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maza
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 19:49:15
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I witnessed tonight the Chairperson driving his car down the public foothpath into Bramley Green, Rowan Way!!
Does this mean that mopeds, bikes, cars can use this footpath as a shortchut. |
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maza
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 19:51:59
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| Meant to add "what an example" |
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GreenFields
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 21:43:22
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Who do you mean by the chair person. APC or the man with 4 wooden legs!
Sorry couldn't resist.
You didn't get a pic on your mobile did you? |
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GreenFields
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 22:50:26
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Maza, I've just been looking Rowan Way up on the map to make sure I get this. Are you meaning north from the skate park or between Bramley Way and Windmill Close?
Either one is out of order but I just wondered if he was checking the skate park out or not. |
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Mr Angry
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 23:23:31
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"The Chairperson"
Of what - the rugby club? No - probably the APC chairman - and of course everyone should assume that - as this after all is the APC/Bramley Green sound off forum.
[Rant]The place that was built by a greedy bunch of conmen, backed by an elusive County Council and filled by people that have to suffer the consequences - but can at least have a dig at the bottom rungs of the ladder here whenever they get the chance - and once the knife's in - twist it baby - twist it! [/Rant]
Maybe he was trying to find out how close an emergency vehicle could get to a given point, doubt it though, maybe he will justify here, doubt that too, and maybe he'll be thinking "S#### - I get recognised now"
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Nigel
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 23:47:50
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| Maza meant the footpath from the skatebowl to Parsons Close. Yes I did drive down it, very slowly in fact as Neil & his good Lady were walking in front of me. Yes it was the wrong thing to do, and for that I apologise, but at least it proves that I do go down there. I actually stopped and spoke to some 'yuths' and lived. I now know why they wanted to build the extra ramps and a few other things. Such as who the lady was who told them the Council were going to bulldoze the BMX track into the skatebowl this weekend so that they couldn't use it. I explained all your concerns to them and all I can do now is cross my fingers and hope that some of them took them onboard. Speak to them and don't tell them stories and they might just listen, you will not convince me that everyone under 18, or whatever, is a bad person or hooligan. There is a thing called 'Parental Responsibility' when it comes to children growing up.....but that's another topic. |
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Commuter
Senior Member
United Kingdom
166 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 23:54:13
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| MPs are moaning that no one will want to stand in future for a meagre £65k pa plus expenses that deny the opportunity for house flipping and the like. Well soon, I suspect, Angmering will have no PC as who in their right mind would take on that job for a tenner a year (or whatever the actual token sum is) and all this hassle from a bunch of residents, many of whom were so eager to move into their show home shiny new properties that they ignored a whole bunch of fairly obvious potentially disruptive possibilities which come with any new development. |
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compost
Advanced Member
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Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 07:37:55
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Nigel,
Now you have spoken to the youth, and heard their concerns - expressed the concerns of the local residents can I ask if a happy medium can be reached.
In my previous posting I suggested a few ideas that may go some way in improving the situation for both parties - your thoughts on these would be appreciated.
Not a good example to set by driving there, I know a few of the youths who are now of a driving age, they may feel it is okay to drive to the bowl.
I have sympathy for those that have to endure any anti-social behaviour caused by the youths of the village and surrounding areas, but the park is there so lets work at getting it right for all.
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 08:29:03
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I can confirm that Nigel is telling the truth. Actually there were many youngsters who came and discussed the matter with Nigel and they spoke quite sensibly. Only one older lad left after a bit saying "I'm bored wiv this".
Nigel also talked to them about the litter problem and asked them if they would pick up some of the larger items. They said little but I got the impression that they did not want to pick up litter dropped by others.
The bins were empty last night but do get full very quickly during the Summer holidays. One very polite lad said that when full, the wind blew the litter out of the bins across the park. While this may be the case, others obviously don't attempt to use them.
Another older lad, possibly fearing that the skatepark might be shut, said that before the skatebowl was built he was always in trouble but that had changed after the skatebowl came. |
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BRAM
Advanced Member
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Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 11:06:16
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Now that Nigel has admitted to illegally driving along a footpath perhaps he should report himself to Sussex Police under their Operation Crackdown as his fellow councillor advised people to do in the APC meeting on Monday evening during the discussion on BG trafic.
Commuter
The skatepark was only mooted in the last year or so & certainly never appeared in searches undertaken by housebuyers on BG so how did "they ignore a whole bunch of fairly obvious potentially disruptive possibilities which come with any new development." |
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anthony
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 20:10:10
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Originally posted by Commuter
a bunch of residents, many of whom were so eager to move into their show home shiny new properties
Commuter, you sound more bitter with every post and its getting on my nerves now. Would you be happier perhaps if new properties were left vacant for ten years to age and weather a bit just in case potential purchasers are overawed by a few new kitchen units, an MDF fire surround and a couple of shower cubicles? What exactly is your issue or are you just discontented with your lot in life? Have you considered relocating to wherever it is you commute to so you don't feel the need to inflict your sour remarks on the residents of Bramley Green? |
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Commuter
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 21:30:11
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Commuter, you sound more bitter with every post and its getting on my nerves now. Would you be happier perhaps if new properties were left vacant for ten years to age and weather a bit just in case potential purchasers are overawed by a few new kitchen units, an MDF fire surround and a couple of shower cubicles? What exactly is your issue or are you just discontented with your lot in life? Have you considered relocating to wherever it is you commute to so you don't feel the need to inflict your sour remarks on the residents of Bramley Green?
Not bitter, just putting other people's moans into a different perspective. I'm more or less content with my life in Angmering, hence I rarely start threads that are forever complaining about something or other happening here. But then, I didn't buy on BG because I foresaw most of the types of (although not always the actual) problems which seem to generate most of the moaning. So no, I don't expect people not to buy on BG, just to have the sense to be discriminating or to live with the decision if they haven't. When BG was being built I visited a number of the sales offices/showhomes a few times and every time the other visitors seemed to be cooing over the decor, asking questions about this but never did I come across anyone asking searching questions about likely ultimate nature of the estate.
BRAM - I've kept an eye on (and even lived on some) new developments for the last 25 years and the one thing that has been absolutely obvious for a least the last 10-15 is that planners (or sometimes developers themselves) no longer seem able the permit a development of any size which doesn't have added community 'extras'. So you no longer get developments such as the Dell (all houses with little open space for 'mischief') you get children's play areas (always sooner or later vandalised); ponds (quickly become neglected and overgrown once the developers leave) etc etc. The skate park is just another variation on this theme. I therefore stick to my view that anyone buying on a new estate who bothered to give any thought to the matter would anticipate the types of problem which might arise, even if not the full detail (eg a skate park as opposed to some other open space 'innovation' which will be abused and vandalised).
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BRAM
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Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 21:59:04
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I personally would have preferred an older house but unfortunately there aren't enough older properties to go around & even they were new at some point in time.
I fully agree that the trend of incorporating larger childrens play areas & other projects like community centres etc.is an unneccessary extra but it is the local authorities that insist on these as part of the deal with developers to allow planning permission & then to claim credit for amenities that otherwise they have no intenion of providing for the areas themselves.
However having bought,at an extortionate price & continuing to be milked by local authorities in council tax, why should people then have to tolerate antisocial behaviour or deprivation of public services? |
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