WELCOME to Finsbury Park.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Harper yesterday

Finsbury has become a Bonanza. This will remind some of the opening credits. With luck the once forLorne Greenes will send those Labour outlaws packing.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton 18 hours ago

Clive, He's looking for Hoss and little Joe.

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Permalink Reply by RMW 2 hours ago

I always think we're quite lucky with the amount that gets spent on the park on certain things - particularly playgrounds, skatepark and sports areas, for those who use them. I don't mind putting up with the events and festivals for that.

It's just a shame that maintenance never seems to feature in the planning. The newest playground (Richard Hope) is starting to look really shabby already. The other day it had:

1) A cracked slide (someone had boarded the top of the slide, which had clearly then been removed as no one was repairing the slide, now leaving protruding screws as a bonus feature);

2) At least 3 missing swings

3) The decked area near the seesaw (the one with the destroyed tyres) which seems to have no purpose other than housing an electrical feeder pillar.

4) Landscaping neither curated nor properly wild.

5) The bridge surface has become so slack that it acts as a catapult for small children (which I definitely didn't discover by leaning on it as my 2yr old crossed it...).

I could go on. Maybe there could be some sort of community scheme where the roadmen (formerly of various benches around the park) who now ply their trade at the skatepark could use their spare time between serving customers to do some repairs and maintenance at the playgrounds instead of scrolling on their phones? If the police can't/won't do anything about all that, we may as well create some sort of mutually beneficial ecosystem at least?

Any views from prospective councillors about this, given forthcoming elections?

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