call and quote if they do. They are not far away - I can hear their boisterous shouts.

Looks like its gonna be a busy night.
I must try to summon up a thunderstorm

Never mind the axe Margaret, Bow and Arrow would be better

MargaretR · 06-08-2011, 13:52

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Never mind the axe Margaret, Bow and Arrow would be better

The smiley was denoting the native american practice of rainmaking.
Wet today isn't it?

- small price to pay for peace, and the farmers like it.

jaysay · 06-08-2011, 16:19

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

The smiley was denoting the native american practice of rainmaking.
Wet today isn't it?

- small price to pay for peace, and the farmers like it.

Weren't or popular with my other have when she went shopping

MargaretR · 30-09-2011, 07:33

At the start of this project, the firm building the pavilion, dug out an area the size of 4 tennis courts down to a depth graduating between 2' and 5'.
There was a heck of a lot of topsoil heaped up and shipped out by convoys of lorries.

Now, the firm constructing the football pitches, are shipping soil IN by convoys of lorries. (starting at 7.30am - groan)
Totally illogical!

Another sign of poor organisation was the brick built meter shed with its concrete slab roof and white painted door.
It took several days to construct - yesterday demolished.

Neil · 30-09-2011, 07:40

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

At the start of this project, the firm building the pavilion, dug out an area the size of 4 tennis courts down to a depth graduating between 2' and 5'.
There was a heck of a lot of topsoil heaped up and shipped out by convoys of lorries.

Now, the firm constructing the football pitches, are shipping soil IN by convoys of lorries. (starting at 7.30am - groan)
Totally illogical!

Another sign of poor organisation was the brick built meter shed with its concrete slab roof and white painted door.
It took several days to construct - yesterday demolished.

Why if it was a temp building that needed to be secure?

As for the soil maybe they need a better quality of soil for the pitches that allows fast water drainage. What they dug out may have been too heavy and full of clay.

MargaretR · 30-09-2011, 07:50

OK I can accept the soil quality issue - but I don't think that building was 'temporary' - why paint the door if it was to be scrapped before it would have time to rot.

Earlier in this thread there was a link to planning consent which doesn't work now.
I recall it stipulated restriction of times of day when work and deliveries could happen.

I was wakened before 7.30am with the tipper lorries and the loud clanging noise their tail gates make as they slam open and shut - (and the bleeping reversing noises) - it wasn't until 7.30 that I got up after deciding that going back to sleep wasn't an option.
There are styl saws operating again today - groan

jaysay · 30-09-2011, 08:42

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

OK I can accept the soil quality issue - but I don't think that building was 'temporary' - why paint the door if it was to be scrapped before it would have time to rot.

Earlier in this thread there was a link to planning consent which doesn't work now.
I recall it stipulated restriction of times of day when work and deliveries could happen.

I was wakened before 7.30am with the tipper lorries and the loud clanging noise their tail gates make as they slam open and shut - (and the bleeping reversing noises) - it wasn't until 7.30 that I got up after deciding that going back to sleep wasn't an option.
There are styl saws operating again today - groan

Just think how good it will be when it stops