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Does Hyndburn council not look after oakhill park? Another thing the football pitches might come under the leisure trust .........

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Knuzden is part of Ossy, its in St Oswalds Ward and is served by the councillors Haworth, Hayes, & Roberts. The boundry of St Oswalds ward goes right up to Knuzden Brook which is also the boundry of Hyndburn, so the statement of "None of which are in Ossy" is not correct


http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/sc...egoryID=200073

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You are of course correct. It is not very accessible for the local kids in my area that we are trying to keep of the streets so they can be somewhere safe though is it?

I have stated many times that youth shelters need to be in several places in Oswaldtwistle as kids are quite territorial and stick to there own areas and group of friends.

Unfortunately The Friends of Rhyddings Park only work in Rhyddings Park.

I really do wish even more people would form community groups within their close areas of Hyndburn and start to tap into some of the resources that HBC can not. There are many already but I am sure many more areas would benefit. I am involved with the park because it is close to me. You too could be involved with a group close to your area and do similar good works, if you are not already.

Where are you and is there a community group for you area?
If there is are you involved?
If not you could always tart your own.

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I thought we were talking about kids of secondary school age here, since there is already a "small childrens play area in the park."
Youth shelters ? is that a new term
The name of the group suggests that, keep up the good work

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No there is no community group where I now live, but I have managed to get a police presence, and a pact meeting in a local pub along with promises of further monthly meetings to be attended by community support officers and a local councillor. That was after contacting a local councillor and indicating that the area is the forgotten area of Hyndburn and there could be serious problems in the future if they were not dealt with now, also that we had never ever seen any police officers or community support officers in the area. May be these meetings could lead to some form of community group, we will have to wait and see.

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Sounds good mate, keep up the good work.

Have a read of this, there is a pdf to download at the bottom right of the page, if you get a group going maybe you could sort something out in Knuzden.

HBC wanted to put one over West End I think it was a couple of years ago. The residents complained so it never happened :(

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We have a meeting with the company that installed the kiddie play area in Rhyddings to get some quotes and ides from tomorrow. I like the MUGA's with seating built into the fencing but not sure if this company does them. They do smallish shelters - about 8' across and roundish with a roof and partially enclosed sides.

After we have an idea of what we can do and costs we intend to put our suggestion to our intended audience and see what they think. We are getting costings first so we can see if it is feasible for us to continue any further.

I am expecting some resistance to it because most people wont read something like that document I linked for you. When they do they don't want to believe it will help the situation. We are not just talking those immediately facing the park either.

Who said progress was easy? :D

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Sounds like a good idea to me. Older children still go in the park after dark, having their own designated space sounds a very sensible idea.

There'll always be some stick in the muds, who'll oppose change for whatever reason. Probably the same person/people who thought the new children's play area was an eyesore from their front rooms on Park Lane, and who tried to say that it would, wrongly, attract more vandalism.

Good luck.

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There is CCTV of the park.

As far as I can see the light has reduced vandalism after dark, and I hear residents on Park Lane no longer suffer fron S.A.D., which must be an added benefit.:D

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Good, as I can report the new play area is not only safer, and less vandalised than it was at the old site, but used much more by the children, all year round.:)

Any drop in property prices of neighbouring houses has more to do with the global credit crunch, than the siting of the play area.;)

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When I was born and raised on Hornby St (next street downhill) in the 40s, Park Lane was the classy place to live in Ossy.
Nowadays car ownership must detract from that - narrow street with bumper to bumper parking

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Not totally sure, but from memory, and seeing photographs of the park being opened in 1912, the park was there before the houses on Park Lane.;)

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Got to be 4 years or more old by now. Will be getting ready for replacement. :D
Got a good price for mine. :D