A Finsbury Park Benchmark

Benchmarking

An unusable park bench, within a stone's throw of the Haringey Council Events Team offices in the background. The "150" on their wall refers to the 150th anniversary of our park

At upper left is the main entrance for vehicles. About 100 metres inside, sits one of the first park benches available for the public. Four battens are missing

Is every penny of Event income really reinvested in our park? Is the placing deliberate?

Meanwhile, 11 (eleven) park benches in better condition than this are locked away in the park Nursery, near the Manor House entrance.

Many months ago, those 11 benches were removed from the long straight carriageway that runs through the area of the council's major Events hire premises.

They were in the way of the council's customer. A few years ago, a wise Councillor remarked that the council had forgotten who its real customers were.

Rather than leaving the park benches in position and inconveniencing the commercial customer—or moving the benches back and forth between Events—it was thought best to keep them out of sight in the Nursery, where weeds now grown up between them

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