State of People's Park in Grimsby causing concern
THE deteriorating state of People’s Park is causing growing concern for local residents.
Ward councillor Andrew De Freitas (Lib Dem, Park) told a meeting of the council’s regeneration and environment scrutiny panel that the Grimsby park was in an “appalling mess”.
Councillor De Freitas, who also raised the matter at a Park Ward Action Group meeting, said: “The cafe has permanently closed.
“The children’s play area, because of the very wet weather, is a quagmire.
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“There’s growing concern from users as to what’s going to become of it.”
If you use the park and would like to share your views or photographs, e-mail newsdesk@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
6 Comments
by Jasbee
Monday, February 18 2013, 2:58PM
“64 years ago I proposed to my now wife in peoples Park. She accepted , we are still together though a long way away From Peoples Park. Those days it was well looked after. There was no vandals then.Of course The Birch was still in use then. A good deterrent.”
by grimrich
Thursday, February 14 2013, 6:55PM
“dont worry people of the park ward , the labour council have aplan to keep cost down and it looking fresh and tidy daily with minimal maintanence .... shingle and gravel and wood chip with cheap plants that need no watering , works in other parts of the town”
by justsaying
Thursday, February 14 2013, 6:41PM
“A large amount of money was invested in Sidney Park a few years ago too, but thanks to Labour's neglect it is now a disgrace. This is what Peoples Park will look like in a few more years - flower beds full of weeds instead of flowers, missing items of play equipment, broken seats and litter and dog mess all over. Sidney Sussex Ward is now so dirty that even the council leader, Chris Shaw, has moved away from the area he representsto live in Humberstone - an area with three Conservative Councillors!”
by chris-soltec
Thursday, February 14 2013, 12:58PM
“The cafe is the biggest shambles of them all.
If a "proper" cafe or a coffee shop franchise had been built, a popular place where people wanted to spend time, meet friends for coffee and maybe have a meal, this could have been the foundation of a great park. People frequenting the park would have be a disincentive to the undesirables and an incentive for business, charity and council to work together to improve the surroundings in the park.
Instead, we got an undesirable, unvisited, empty wooden box”
by Malcolm_Ex
Thursday, February 14 2013, 11:21AM
“State 'IF' People's Park?”
by davel60
Thursday, February 14 2013, 11:15AM
“The problem is, if you start hacking at the roots of a tree, eventually, it will fall down. If, however, you thin out the dead wood at the top, the whole tree has a better chance of surviving.
Instead of reducing the number of staff doing all the work in the park, they would have been better off thinning out one or more of the managers. It should only need one manager to make a decision, not an "asylum" of them, (Yes, that really is the collective noun for managers).
How many people does it take to plant a tree in Peoples Park? Answer 5. 2 to carry out the planting and 3 managers to stand and watch.
Has anyone moved in to the Floral Hall?
I think the Heritage folk should ask for their money back.
Ramble, ramble, ramble...”