Oak Hill Park Bandstand - Page 2

grego · 22-10-2007, 19:52

Whoops looks like I signed it twice.

Neil · 23-10-2007, 20:24

I have just signed this. I can't really understand why they would not want to rebuild it. Especially if like the Observer said they will lose the money if they don't.

It would be nice to hear both sides of the story.

There is a Friends of Rhyddings Park meeting tomorrow, 7pm at Hippings Community Centre on Harvey St, maybe Mr Tony Hindley would like to come along and give a talk on "Why we should give in to vandals". I am sure I could fit him into our busy agenda.

BERNADETTE · 23-10-2007, 20:29

Meeting about this on November 1st.

Neil · 23-10-2007, 20:48

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Meeting about this on November 1st.

I would have gone but I am on one of those waste of time team building events at work.

BERNADETTE · 23-10-2007, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Neil

I would have gone but I am on one of those waste of time team building events at work.

I can't say I will go it depends how the land lies here, can't plan a day ahead at present.

Gayle · 24-10-2007, 09:56

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Be realistic folks - would you thraipse all the way (uphill) to that park to listen to a brass band on a Sunday? Once a year use doesnt justify a rebuild there.
If they rebuilt it on Broadway and livened up the town centre with concerts I might well come out of hibernation and go.

It would be used more than once a year. I'm not sure where you've got that idea from. Hyndburn Mela and Community Festival use it once a year but there used to be lots of other activities and events going on.

And yes, people do traipse up to the events. I can only speak for the one that I'm involved in but we get in excess of 5,000 coming each year. Our event is a multicultural event with people from all communities - including this year, our first Polish group performing.

This is what parks are for - we can not give in to vandals - we have to reclaim them and encourage them to be used as often as possible.

Please sign the petition.

***Mr D*** · 24-10-2007, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Gayle

This is what parks are for - we can not give in to vandals - we have to reclaim them and encourage them to be used as often as possible.

Got to agree with this, dont rebuild and the vandels have won.

I mean give it 10 years and there will be no swings, slides ect as they wont be worth putting up incase they are vandalised.

Happen IF there was more to do for the youngsters and Alchopops wherent so readly available this kind of behaviour would be a rarer site.

jambutty · 24-10-2007, 16:53

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Be realistic folks - would you thraipse all the way (uphill) to that park to listen to a brass band on a Sunday? Once a year use doesnt justify a rebuild there.
If they rebuilt it on Broadway and livened up the town centre with concerts I might well come out of hibernation and go.

What about those people who live ABOVE Oak Hill Park? They would have to traipse downhill. And then both lots would have to traipse up or down depending where they came from. Of course there are those people who live to the side of the park, they have to traipse neither up nor down. The location is a poor reason for not rebuilding the bandstand.

katex · 24-10-2007, 17:51

I will sign it, not because I want to hear both sides of the story, or of what money it will save Mela festivals, etc., just that I think they are extremely beautiful and a great artistic feature to any park. Lots of other towns still run them successfully with bands playing there on a Summer's afternoon, and hope that in the re-building, this will be considered. I am optimistic that with the correct marketing this could be achieved.

As to the vandals, well, feel as most people on here .. keep repairing. I think a good example has been the flower towers this year; after the initial incident of a little bit of destruction, lots of respect has been shown, and never heard of any 'planter attack' after this.

Ianto.W. · 25-10-2007, 15:49

Spent many happy skint day's learning the quality of good music at the band stand, the bands played regularly at weekends , yes a great asset should be kept. They are far to hard to regain, were the council not insured i?,if yes, were will the money go if not on replacement of bandstand?

andystanley · 28-10-2007, 21:44

Rebuild the bandstand !
(See pic.)

Ianto.W. · 28-10-2007, 22:02

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Originally Posted by andystanley

Rebuild the bandstand !
(See pic.)

What year was that stanaccy it's how I remember it?

WillowTheWhisp · 29-10-2007, 06:55

I'm in favour of the rebuilding. My sig should already be on there - I'll check in a mo. We should NOT give in to vandals. The insurance money is there for the rebuilding. Money is not there for the building of something new in the town centre. I gladly traipse up to the park to enjoy whatever is going on there. I do enough traipsing up and down into town and back for shopping so traipsing up a different hill (and not so steep as the one on which I live I might add) is no hardship. There are even those weird things on wheels known as buses which go up Manchester Road.

claytonender · 29-10-2007, 09:29

Just signed the petition

RealFriendsOfOakHill · 30-10-2007, 22:05

Thankyou all for your support, the online petition is nearly upto 100. We have a couple of paper petitions about, with those included we are well over the 200 mark.
Although this is an on-going petition, it will be presented to the council this Thursday night. If you have not yet signed it, and support our campaign then please put your name down before Thursday.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bandstand/

Thanks.