howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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chanced upon this in clarendon field this morning, reported it to w.c.c.p but they already knew and have notified the police.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I hope there were no horses up in that field, this could have been extremely serious if there were. Poor WCCP - they've got enough on their plate to deal with let alone fixing this mindless destruction by idiots.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think they are due to bring some koniks back to clarendon field, i don't think the damage was enough to let anything out though.
Keith Sansum1
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I think if the mindless vandals are found they should be made to fix the fencing and other works around the town
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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"pointless vandalism"? Is there any other sort?
Leaving aside the bad name passed down through the ages for just another empire builder. Why assume it pointless?
Perhaps a group of [...Spartans passed by and with their historical hatred of barriers of all sorts did not, to their own way of thinking, destroy a fence, but reopened the countryside for the free passage of all.], out-door loving youths feel an urgent need to possess a lever and looking around found a source of suitable timber? Or. Were clambering over the fence and it broke hurting or nearly harming one of them, then they become indignant as to the paucity of maintenance going on and made that need plain?
Either way. Would it be 'pointless' to seek to encourage such youth to effect their environment in a positive way? While there is always a degree of boundary-testing in growing up there may also be a degree of pride. Why not make repeated efforts to give youth the opportunity to righteously cry out, "I did this!" by showing a willingness to engage with local people of all ages without prejudgement?
AND
While they were out and de-fencing, and giving someone a sunny morning's work, they were not kicking the panels of some expensive motor vehicle.
I am probably getting myself something of a bad name for seeing another side or explaining away 'obvious' wrongdoing or simply for not taking-up the cudgel or pitchfork and riding out with the tar & feather brigade.
I do not say what I say just for the sake of (further) mischief making, but, be it a societal problem or a broken fence one can either get all hot-and-bothered or one can attempt to fix it.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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someone's been at it again.
nearby
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[Hello, it's me again.]
Judging by the degree of overlap; the small area on each horizontal bar that was affixed to the missing plank compared with the width of the 'lost' plank. This is the one section of the structure that bears the brunt of usage.
Given the wear and tear of constant shock against each of the upright 'jambs' , the off-set nature of the fixing and the fact that no part of the style has been left* far from the style, I conclude that what we have here is the foreseeable consequence of bad design.
Had each of the gate-horizontal members extended to 'mesh' with the frame (to act as the stops against the jamb posts) and the upright been set-back to affix fully with each horizontal, much improvement would be had.
*I edited from, "is far from" to "has been left far from". To make clear that any right-minded person would do that while a 'vandal' might have had some sport with it.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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paul sampson of w.c.c.p does look in tom so your comments will be taken on board.
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boot camp.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Boot Camp? Museum? That's simply not Howard's style.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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howard? style? lol
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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at least the gates serve a purpose, they keep animals safe.
with the tram shelter animals make it unsafe.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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so howard
boot camp or no boot camp lol
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Didn't know whether I should have put it on the half term activities thread.
