tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586801766217114148.post180564978095833436..comments2023-10-30T21:36:16.577+00:00Comments on Discussing topics to do with Ulverston and the surrounding area.: Removal of pottery from Mill Dam Park, UlverstonGeoff Dellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14628988582440925000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586801766217114148.post-73073255385873144662013-07-22T23:32:44.603+01:002013-07-22T23:32:44.603+01:00This post has had the most ever reading by differe...This post has had the most ever reading by different people - 150. The previous record was 115 and that was about the Market Street cobbles.Geoff Dellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628988582440925000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586801766217114148.post-86287008039804450672013-07-06T21:51:09.534+01:002013-07-06T21:51:09.534+01:00The Seesaw is the only piece of equipment designed...The Seesaw is the only piece of equipment designed for an older age group. The rest of the equipment is for the 3- 6 bracket. These are the children who in practice use the park. The younger children in this bracket cannot get their feet on the ground to steady themselves which leads to accidents - some of them serious - broken collar bone. You will see from the published coorespondence that Peter Clarke, the Parks Engineer, has recognised the need to raise the ground level to remedy this problem. However he regularly has to delay doing this so that we have had to wait almost two years for this to happen. Even now we are only promised the raised ground level in August and with SLSDCs track record even this could again be delayed. Do we have to have another serious accident before the remedy is in place. Yes parents are ultimately responsible and in my view should prevent their children from using it. However SLDC supplied the equipment in a park for younger children, In my view they should be expected to provide equipment at the same level of difficulty and be designed for a concistant age level. Young children are drawn to use all the equipment in the park , 3 an 4 year olds should not have to be told by their parents " No Johnie you can't use that, it's too dangerous.. And dangerous it has certainly been found to be, yet SLDC have still done nothing, only promissed. By contrast: Hey Presto - a complaint that perpectly safe pottery inside the park is 'dangerous'results in instant action and all the attractive pottery is removed by distraught officers being made to gollow orders against their own judgement. The two situations Seesaw on the one side and pottery on the other get completely different responses and a really dangerous situation continues. Surely SLDC response is insane - coming from a disfunctional local authority. Lawrence Conway,the chief executive, to my mind, needs to step in and ensure consistency if the public is to be satisfied.Geoff Dellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628988582440925000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586801766217114148.post-40344987922982104562013-07-06T10:37:08.143+01:002013-07-06T10:37:08.143+01:00The equipment is not dangerous if used appropriate...The equipment is not dangerous if used appropriately, like most things in life. It is age specific and clearly states this fact for anyone to read. If parents with children under the stated recommended legal age of use choose to utilise it, it's their responsibility. The accident was regrettable and not something you would wish on anybody of any age, but why vilify the operators of the park for not wrapping the equipment in cotton wool? Life does require you at some point to take personal responsibility for your actions, not blaming all and sundry in society if something goes wrong - especially if there are clear instructions, stating proper use and by whom. What if you were using an electric carving knife with clearly labelled operating age instructions, then gave it to a minor who then injured themselves. Who would you blame? The manufacturer? The shop for selling it to you, especially if they saw your child with you on purchase? The teachers for not teaching appropriate life skills? No. Yourself. You would take total personal responsibility. Have the parents themselves taken up the issue with the local council? Do they blame them? Have they asked, demanded, that their cause by taken up by others? Do they blame the decision makers who shut Ulverston Hosptial A&E for prolonging the agony of their child by having to travel all the way to Barrow? Maybe we should be blaming those who created the park in the first place? It was an accident. They happen. Raising the footpads may well disenfranchise those for whom the installation of the equipment was originally intended. There is limited choice of equipment to begin with, especially for older siblings. The point here is, we all need to take care when using the equipment and be aware of what and for whom it is actually intended. Then take ownership of a responsible personal decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6586801766217114148.post-53036213843123930722013-07-05T09:53:00.829+01:002013-07-05T09:53:00.829+01:00There is only one word to describe the Council'...There is only one word to describe the Council's action in this matter — DISGRACEFUL<br />Whoever is responsible should be ashamed of themselves. Especially when a dangerous piece of equipment can be left but precious and delightful pottery is removed! Come voting time, this action will not be forgotten.Gladysnoreply@blogger.com