Aylestone Voice

I believe the Chadd family still own the main block of buildings (where The Entertainer is) but did sell those where the YMCA shop etc is

Nothing anymore is sacred!

This evening the mobile CCTV was parked up in the Castle Green watching some kids play football

Sadly for the old bill the drinkers were then in the John Venn graveyard with one really nice polite chap sat on the steps begging for cash

A few months ago I contacted the estate agents for the old Chadds shops asking if they would clean up the windows and doorways - their responsibility not the Council's.

I was told they would speak to the owners - still Chadds - and pass on my concerns

Nothing was ever done

It always seemed to me that the Chadd family were happy to take money in the tills and then quit when the competition was on its way. They seem to have no conscience about their responsibility for their property.

I think it is shameful. Sadly I cannot find their direct contact details, which the estate agent declined to give me, or I would tell them direct

It is stuff like this that brings down the appearance of the city and tends to encourage other poor behaviour

Colin - It is just that they have a policy and want to stick to it. The way to change it is to lobby. You can e-mail the members of the Committee and/or the Licensing Officer

There is an item on the Council's Regulatory Committee - 30 July

Someone wants to open a take way in 60 Commercial Road until 1.30am. I know you want later but this if agreed would help the case

Start writing

I would put a link but it does not allow me to copy and paste it (or I'm too dim!)

And on a similar vein - I was going past St Peters Church the other day and some of the regulars were on one of the benches shouting and swearing at the top of their voices.

Perhaps I should of said something?

The lack of respect for the city and people in general is part of the overall decline we have and are seeing. And grass  cutting and maintenance of the streets and buildings are part of this.

How do we take our city back?

What it means is that if the Council decides that the Cub are in breach of the leases then they can be kicked out. Without a ground the club would fold. Anyone else who may want to run a football team affiliated to the FA could then try to get a lease.

It is nothing to do with planning permission although many supporters think that the Council have already done a back door deal with the new owners to run the club down so that they can redevelop the site for housing and all make a big profit

There will also be a notice in the HT

 I am inclined to let Roger and Stupidfrustration fight it out with wet lettuce, but

Why does Roger have to provide two examples of what he may have done to improve the city and on the other hand why does stupid frustration not have to similarly prove his/her credentials in this area?

Also if any one else manages to criticise what goes on or not in the city do we have to attach similar proof?

Although I visited and completed a response you can using the online comment form - its on the link above

There are loads of cycle parking spaces, some under cover and some open, around the edge of the ground level car park. I am not aware of any cycle cages though

The ones in the road I believe are not intended to be for cycles - they are protection for the trees, although if anything other than a bike goes off course then will offer little real protection!

I would rather we employed trained people to look after the old and children (in any event there is no money). The people I see there are usually the same group all the time (some are also by the duckpond) and if they have been getting help then it has not worked - so perhaps more trained people is throwing money away.

I wonder whether they want help?

Where to put them - well it would have to be close to where they can get their cheap booze and the dealers are

Perhaps they can be taken out to the cattle market as it is not in use every day and then they can find their own way back

I really do not mean to sound heartless but the more we tolerate bad behaviour the worse it gets

Having just walked through the John Venn Graveyard and suffered the foul  mouthed and drunken behaviour of a group I think they should be cleared out. Many people use this area to walk through, including many children from the school, and the drunks and addicts behave appallingly and leave a mess.

I will be wearing a Armed Forces Day badge!!!!

Dippy and Ubique

I will be at the Shirehall all day

The HT seem to base themselves in their office and work only from the internet focussing on twitter and facebook

Anyway - here is the programme for this Saturday 28 June 2014

The city centre is almost swamped with restaurants

For a chinese there is also the Golden River in Union Street

Have a great time reminiscing

Don't forget the Armed Forces Week events

I'm not saying it isn't a mess, after all they have just dug up a section of the new cycle path down at Rotherwas and advance stop lines at traffic lights for cyclists are no damn good at all if you cannot get past the queueing cars to get to them

Where there are wide pavements I do not see anything wrong in providing a shared cycle path. On Whitecross Road it is often safer to use the path rather than the road because of the congestion and the parked cars

IIRC the (political) decision was made some time ago because the rural parishes have been complaining for years about the state of the country roads and that all the money was being spent in Hereford. The decision to redress this was made before the impact of the very wet winter and nobody thought about reviewing it (apparently). As a cyclist - every road in the city is a broken collar bone waiting to happen!

For a new library in a smaller city you could look at Worcester

There was a plan to have a new library in the Grid but that seems to have fallen by the wayside

But - ask yourselves this. When did you last visit Hereford Library and take a book(s)?

I'm guilty - probably not for 30 years

Biomech - perhaps they are little different to those who are consumed by traffic, potholes or long grass.

We all have our vices!!

As for me it is HUFC plus those I mention above.