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ladybugshorticulture wrote:

alf-abett wrote:
Surprise, surprise! Residents again not seeing what's in front of them, this is one of the reasons why estates such as Shad go rapidly downhill. Look out of your windows and report what you see and don't expect the authorities to have extra sensory perception in tackling the problems.

The way you describe your midden I would have thought that by setting up no go areas for the scum (all areas have them) you would then start to curtail the behaviour of the this minority who always spoil it for the rest of us.

Litter! we all know it's a on going issue yet years ago residents took pride in their own little area outside their front doors and cleaned up fully knowing that within minuets more may appear but they continued to do it along with most of the neighbours leaving streets not spotless but certainly tidy and bright.

If unemployment is the real issue why don't they get off their lazy bums and take a brush and shovel outside and clean the place up after all the tax payers pay for them to manage on a daily basis to an extent so how about "payback time" clean up and put some PRIDE back into the community.

Can I ask you to take a look at this link in response to your comments?
http://www.ladybugsh

orticulture.co.uk/la

dybugs-offsite-cic-h

elped-on-shadsworth-

estate-clean-up/

this was not a one off but happens quarterly.

I think Alf is saying if every resident looks after the piece of land between their front door and kerbside. The estate will be a lot cleaner and easier to maintain. I am talking about every area, not just Shadsworth. I know a lot of people will bang on and say we pay our taxes so why don,t the council do it. A lot of people dont work and don,t pay taxes. Also they don,t care about their areas. Well done to those who actually care and want to clean the area up. Where i live me and my neighours do this and it is a nice cleaner area."