Croydon Council Health and Safety

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Croydon Council Health and Safety Pic 1

Croydon Council Health and Safety Pic 2

It's a shame that my mother felt safer in her back garden when the Germans were bombing London than she does now

as each and every day she like her neighbours has to put up with footballs flying over from canterbury road football pitch which if they were to hit her they would knock her over as she is in her 70's and in a worse case scenario she would end up in hospital due to the fall.

Well after emailing health and safety at croydon council all you get back from Colin Davison Safety & Licensing Officer is to phone the Mobile Enforcement Team if a ball comes over, well I think i'm more likely to phone 999 for a ambulance then find a good lawyer if one did and hit my mother.

So surely it's my mothers and neighbours Human Rights to enjoy using there gardens without having the fret of being hit by a football which is due to the inadequate height of the fencing which was put up by Croydon Council.

It's funny even sad when you have health and safety laws for everything these days but when it's down to the council and it's there doing things don't get done!!

So when the council back you into a corner you have to come out fighting just like my mother did in the war its just a shame that now the enemy is our local council who are meant to be on are side.

Heres a quiz for Croydon Planners and Health and Safety so from pic 1 to the left why is the fencing higher behind the main goals at the length end of the football pitch is it

A: We had some spare fencing over and it was a shame to waste it

B: It looks pretty like that

C: The fencing needed to be higher at the ends because we don't want to see footballs flying over and hitting the general public as they go about there day as this would be a Health and Safety liability

Now part two of the quiz from Pic 2 to the left which is the fence which runs down the side of the football pitch why is it a lot lower

A: Someone in the planning office nicked my tape measure that day and i only had a tiny ruler to work with

B: It was a miracle at work today as someone brought in something they call a compass and we spent all day drawing circles

C: We don't care about the safety of the people who live in the houses which run along the side of the park even if there OAP's children or anyone else

Also after taken a walk over there it's also shocking that the fencing which is on the side of the park where the toddler day care center is only has a low fence protecting it so what does it take for the powers that be to get off there arse, a toddle to get a smack in the face from a ball or an OAP to get hurt

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