Heyes playing fields.
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Re: Hayes playing fields.
There was a tip in Ossy - at Whiteash.
Never - I recall walking the track through the allotments to get to Threebrooks mill on RoeGreave Rd.(in late 40s)I thought It used to be a land fill site many years ago.
There was a tip in Ossy - at Whiteash.
Re: Hayes playing fields.
I can remember walking along a path with allotments on both sides Beni, down as fare as the bridge leading to the Farm, Town Bent, there was a red brick pump house there too, can't remember anything about a landfill except the private one at the end of Roe Greave Road/Rhoden RoadI thought It used to be a land fill site many years ago.
You may recall I mentioned that they had twice dug a trench along the grass verge.
They dug it again for the THIRD time several days ago.
Today they are filling it again.
I wouldn't have bothered mentioning it except that it is Sunday, the only day we should expect some peace up here in accordance with the planning permission.
I have just observed the need to move my car because the track came off their vehicle directly opposite my car and they were blocking the road whilst trying to get the track back on.
This is (supposed to be) the one day of the week when I can park at my door without heavy equipment and deliveries passing.
OK - rant over - planning permission breached which isn't OK
They dug it again for the THIRD time several days ago.
Today they are filling it again.
I wouldn't have bothered mentioning it except that it is Sunday, the only day we should expect some peace up here in accordance with the planning permission.
I have just observed the need to move my car because the track came off their vehicle directly opposite my car and they were blocking the road whilst trying to get the track back on.
This is (supposed to be) the one day of the week when I can park at my door without heavy equipment and deliveries passing.
OK - rant over - planning permission breached which isn't OK
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The car park gate posts were installed before the car park surface was prepared and tarmaced -that's logical.
Tarmac was applied friday and this morning, so the fencing firm have arrived to fit the gates.
I don't (Victor Meldrew) believe it!!!!!!
The gates don't fit the space between the posts, so the fencing men have dug up the newly laid tarmac, and the gravel beneath it, to move a post to match the width of the gate.
Tarmac was applied friday and this morning, so the fencing firm have arrived to fit the gates.
I don't (Victor Meldrew) believe it!!!!!!
The gates don't fit the space between the posts, so the fencing men have dug up the newly laid tarmac, and the gravel beneath it, to move a post to match the width of the gate.
A bit like the plank MargaretThe car park gate posts were installed before the car park surface was prepared and tarmaced -that's logical.
Tarmac was applied friday and this morning, so the fencing firm have arrived to fit the gates.
I don't (Victor Meldrew) believe it!!!!!!
The gates don't fit the space between the posts, so the fencing men have dug up the newly laid tarmac, and the gravel beneath it, to move a post to match the width of the gate.
Things seemed to have gone quieter for the past two weeks since the heavy machinery left the site.
Apart from the deisel generator which runs all night, peace seemed to have returned.
The heavy work isn't finished because the drainage of the field areas is way behind but cannot get done until next year.
Now the wildlife has returned on a regular basis.
It is quite extraordinary how much noise a flock of penguins makes when they gather for a long rest.
Apart from the deisel generator which runs all night, peace seemed to have returned.
The heavy work isn't finished because the drainage of the field areas is way behind but cannot get done until next year.
Now the wildlife has returned on a regular basis.
It is quite extraordinary how much noise a flock of penguins makes when they gather for a long rest.
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Its good to see it being used still.
Had a chat with a moaning minnie today who commented about how she could no longer walk her dog on the fields since the fence went up. I smiled and suggested that was part of the idea and said who wants to play football on a field full of dog mess?
Had a chat with a moaning minnie today who commented about how she could no longer walk her dog on the fields since the fence went up. I smiled and suggested that was part of the idea and said who wants to play football on a field full of dog mess?
Yeh should have smiled n said- Show me the bag yeh put yer dog crap in n i will agree wi yeh.
They don't use the field - they just gather at the gate - it is likely the 'terminus' for country running.
Yer just too diplomatic. ignorance works better i find.
Yer just too diplomatic. ignorance works better i find.
She said well there is no sign to which I answered anyone with half a brain would not exercise dogs in a kids play area. She then made the mistake of asking me if I was saying she only had half a brain, can you guess my answer?
Yes, there'd have been much more noise, and disruption, if the land had been sold off as a building plot. Which was a very real threat, not too long ago.
Despite who took all the glory, it was former L.C.C. Councillor, Dorothy Westwell, who was the main person who secured funding for these improvements, and therefore the future for this facility.
I miss the Punch and Judy show we used to have at Area Council meetings between Peter Britcliffe and Dorothy Westell.
How rude of you to spell her name wrong G?
Whoops.
Westell.
How soon we forget.
Whoops.
Westell.
How soon we forget.
I may have have forgotten she has a 'w'.
Some forgot it was her that did all the donkey work, until the time came for photographs in the press.
Actually, I have it from a very good source, that one well known Ossy councillor had to actually ask someone where the Heys playing fields were.
You can take the boy out of Accrington...
What did she used to do workwise?
I know she was involved with the LCC side of things but not sure how involved with the other sponsors. I guessed that was down to the football club.