Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Anyone Else Pretty Nonplussed about the State of Duckett's Common?
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned on here...
Since the ‘vegas’ circus has come and gone the common is absolutely destroyed. Do we know if the council plan on ‘making good’? It’s a right old mess. Surely any money they’ve made from renting the land has been nullified if they have to spend it all on tidying the land up again?!
im not in the landscape gardening industry, and this is some serious fag packet maths, but I can’t see the council getting much change back from £20k to sort out the mess...
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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish on
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Have to say i've revised my thoughts on the Bierfest (on the other thread) having seen the shocking state of Ducketts Common when I went past on the bus a few noghts ago. It really is a sad state. A few blokes with spades is not going to fix that and if Haringey think they can palm us off with that then people need to vote for a party candidate that will not stand for this kind of misuse.
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Permalink Reply by Harringay 4eva on
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There's obviously been a significant spillage of raw sewage, the smell is overwhelming. Did the circus have animals or that human generated effulent? If so, surely in addition to landscaping shouldn't it be treated as a pollution incident?
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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Tragic. Such memories. But the bill must go to the circus? They did the damage - no good blaming the weather. Mind you I have seen such events cancelled for just such a reason.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Wasn't there someone recently asking about a swimming pool in Harringay ?
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Haringey Council response to my Twitter complaint on this
...repairs are currently on going and will continue over the weekend and into next week. The Parks team have advised that the smell is coming from the grass that’s been disturbed and is not contaminated.
Make of it what you will.
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I raised this issue with Simon Farrow, Head of Commissioning at LBH Parks at Haringey Friends of Parks Forum meeting on 7 April. Even worse than the terrible churning up of the grass on the field, was that the big pantechnicons had parked way closer than recommended to the roots of the big plane trees. They are meant to park beyond the drip line of each tree's canopy, but most were parked only a few feet away from the tree trunks. Especially in the wet weather, this could have caused permanent damage to some of the trees. Simon agreed to investigate and I will report back what I learn.
For us as Friends of Parks, this whole incident confirms our concerns about relying on commercial events in parks to provide the main source of park budgets. In this case, I also felt that the Circus itself hardly seemed to have any customers so it possibly can't even be considered good business - for anyone.
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The damaging of trees is a real concern. Clissold is losing two of its great plane trees known as the Elephant’s foot trees, and the cause appears to be lorries repeatedly parking too close to them during renovation works despite protests and complaints from experts and Friends of the Park.
Those trees provide a valuable service in terms of cooling the area, removing pollution, providing habitats for wildlife and shade for humans. No amount of compensation money or fines will make up for their loss through damage caused by human negligence and arrogance.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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David Schmitz reports elsewhere what the council's plans are re repairs to the turf;
Unfortunately, the recent wet weather has caused a delay to restoration works. If the current weather forecast is to be believed, we hope that with a couple of dry days, this will allow the ground to dry enough for us to get the tractor onto the site to start the full grass restoration works early next week. HC
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So to confirm it is too wet to get a tractor in to do the repair work but it wasn’t for the big tent and heavy lorries!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy O'Brien on
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Work has begun this week. Keep your fingers crossed.
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