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Originally Posted by jaysay
Well Rindi, to all intents and purposes this is the kind of thing the lottery was set up for, but it seems that the people dolling out these grants care more about funding diverse groups than for what it was meant. If councils over the years were to have funded the upkeep of the parks to the level required, the Rates/Council Tax would have had to increase proportionately. Its really a catch 22 situation your damned if you do and your damned if you do, but this problem isn't just confined to Hyndburn, its a national thing
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Well for at least the first ten years that Hyndburn was formed, and before that when it was the responsibilty of the Urban Council, money was found to ensure the park was kept in a much better state than it is now, and the rates weren't sky high to pay for it.
Paths were patched up and repaired to a good standard. They weren't allowed to be made worse by successive winter frosts and storms, so that they are now so bad some people are unable to use them because they aren't safe.
Hell long before the lottery came along money from the rates ensured the park was safe, had it's own greenhouses and gardeners, tennis courts, paddling pool, pitch and put, and magnificant floral displays, and even employed a man in the office in the pavillion, who was there every day, and who you paid your tennis/pitch and put/bowling fees to.
Strange how money was found in the past from the rates. Perhaps they were just better at managing the tax they were given, and of course they couldn't then pin their hopes on winning the lottery.
Some progress.