Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yes I agree that the priory ward have waited to long for their new one and without going over it all again the funding was there over £250.000 pounds but we know what happen to that so yes I agree with the post above.Must go now back to Canterbury.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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still time for people to complete the online survey re; the colton crescent play area.
i might have mentioned this before but priory area residents don't have a play area to comment on .
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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very true :) we got a football field but no play area. I remember when it was still around and it was used alot. Also it was in a safe area no cars, traffic ect... but maybe one day someone have the heart and take the initial step. :)
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Take the initial step to do what Heike ?
Roger
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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to have the play area back at hills where it used to be under the football pitch. :)
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Football fan Heike?
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Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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no way ...:
but my son like s it and sometimes my neighbour takes him along with his kids. The only thing i dont mind watching is the world champion chip and the european one. other than that No.
Are you Martin?
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Yes, in fact I was at White Hart Lane last Wednesday night, extra time and penalties against Hull, in the East Stand which was rocking. Ever been in the east stand?
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Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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no I havent. Is it a good or bad thing Martin?
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Good but not as good as the West Stand, new ground taking shape which will be good, more chance of tickets with the bigger capacity.
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Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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ad a new thread with pics onto to the forum next time you go. might interest some :)
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Keith Sansum1
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Yes the lower ground of clarendon place would suit
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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being a simpleton i am lost on what point martin is trying to make.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I have written and spoken to many people about this area and I have visited the old Clarendon play area with a number of people and all of them have agreed that it could not now be used as a play area.
It it too steep, the children would not easily seen by residents and it has too many access points and in this day and age, it is simply not acceptable.
If anyone can find a large enough piece of land for a play area, I will support it to the hilt.
There are some old allotments, not used and very overgrown, behind the back-gardens of the top-side of Clarendon Place, this area goes along to Birchington Rise, by the Malvern pub, so would (probably) be big enough.
This though would have the same problem as having a play area between Westbury Road and Longfield Road, where the residents do not want a play area just beyond their back-gardens.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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the last two lines roger is only part of a bigger picture
theres a lot of reasons for it not just residents in westbury/longfield roads
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Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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What I dont get .. Where a play area used to be and its not possible no more? Too steep? Its good for the kiddies fitness.
Supervision is Parents responsibilities not the councils.
If Parents let their children wander off themselves and still feel peaceful about it, fine for them. I would not.
But if the Hills are too steep this is not a right argument. Kids used to play there all the time and parents watching. When the play area was removed, I didnt have Kids back then. Also it was leveled. This can be done again surely??
Also, if I am right its all fenced with wooden fences.
I think its just a way out not to have there again. Also wondering what People viewed the area? Actual residents from Clarendon, Belgrave & Westbury??
Be interesting to know.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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In the first instance, the play equipment was taken away because there hadn't been any investment by the local authority and so it was deemed unsafe by the Council's insurers and so it was all taken away.
It was later assessed to see if it could be re-introduced, but by this time the DDA (Disabled Discrimination Act) had come into force and it was then deemed that disabled people could not easily gain access to the play area.
There is also (now) concern at the access points on every side of what was the play area, making it easy for anyone to walk in and do something untoward with or to, a child.
I agree that it should be the responsibility of parents, but nowadays, parents have (more or less) the opposite view.
Roger
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Lets not forget Mr Walkden that there was funding put by for one at Folkestone rd and that was put there by the buiding companys of the flats in Folkestone rd and it was over £250.000, it was to be used for the new play area only, but that did not happen did it? ,what happen to that funding? and why was used up on things that were not for Folkestone rd,? infact it did not used for any play ground did it?and as you know at that time I also was a town cllr for that ward and was at the meetings about that funding,and we was told ,and you was there that the funding would be put to
one side till such times when and where the new play ground would go.And post 20 has also hit the nail on the head.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Not knowing the area that has been mentioned maybe my comments are inappropriate but here goes.
Why not lay a tarmac path for disabled access and fence the area for security, the security problem a bit daft if children are old enough to play without parental supervision they should know about the baddies and how to behave if approached. If I was involved I would be more worried about potential vandalism to equipment than anything else.
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Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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The guidelines I put a link to in #9 explain why it is now so difficult to find suitable play areas, and both potential vandalism and child safety have to be considered.
Another example of the difficulties, it's easy to say put in a tarmac path but there has to be a minimum gradient which would be difficult to achieve without a lot of zigzags in much of Dover, and then that takes up more of the available space..
