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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Sue....I don't know what the answer to Maundyville is.......it has already got such a stanglehold on a large part of Abbey Street.
To be perfectly frank, I don't think the council want to take any decisive action for fear of being castigated by those who think that Dorothy Mac Gregor is doing a grand job.....and that those she helps are helpless members of society.
The last thing this council want, is to be seen as heartless and uncaring.
But however you look at it, those who frequent Maundy to get help do impact on the town in a negative way.
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Yes it has taken over a sizeable part of the town already. If those premises were to close down you still have the problem of the clientele - for want of a better word. What on earth do you do with them? I think they need help, of course, but from an official organisation rather than a charity. I think that's part of the problem - so long as a charity is seen to be coping with them, let them get on with it, we don't have to worry about it.
I know I'm an outsider, but I would have thought even Saint Dorothy would be able to see what effect her work is having on the wider world. I wonder if she cares about that at all...