kyoto49
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The 4.5 million is for restoring the older parts of Hanley Park too as far as I know, not new investment in play facilities
It already has great play facilites, a relative live opposite the park gates
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The 4.5 million is for restoring the older parts of Hanley Park too as far as I know, not new investment in play facilities
You're lucky, parts of it make Rugeley look posh* I have no idea where this Medway place is to be honest!!!
It already has great play facilites, a relative live opposite the park gates
This is the thing with you isn't it. You slag off everywhere else in your attempt to demean the opinions of others who expect better for Stafford and aren't happy to put up with the rubbish we have, but you NEVER have the accurate evidence to back up your patronising opinion.
I know you never like facts to get in the way of your opinion, but here's some information on parks in the Potteries. I'm assuming you mean the Potteries as you mention Northwood and Hanley which aren't actually Stoke but y'know!! If you think homelessness and drug dealing are absent from any Stafford park then you need to actually visit one. Drunks in the little seated area opposite the railway station are a speciality of Staffords Victoria Park!
So, for the record:
Hanley Park recently awarded £4.5 million for restoration
http://www.visitstoke.co.uk/Stoke-on-Trent-Hanley-Park/details/?dms=3&venue=2230569
http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content...open-spaces/other-parks-folder/hanley-park.en
Burslem Park is grade 2 listed park
http://www.visitstoke.co.uk/Stoke-on-Trent-Burslem-Park/details/?dms=3&venue=2230525
Tunstall Park, another Grade 2 listed park
http://www.visitstoke.co.uk/Stoke-on-Trent-Tunstall-Park/details/?dms=3&venue=2230580
Fenton Park
http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content...open-spaces/other-parks-folder/fenton-park.en
Longton Park
http://www.visitstoke.co.uk/Stoke-on-Trent-Longton-Park/details/?dms=3&venue=2230624
Bucknall Park
http://www.enjoystaffordshire.com/Stoke-on-Trent-Bucknall-Park/details/?dms=3&venue=2230514
Leeks population is a quarter of that of Stafford at c20,000 and a quarter of them are pensioners who probably don't need swings on a regular basis.
Bigger than that lol
Lots of bowls spoken on here.Is it bowls though ???
Can live in the park for all I care.
The area is of high crime and low social mobility, many of the issues result in problems in the park
The hanley park play area, while not the worst I have seen but still not nice was caged off and completely detracts from is facilities, not that it keeps out the drug users in the day let alone at night.
It seems to have been quite hot bed of assaults and knife in recent has the public outcry for improvements and security....am I painting a lovely picture?
The rest of the park, mainly to the east while green and managed ok for the most part, has a real issue with dog fouling. It has little in the way of flowers nor colour but has some green area and tree line, but the old boating house on the pond is constantly vandalised. Shame as there is a lovely pond not made the most of.
The pedastrian entrances have been blocked off by massive concrete blocks to stop the issues with small cars and mopeds etc using the park as a race track at night.....I could go on.
No doubt hanley park was probably a great park in its hey day, but it us beyond that right now and it is bloody crying shame
It would be great to bring it up to scratch and Stoke council have banged on about this for years with no movement but it has excellent potential
One thing you can be sure, Victoria Park it isn`t right now.
I'm assuming you mean the Potteries as you mention Northwood and Hanley which aren't actually Stoke but y'know!! .
You need to raise you aspirations if you think there is anything outstanding about Stafford.
Its a meh place, with meh facilities (sh*te leisure centre), average schools, Housing is cheap too, .
You're lucky, parts of it make Rugeley look posh
Back when I were a kid in the 70s, I used to get taken to the old pool and play area during the summer and it was always completely rammed. I never remember any of us kids thinking "it's too busy, I can't play here". We just carried on playing and enjoying ourselves.
I'm sure that if you ask today's young kids if they think the park isn't 'fit for purpose' because it's busy they will look at you with a "what the hell are you talking about" expression because they don't care. They just want to play in the park and enjoy themselves.
My brother's friend got bitten on the face in Rochester last weekend. It is rough as a badgers at night.Oi. I will not have a bad word said about Medway. I used to live in Strood, admittedly not that pleasant but Rochester was lovely, Chatham not so much.
I am guessing that the majority of play area users (KIDS!!!) will be very happy with the facilities on offer.So that makes it alright then? Not for me. Stafford is at least twice the size it was in the 1970s so should have park provision growing at a similar rate. It doesn't. And I also visited victoria park weekly in the 1970s and bar the 3 sunny days a year we used to get the place was empty bar me and my mates. Living where we did it was our local park.
Actually, in all fairness, my lad used to regularly say, when we went to the town park 'Dad, it's too busy here for me to play. Can I go to the library instead?'.I am guessing that the majority of play area users (KIDS!!!) will be very happy with the facilities on offer.
You do seem to be getting a bit like HopesDad with your outlook towards Stafford.