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It seems to me that with the new rubbish collection rules...two sacks and that is it! Is nothing short of ridiculous. That immediately raises the question? What happens when we have several household rubbish sacks to get rid of.
Then again, another question about public health? with the possibilty of rotting food hanging about for two weeks in the broiling sun.
Surely we are going backwards towards a third world country state.
Hoisted on us by our local council. Who is the person that is responsible for this backwards step?
If they are running out of space then go and find somewhere else to get rid of it. There are many places in the Purbecks where old rubbish dumps are used, and sometimes built on.
The new housing estate at the top of Bell Street was a place where rubbish was dumped. Yet here,it is now covered with houses.
Dancing Ledge.
Disabled Parking.
This problem still exists in Swanage. There are folk that persistently park in the disabled slots around the town, and do it quite blatantly, with little regard for those that are desperate for a place to park.
I have heard the excuse I was only there for a minute! But is that minute that should a disabled person be arriving? There is nowhere for them to go…
I realise that the Traffic Wardens seem to be none existent in the town, and therefore unable to do anything about it. I have been told there are Traffic Wardens here? but to date since they “privatised” it I have only seen one since then. It there are some seen around? please post a comment.
Two things to be wary of; there has been a law enacted that makes fraudulent use of disabled parking liable to a fine of £1000.00. That law, although passed, has not been made active in England.
Two, apparently the disabled have been having there own back in parts of the Country. It appears that in places, the motorist has returned to their vehicle to find their car door locks have been “Superglued” That is a something that is way over the top. But a friend of mine who lives in that area, wrote this observation
They take notice when their locks are superglued and stare threateningly at any OAPs in the vicinity as it is fairly well known who does it! They stare not quite so threateningly at big, old, fat OAPs carrying a walking stick with a point on the end, and even less threateningly at aggressive looking big, old, fat, ugly etc...
Dancing Ledge.
What's with the telephone boxes in Swanage turning pink? Is it just a strange under coat or is someone making a statement.
Aint it nice to get our town back?even if for a short while.
Dancing Ledge
Swanage in tbe Autumn!
The Autumn Seaside Town.
The seaside town in Autumn, the saddest place on Earth.
Dirty deserted boats rocking, in their end of seasons berth,
Ice cream adverts, rained stained, and sadly out of place,
Flower baskets with dead plants, all lacking former grace.
Shiny rain swept streets, with muddy leaf choked gutters.
Here and there an old coffee carton, adding to the clutter.
The shop awnings noisy flapping, in the West wind gale.
White plastic bags that tumble, along the beachside trail.
Shop fronts all darkened now, just vacant empty panes,
On the shelf a left over gift, a heart, a silver copy chain.
The seas are iron grey and angry, sweeping up the sand,
Summers gone, now the gales, will drive across the land.
Children’s voices quiet now, around the ice cream stalls,
No kiddies play on golden sand, no anxious parents call.
Summer yearning, the heartbreak of that love struck girl,
Men eagerly watched, the girl’s windswept skirts that swirl
The painful teenage heartaches of summer, tearfully gone away.
See the dry Autumn leaves drifting, was all this just yesterday?
Now Autumn’s here, and from the East, comes an icy blast,
Let us all be thankful! the Grockles have all gone home at last.
Dancing Ledge 2005.
Mad MAD MAD!!!
we live in a block of three appartments with 4 residents. Home from work last night and we have SIX wheelie bins delivered in the yard!!! We never normally get a refuse collection at all, so have to walk down the lane and put sacks in the main street. No green boxes yet...
"you can put one bag of rubbish beside your wheeled bin at Christmas" What religious discrimination is that. What about other religions? Why don't they want us to recycle wrapping paper? What about MY birthday???
The vote from Swanage residents present at the second annual parish assembly was very firmly in favour of the town council holding all its meetings in the evening.
Some of the arguments put forward by town councillors against this were rather laboured and irrelevant.
One was that with only 12 town councillors - and all the outside activities within the community involved because they are town councillors as well as council work - they have little time free in the evenings.
Well why aren't there more councillors?
Wareham (population under 6,000) has 16 town councillors.
Arne (population under 1,500) has seven parish councillors.
So why does Swanage (population just under 10,000) only have 12 town councillors?
As it happens there is currently an opportunity for some review of that.
Purbeck District Council has written to various parish and town councils to confirm that they still want various changes of boundaries - and in the case of Arne, two more councillors - which were put forward four or five years ago.
Parking charges for people to park outside their homes !
Text from advertiser website:
Purbeck towns set for pay-and-display plan
by Paula Tegerdine
ON-STREET parking charges are likely to be introduced in Swanage and Wareham by Dorset County Council.
The pay and display fees will be similar to the nearest off-street car park but local residents will have the option of buying a £60-a-year parking permit.
Dorset County Council has not said how many streets are may be affected or how much income the council is aiming to collect.
The timing of a public consultation period has yet to be announced but the final decision on the idea will be made by the county council's roads and rights of way committee.
Tim Westwood, the council's transportation manager, said: "People have come to expect they have the right to park for free on the public highway but they don't."
The idea of on-street pay-and-display meters was included as part of decriminalised parking enforcement legislation introduced in the early 1990s.
Mr Westwood said: "This was first published in the local transport plan five years ago with no time frame attached."
"The way our parking attendants currently have to enforce limited waiting areas is extremely inefficient.
"Where there is no return within two hours they have to take the vehicle details then come back after two hours to check if it has gone.
"If we have pay and display it will be a much better use of our parking attendants."
He added: "We have to work out in our own minds the extent of what is sensible.
"The towns we are choosing - Wareham, Swanage, Dorchester and Lyme Regis - are all part of the Jurassic coast.
"It is a very popular area now and more people are coming by car.
"Quite frankly they have to pay for the privilege.
"If you live in a residential street where very few properties have the opportunity to park within their own land, in a garage or driveway, they can apply for a residential parking permit."
First published: October 3
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