Post by wilbarra on Apr 21, 2016 9:23:57 GMT
I HAVE THE TWO PLOTS FURTHER UP FROM YOU ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND HAVE
HAD THEM SINCE 1992 TOGETHER WITH WHAT IS NOW MURRAYS PLOT AND THE ONE
BELOW THAT.
I DID HAVE THE TWO PLOTS THAT IS NOW TILLED BY GARETH (FIRST COMING ON THE
SCENE IN AMERICA LANE IN 1988)
AT THAT TIME, CERTAIN COUNCILLORS,WANTED TO SELL OFF THE SITE FOR
BUILDING BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS SO RUN DOWN.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON THE SITE HAD SO MANY UNTENDED PLOTS WAS
THAT PEOPLE,WHEN APPLYING FOR PLOTS WERE BEING TOLD THAT THERE WERE NONE
AVAILABLE .
THIS WAS LONG BEFORE THE PRESENT REGIME AT THE TOWN HALL.
THE AMERICA LANE SITE WAS SO BADLY RUN AT THE TIME THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE
WORKING PLOTS WHO HAD NEVER APPLIED FOR THEM AND HAD NEVER PAID RENT FOR
THEM.
THINGS HAVE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THEN BUT ONLY IN RECENT TIMES.
AS RECENTLY AS 2009 WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE WAITING LIST, THE COUNCIL
CAME UP WITH VARIOUS IDEAS ONE OF WHICH WAS TO CUT PLOTS DOWN TO TWO AND
A HALF ROD.
ONCE AGAIN THE PROBLEM OF THE WAITING LIST WAS CAUSED,NOT BY A SHORTAGE OF
PLOTS BUT BY THE COUNCILS FAILURE TO INSPECT THE SITE AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND
EVICT TENANTS WHO WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THEIR PLOTS.
A FACT ADMITTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, MARGARET BAKER.
THAT IS WHY THIS SITE,NEEDS A REGULAR INSPECTION TEAM AND FOR THE RECORD
JANE I AM 100 PER CENT WITH YOU ON THE SUBJECT OF THE WAY THE INSPECTIONS ARE
CARRIED OUT.
IF A PERSON IS ENJOYING BEING DOWN ON THE SITE AND IS QUITE CONTENT JUST BEING
THERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE THEN THEY ARE AS MUCH AN ASSET TO THE ALLOTMENT
SCENE AS THE PERSON WHO KEEPS THEIR PLOT IMMACULATE.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE SITE SOMETIME PERHAPS WE COULD DISCUSS A HOBBY HORSE
OF MINE .
THE RETURN OF AN OLD SUSSEX TRADITION IN ALLOTMENTS, WHICH IS HATED BY COUNCILS,
THAT OF HAVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAMILY PLOTS ON EACH SITE
HAD THEM SINCE 1992 TOGETHER WITH WHAT IS NOW MURRAYS PLOT AND THE ONE
BELOW THAT.
I DID HAVE THE TWO PLOTS THAT IS NOW TILLED BY GARETH (FIRST COMING ON THE
SCENE IN AMERICA LANE IN 1988)
AT THAT TIME, CERTAIN COUNCILLORS,WANTED TO SELL OFF THE SITE FOR
BUILDING BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS SO RUN DOWN.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON THE SITE HAD SO MANY UNTENDED PLOTS WAS
THAT PEOPLE,WHEN APPLYING FOR PLOTS WERE BEING TOLD THAT THERE WERE NONE
AVAILABLE .
THIS WAS LONG BEFORE THE PRESENT REGIME AT THE TOWN HALL.
THE AMERICA LANE SITE WAS SO BADLY RUN AT THE TIME THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE
WORKING PLOTS WHO HAD NEVER APPLIED FOR THEM AND HAD NEVER PAID RENT FOR
THEM.
THINGS HAVE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THEN BUT ONLY IN RECENT TIMES.
AS RECENTLY AS 2009 WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE WAITING LIST, THE COUNCIL
CAME UP WITH VARIOUS IDEAS ONE OF WHICH WAS TO CUT PLOTS DOWN TO TWO AND
A HALF ROD.
ONCE AGAIN THE PROBLEM OF THE WAITING LIST WAS CAUSED,NOT BY A SHORTAGE OF
PLOTS BUT BY THE COUNCILS FAILURE TO INSPECT THE SITE AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND
EVICT TENANTS WHO WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THEIR PLOTS.
A FACT ADMITTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, MARGARET BAKER.
THAT IS WHY THIS SITE,NEEDS A REGULAR INSPECTION TEAM AND FOR THE RECORD
JANE I AM 100 PER CENT WITH YOU ON THE SUBJECT OF THE WAY THE INSPECTIONS ARE
CARRIED OUT.
IF A PERSON IS ENJOYING BEING DOWN ON THE SITE AND IS QUITE CONTENT JUST BEING
THERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE THEN THEY ARE AS MUCH AN ASSET TO THE ALLOTMENT
SCENE AS THE PERSON WHO KEEPS THEIR PLOT IMMACULATE.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE SITE SOMETIME PERHAPS WE COULD DISCUSS A HOBBY HORSE
OF MINE .
THE RETURN OF AN OLD SUSSEX TRADITION IN ALLOTMENTS, WHICH IS HATED BY COUNCILS,
THAT OF HAVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAMILY PLOTS ON EACH SITE