Encouraginng each other to be assertive is something that is very important to me!
Relying on others can be very frustrating. People using their own initiative can often achieve far more. Self belief is important!
We llive in a town where this already happens so much . It will be natural for us as to do this more and more..
This video, made in June 2012 , illustrates the use of these picnic tables before they were removed.
Please sign this petition to bring back these picnic tables, that were removed by the Town Council a year ago.
13 comments:
Dr Paddy Polak
said...
I am Dr Paddy Polak,Chris Cat. I am also tenured at Magdalene Collage,I am the Chair of Puddy Kat Studies. We are now handing out Pretend Degrees that were once the domain of Red Bricks. I have this urge in my left paw to wind up the council. I am now going to consult with St Jerome about the ethical and moral dynamics of such a course of action.
You do that Chris: and St Jerome is the patron saint of what?
Just remember please - you are not my second in command. That certainly did wind them up a treat last time : and the noble sirs thought it was me. Not my style eh! After all, I'm Dr Nice-Guy.
Gladys, I had put them there without permission. The Council felt they were attracting noisy students, who on one occasion were roudy. I was involved in alerting the police to calm them down - as they do very well. The students then went into the wood and acted very reponsibly in clearing up after the had finished.
The picnic tables were having a very good influence in providing a lovely environment for local people and as a way of bring people of all kinds together.
Sadly officialdom jumped in and thoughtlessly ruined what was working very well in the opinion 98% local people including, Simon and Clare Clarke who live immediately above and you will notice have signed the petition.
It will be sad for locals if they aren't reinstalled.
Janet and myself have used them and think if the immediate neighbours approve HEY HO Canal foot has similar, the coast road has( provided by the rates.) Years ago a benefactor would be applauded its a sad world full of nonsense. Are there any sound reasons to remove them when we have overspill onto narrow streets that our officials tolerate. Ask permission and see what happens and let the objectors show their colours. JAK
What is sad is that this has been a clamp down on lively young people. When I talk to fifty year olds or thereabouts who are now seen as pillars of our society - well people I look up to, what do I find? They, when they were young and up to tricks, they used Gill Banks to enjoy their sense of adventure. Nowhere else did cider taste sweeter or carousing feel better. Isn't it time for adults to grow up a little and tolerate - even encourage, this sense of adventure into 'forbidden' territory.
I do not wish to be an AVAAZ member. Likely others are of the same mind. But I would sign a petition if it was just a case of filling in a line like ones we see in the Market Square from time to time. Or I would send an email to the relevant Council Member if necessary. Who would that be?
Just a passing thought — isn't planning permission required so as to give neighbours a chance to object? As much as I would like to see the picnic tables there and in use, it is only right that those who live close by should have their say.
That's fine. The relevant person to email would be Cllr Colin Pickthall who is both our representative on the Town Council and is on the Town Lands Trust subcommittee. His address is on the Ulverston Town Council web site.
As far as planning permission I'm not sure this is required in the same way as you're not required to have planning permission to put a picnic table on your own land. The proposed location is private land owned by the Town Lands trust. Secondly as I understand it, verbally to my face, all the neighbours immediately next to the proposed site are in favour. The Town Land's Trust would adopt any way the chose to consult or not at all - it's their land.
I'm coming to the conclusion that this idea is a none starter at the moment so I'm putting my energies elsewhere. This will involve removing all the pottery from this site and reassessing what to do with it next in the Spring. Your input welcome. I have taken on a project that requires 21 hours per week of hard (enjoyable) work, leaving me far less time for what I see as 'secondary' projects. If the pottery and the picnic tables are your kind of thing then I suggest that you get stuck in and help it do well.
13 comments:
I am Dr Paddy Polak,Chris Cat.
I am also tenured at Magdalene Collage,I am the Chair of Puddy Kat Studies.
We are now handing out Pretend Degrees that were once the domain of Red Bricks.
I have this urge in my left paw to wind up the council.
I am now going to consult with St Jerome about the ethical and moral dynamics of such a course of action.
Exactly why were they removed?
You do that Chris: and St Jerome is the patron saint of what?
Just remember please - you are not my second in command. That certainly did wind them up a treat last time : and the noble sirs thought it was me. Not my style eh! After all, I'm Dr Nice-Guy.
Gladys, I had put them there without permission. The Council felt they were attracting noisy students, who on one occasion were roudy. I was involved in alerting the police to calm them down - as they do very well. The students then went into the wood and acted very reponsibly in clearing up after the had finished.
The picnic tables were having a very good influence in providing a lovely environment for local people and as a way of bring people of all kinds together.
Sadly officialdom jumped in and thoughtlessly ruined what was working very well in the opinion 98% local people including, Simon and Clare Clarke who live immediately above and you will notice have signed the petition.
It will be sad for locals if they aren't reinstalled.
Janet and myself have used them and think if the immediate neighbours approve HEY HO
Canal foot has similar, the coast road has( provided by the rates.)
Years ago a benefactor would be applauded its a sad world full of nonsense.
Are there any sound reasons to remove them when we have overspill onto narrow streets that our officials tolerate.
Ask permission and see what happens and let the objectors show their colours.
JAK
What is sad is that this has been a clamp down on lively young people. When I talk to fifty year olds or thereabouts who are now seen as pillars of our society - well people I look up to, what do I find?
They, when they were young and up to tricks, they used Gill Banks to enjoy their sense of adventure. Nowhere else did cider taste sweeter or carousing feel better.
Isn't it time for adults to grow up a little and tolerate - even encourage, this sense of adventure into 'forbidden' territory.
I do not wish to be an AVAAZ member. Likely others are of the same mind. But I would sign a petition if it was just a case of filling in a line like ones we see in the Market Square from time to time. Or I would send an email to the relevant Council Member if necessary. Who would that be?
Just a passing thought — isn't planning permission required so as to give neighbours a chance to object? As much as I would like to see the picnic tables there and in use, it is only right that those who live close by should have their say.
That's fine. The relevant person to email would be Cllr Colin Pickthall who is both our representative on the Town Council and is on the Town Lands Trust subcommittee. His address is on the Ulverston Town Council web site.
As far as planning permission I'm not sure this is required in the same way as you're not required to have planning permission to put a picnic table on your own land. The proposed location is private land owned by the Town Lands trust. Secondly as I understand it, verbally to my face, all the neighbours immediately next to the proposed site are in favour. The Town Land's Trust would adopt any way the chose to consult or not at all - it's their land.
Email sent as promised.
Thanks Gladys and a great message you sent showing your expertise with words and sentiment.
I'm coming to the conclusion that this idea is a none starter at the moment so I'm putting my energies elsewhere. This will involve removing all the pottery from this site and reassessing what to do with it next in the Spring. Your input welcome.
I have taken on a project that requires 21 hours per week of hard (enjoyable) work, leaving me far less time for what I see as 'secondary' projects.
If the pottery and the picnic tables are your kind of thing then I suggest that you get stuck in and help it do well.
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