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| Nikki Sheeran with the feeding table that the council wants to remove |
Bird lovers are embroiled in a
row over a feeding table.
The small wooden table has stood
among bushes in Denton Gardens,
Worthing, for five years.
It was put there by a resident who
hoped it would attract more wild
birds to the area.
Now Worthing Borough Council
insists it must be removed, saying
public land cannot be used for private
property.
The council said anyone was free to
go into the park and feed the birds -
but not to install a bird table.
The news has annoyed neighbours
who were already angry about the
gardens being a possible site for the
new swimming complex to replace
the Aquarena.
Nikki Sheeran, of nearby Warwick
Road, said: "It is going from the sublime
to the ridiculous. They are going
on about a bird table but they are the
ones who want to pave the whole gardens
over and build a swimming pool.
"It's attracting rare birds. It is
personal property but it's nothing
offensive. Why are they trying to take
down the feeding table now? They
must have known it was there -
unless they haven't cut the grass for
the last five years."
People who use the park say the
table is causing no harm to anyone
and is so small it blends in with the
gardens.
A council notice was stuck to the
table on April 27 stating that if it was
not removed after ten days it would
be taken away.
The table is still standing.
No one knows who put it there originally.
The council's officers said it
looked quite new and they were not
convinced it had been there five
years.
John Thorpe, the council's assistant
director for leisure and cultural
services, said: "We don't have a problem
with people feeding the birds. We
are not ogres - we are just anxious
about people placing personal property
without permission, on public land.
"We are anxious about people trying
to acquire rights to things they
don't have rights to."
Denton Gardens is one of two possible
seafront sites for a new Aquarena.
The Worthing Society conservation
group, in association with residents,
has started a petition to save
the site from development. It can be
found at petitiononline.com/denton.
Is Worthing Council's behaviour over the top? Tell us what you think below.
6:36pm Monday 12th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: A Tweeter, Swallows End on 6:49pm Mon 12 May 08
Nice looking bird table. Will the council put it in Band D for Council Tax purposes? Or will it be free if the birds are found out to be flying in from Poland?
Nice looking bird table. Will the council put it in Band D for Council Tax purposes? Or will it be free if the birds are found out to be flying in from Poland?
Posted by: dolphy, hanover on 8:30pm Mon 12 May 08
I was going to comment on this, then I came to my senses. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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zzzzzzzzzz I'm going out for dinner now
I was going to comment on this, then I came to my senses. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzz I'm going out for dinner now
Posted by: Local man, worthing on 8:54pm Mon 12 May 08
Why not employ an assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural."{they do like a title} His job would be to go around all the parks, checking on people like Mrs Sheeran. If it carries on like this,Worthing will be covered in bird trays. We could give the jobsworth a nice car,and of course, the usual pension. The cost should be no problem,as my council tax will no doubt go up again next year.
Why not employ an assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural."{they do like a title} His job would be to go around all the parks, checking on people like Mrs Sheeran. If it carries on like this,Worthing will be covered in bird trays. We could give the jobsworth a nice car,and of course, the usual pension. The cost should be no problem,as my council tax will no doubt go up again next year.
Posted by: Minister for Silly Local Posts, Worthing on 9:15pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]Local man[/bold] wrote:
Why not employ an assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural."{they do like a title} His job would be to go around all the parks, checking on people like Mrs Sheeran. If it carries on like this,Worthing will be covered in bird trays. We could give the jobsworth a nice car,and of course, the usual pension. The cost should be no problem,as my council tax will no doubt go up again next year. [/quote] Don't be silly local man,I believe a post of 'Not making the Council look petty and a waste of money' officer should be created asap
Local man wrote:
Why not employ an assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural."{they do like a title} His job would be to go around all the parks, checking on people like Mrs Sheeran. If it carries on like this,Worthing will be covered in bird trays. We could give the jobsworth a nice car,and of course, the usual pension. The cost should be no problem,as my council tax will no doubt go up again next year.
Don't be silly local man,I believe a post of 'Not making the Council look petty and a waste of money' officer should be created asap
Posted by: FRED, worthing on 8:14am Tue 13 May 08
Will the new Assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural",have a cabinet title as well as a plastic name badge?
Will the new Assistant to the assistant director of "Leisure and Cultural",have a cabinet title as well as a plastic name badge?
Posted by: Lucas, Peacehaven on 1:32pm Tue 13 May 08
Here in Peacehaven we have a [bold]bear table[/bold] and it is in public space and no-one has ever stopped us enjoying the frolics of the little dears clawing at each others faces.
Those cruel souls in Angmering must be stopped with their dancing bear. This is barbarism that reminds me of medieval times.
Here in Peacehaven we have a
bear table and it is in public space and no-one has ever stopped us enjoying the frolics of the little dears clawing at each others faces.
Those cruel souls in Angmering must be stopped with their dancing bear. This is barbarism that reminds me of medieval times.
Posted by: Tom, Angmering on 3:33pm Tue 13 May 08
If they're not happy, why are they dancing?
If they're not happy, why are they dancing?
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