victor

Hurrah, the benches have been moved! To a much better spot by the other benches, which will hopefully deter the kids from playing football near the little ones on the climbing frame. Thanks to all those who got it sorted out!

thanks for the links! Surely with all the current press about obesity, etc, we should be encouraging the kids to play. And since there is now dog mess all over the whole of goose green, it is NOT SAFE for the children to play on there. Always supposing they don;t get scared (or worse) by the dogs first, of course!

Can anyone tell me why two green metal benches have been put right in the area where the kids play football? They have been screwed to the ground and so cannot be moved. That area (by the ducks as the kids call them!) has ALWAYS been used by kids for football, and they are very upset. It is the best place for footy without getting in the way of children playing on the equipment. Who thought it was a good idea to plant them there? And does the playground need more benches?

No, but I couldn't get back home via the shoe shop, darn it!

Dear Libra carr can assure you I was in the area closest to the road and fenced in!

Went to play cricket with my 7 year old today in goose green.Upon fielding a lovely cover drive from myself my son slid into a dog turd.The consequences were not quite as a similar incident 18 months ago when he picked the ball up covered in dog turd and therefore all over his hands or the time the football was covered in turd and so was our shoes!! Surely it is time for some clear thinking.The council must decide what they want the purpose of goose green to be.If it is for people to walk along the path and look/admire the green then dogs should roam freely.If they want people to use the green spaces for recreation then they need to accept some simple facts.Dogs and people cannot share the same area, as sadly not all dog owners pick up after their dogs.Nothing will change this,may reduce it but if it cannot be 100% then dogs cannot share the same space as people otherwise we get situation I referred to at the start.So another solution is we have a dog area separate from the people area(discussion then is about how big each area is and where)Simple This situation of fences coming down(don't like fence) for a see what happens in 6 months is a complete waste of time.What we will discover is amazingly is that dogs poo and a few owners don't pick it up this sadly ruins others fun etc.The council needs to state their aim for goose green.Personally I think that the council should be encouraging greater use of this green space for people BUT their should be a dog area(discussion now should only be about where and how big.