tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post3821252145203882176..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Building on Green SpacesMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-27308024913163096032011-01-08T23:54:08.938+00:002011-01-08T23:54:08.938+00:00Kids playing outside is now called Anti Social Beh...Kids playing outside is now called Anti Social Behaviour and it is illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-80218405000465171102011-01-05T21:40:02.621+00:002011-01-05T21:40:02.621+00:00I was not a particularly anxious parent in terms o...I was not a particularly anxious parent in terms of my children playing out even when they were quite small, but my main concern was not abduction but traffic.<br /><br />We were fortunate in that we lived in a cul-de-sacw ith lots of other families of small children and have a large park just round the corner. If we lived on a thoroughfare or they'd had to cross any roads to get to a green open space I don't think I'd have let them out of the garden.Lilyofthefieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-16949179927955969892011-01-05T20:47:55.814+00:002011-01-05T20:47:55.814+00:00I live near a local schools complex, a grammar sch...I live near a local schools complex, a grammar school, a secondary school and a first school (or whatever they call it these days).<br />In the 20 years that I've lived here, the first two have doubled in size with new blocks, a huge gymnasium building and numerous other extensions.<br />Now, the governors of the high school (ie the County Council) have applied for planning permission for a 3 story block of flats and if successful will sell some of the land for development. They have previously built 6 or so "executive homes" on another part of the site.<br />The traffic is horrendous for most of the day, to visit the local town, we now prefer to drive an extra mile in a detour rather than pass the schools.<br />Apart from the loss of land, if this were any other business (or perhaps even a private school) there is no way that planning permission would have been given for such expansion in a residential area. But I've no doubt, in spite of all the protests, the County Council will, in due course, grant itself planning permission for the development.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-5036763709137941182011-01-05T18:29:41.450+00:002011-01-05T18:29:41.450+00:00Maybe we could just have giant wii fit projections...Maybe we could just have giant wii fit projections on the side of buildings.Dacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-92201475425842889342011-01-05T13:25:10.314+00:002011-01-05T13:25:10.314+00:00You might be interested in this http://365-risks.b...You might be interested in this http://365-risks.blogspot.com/2011/01/361_04.html an ex-teacher writing a blog about risk.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953177737874649543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-57073301010647859122011-01-05T11:58:25.073+00:002011-01-05T11:58:25.073+00:00When I did games at school, we went to Robin Park....When I did games at school, we went to Robin Park. Robin Park, at that time, was a massive flat area of about forty football and rugby fields - just an open grass area with some white lines and posts. There might have been a sandpit for long jumping, and a 400m track circuit marked out. In summer, wickets were mown. It was huge the point where three or four high schools could run entire year group games sessions simultaneously.<br /><br />You may have heard of Robin Park. It's where Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors play football and rugby league. Of course, they don't play on a wide open field - that's gone. Where it was there is now just the one pitch, surrounded by a massive stadium and an extensive retail park which includes, ironically, two sports shops.<br /><br />But then, since most of the schools in Wigan have apparently been demolished and replaced with housing estates, I doubt it's too much of a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com