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Old 14-03-2009, 02:14   #117
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Re: I'd rather this was in anything goes!

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
No one is knocking the work you personally, and the other Friends do. The evidence is there to be seen, and it's much appreciated.

However you are wrong. The drainage hasn't been a problem 'for as long as people can remember'.

True the park is on a hill, but in the past regular maintenance work was carrried out which ensured drainage wasn't a problem. Gulleys and drains weren't allowed to become choked up.

The same goes for the paths. There wouldn't be the need for such a massive budget now if regular amounts of money had been spent on upkeep and repair.

My memory of the park only stretches back to the mid sixties, but it has been allowed to fall into such a terible state because the council chose not to spend money on regular maintenance.

Strange how councils in the past, for nearly a hundred years, managed to do a much better job than is being done now.

If a winter storm blows a slate off your roof, you pay someone to replace it.

You don't wait until successive storms blow them all off, and then face the prospect of an expensive new roof.
think you will find a similar situation with the Parks in other areas (towns) of Hyndburn , Gt Harwood's Memorial Park is in a similar situation , seems the 'old' UDCs had a better grasp/control of the local picture
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