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Supermarket boycotted over estate ban

4:16pm Wednesday 12th September 2007

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A supermarket which has halted deliveries to a large slice of east Brighton because of safety fears is facing a boycott by a growing band of residents.

Whitehawk neighbours have contacted The Argus to say they will no longer be shopping at the Brighton Marina Asda after the chain decided to halt home deliveries.

But the superstore remained committed to its no-go zone yesterday, claiming that drivers were fearful of travelling to Whitehawk.

A spokesman said that stones had been thrown at vans and drivers intimidated but Inspector Steve Curry, who is responsible for policing east Brighton, said the problem had not been raised with the police.

Chris El-Shabba, secretary of Whitehawk's crime prevention team, said she would no longer shop at Asda along with many of her neighbours.

She said: "I'm disgusted - you see other delivery vans from major stores in the area.

"We are not deprived. We are not dangerous. We are a mixture of local people who are doing a lot to keep crime down.

"As far as I'm concerned now its no-go Asda. I always used to shop there, for myself, the lunch clubs I run and other functions across the estate. I'm not going to shop there anymore.

"I know that a lot of people will not be shopping there. If that is the way they feel they can keep their shopping."

Tahani Costanzo, 40, of Grinstead Mount, said: "I also used to think Whitehawk was a rough and scary place and swore blind I would never live there.

"But it really is a wonderful place to live and it does not deserve its terrible reputation when other parts of Brighton are a lot worse antisocial-behaviour wise than Whitehawk.

"It's about time Whitehawk stopped getting tagged with the label deprived and undesirable.

"Why on earth would Asda staff get attacked when Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose deliver without a problem?

"Shame on Asda, if staff really got attacked, how come it never made the pages of The Argus - it's just an excuse and I for one will be boycotting Asda until they start showing some respect to the people of Whitehawk."

Insp Curry said all offences had plummeted in Whitehawk, which was a safe place to live with a strong community spirit.

He added: "I am going to be seeking a meeting with the senior managers at Asda.

"There will always be isolated incidents but we are bringing about a sustainable reduction in crime."

Councillor Warren Morgan, chairman of the Whitehawk Crime Prevention Forum, said he was calling for Asda to the forum to explain its decision.

He said: "I'm not aware of other supermarkets or delivery companies having similar policies, and it's disappointing that this decision promotes outdated stereotypes of an estate which now has crime rates comparable to or lower than most areas of the city."

A spokesman for Asda said this was only the second time a ban had been imposed in the UK.

He said: "It is not a decision we take lightly.

"The staff who deliver to in that particular area do not fell safe - they have been physically threatened.

"It may be a small minority that is causing this particular problem but we will not put the safety of our staff in jeopardy."

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Rick, Brighton says...
4:25pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Why are residents so upset about them stopping deliveries? Surely it can't be that hard to carry multi-packs of cheese and onion crisps on the bus.

Asda didn't even do proper tailored deliveries. They just dropped a large can of Value Baked Beans at each house.

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Peter, East Brighton says...
4:34pm Wed 12 Sep 07

GREAT i can start to shop in Asdas again without all those Burbury wearing inbreads grunting at you as you walk round

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Woody, Brighton says...
4:35pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Why do Whitehawk people point the finger at Asda? Of course it is 'a small minority' causing the alleged problems. It would be a bit odd if the majority of residents were misbehaving. But how about accepting that even 'a small minority' is too many and understanding that Asda employees are just doing a job? Delivering foodstuffs should not involve being abused by even one person.

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Nic, Brighton says...
4:49pm Wed 12 Sep 07

This is quite strange. When i called Asda, Marina to ask them why they weren't delivering to my area (Whitehawk) they told me that they were having computer problems.

I now shop at Tesco's.

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richie, hove says...
4:54pm Wed 12 Sep 07

what on earth do you people get out of denegrating a whole group of others? its very depressing! i can only imagine its the only way you have, that makes you feel better about your own miserable lives, looking down on others! pathetic!

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jo, haywards heath says...
4:59pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Gosh, however do people survive without having shopping delivered to their front door??!! Get off your butts and manouevre your bodies to the shops, you lazy people! One foot in front of the other...

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richie, hove says...
5:03pm Wed 12 Sep 07

jo wrote:
Gosh, however do people survive without having shopping delivered to their front door??!! Get off your butts and manouevre your bodies to the shops, you lazy people! One foot in front of the other...
fyo, whitehawk has one of the highest concentrations of disabled and elderly people in the city!

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jay, brighton says...
5:06pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Good job let them get off their lazy arses and shed a few lardy pounds. Those gorgeous tatooed ladies are surely butch enough to carry their own lager

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F, MRA, HOVE says...
5:07pm Wed 12 Sep 07

richie wrote:
jo wrote:
Gosh, however do people survive without having shopping delivered to their front door??!! Get off your butts and manouevre your bodies to the shops, you lazy people! One foot in front of the other...
fyo, whitehawk has one of the highest concentrations of disabled and elderly people in the city!
"Why on earth would Asda staff get attacked when Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose deliver without a problem?"


I highly doubt the people of Whitehawk shop at Waitrose, somehow...

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Matt, Brighton says...
5:14pm Wed 12 Sep 07

I've got an idea - instead of 'boycotting' the supermarket (which is doing exactly the right move in my opinion), why don't they do something about the minority who have caused this trouble? Someone must know who it is making things bad for them - why not have a 'quiet word' with them?

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JP, Hove says...
5:17pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Am sure wal-mart with it's $351 billion turnover a year is quaking that it will sell a few less smart price instant noodles.

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James, Brighton says...
5:31pm Wed 12 Sep 07

No one else has problems with Whitehawk?,suggest you talk to Bus crews!!

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James, Brighton says...
5:32pm Wed 12 Sep 07

No one else has problems with Whitehawk?,suggest you talk to Bus crews!!

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Andy Pandy, Kemptown says...
5:48pm Wed 12 Sep 07

No one else has problems with Whitehawk?,suggest you talk to Bus crews!!

The same bus crews that stopped driving around Whitehawk a couple of years ago because of the large lumps of concrete and rocks being thrown at the buses?
Whitehawkers have already proved themselves incapable of having a pub on their patch!

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Rick, Brighton says...
5:54pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Judging by the reaction, I wonder how anyone there managed in the 20th century, when they had to fetch their own food? Perhaps the UN should enshrine home grocery delivery as a human right.

How many of these needy elderly Whitehawk residents have the internet and are able to order for delivery anyway?


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Colin, moulsecoomb and proud of it says...
6:00pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Unfortunately people like Rick from Brighton says it all, as soon as Moulsecoomb or Whitehawk are mentioned out comes all the verbal crap and generalizations that his pea brain can come up with, I wonder if you stand in front of the mirror to get inspiration. Most people on the two estates work in the lowest paid jobs to pay your dole money, so dare I suggest you sober up and get yourself a job, and stop treating people as unintelligent scum to be abused for your personal enjoyment.

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Laughing, Palace Pier says...
6:37pm Wed 12 Sep 07

If I lived in Whitehawk I'd be busy setting up my own personal shopping & delivery service for the residents who want their food brought to them. Charge a few pounds each delivery and problem solved! Everyone gets their food and one more unemployed yob off the streets!

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Micehelle, Brighton says...
6:40pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Unfortunately, Whitehawk or 'the bird' only has itself to blame (now there's a novel thought). You see, Asda has stopped delivering there as its staff are put at risk by the hawk fraternity. If you want 'every little helps' delivering your munchies again, then sort out your yobs and stop blaming those who are not responsible for your troubles.

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Captin Haddock, 23deg south 15 east says...
6:41pm Wed 12 Sep 07

If I lived in Whitehawk, I would read,study,and get out of there before i was murdered, or even worse, became a resident.

Keep up the good work asda...(ching ching)as I hit my **** in the asda way

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dc, sussex says...
7:01pm Wed 12 Sep 07

to some point, i think it would be good for th layabouts to get off their lazy **** and go shop themselves, they collect their job seekers if need be. but on the other hand, its the elderly that suffer here. but why cannot the normal law abiding residents come together and make this small area a good one. there are one hundred and one things communitys can do to make their area safer. but perhaps, there are no law-abiding residents there. the older parents dont know how to help the youths and pretty much dont care, just as long as they get their beer and fags.
this area will always be crap unless proper adult education hits them in the face.

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Alan, Hove (with friends in Whitehawk) says...
7:09pm Wed 12 Sep 07

GREAT i can start to shop in Asdas again without all those Burbury wearing inbreads grunting at you as you walk round
Good job let them get off their lazy arses and shed a few lardy pounds. Those gorgeous tatooed ladies are surely butch enough to carry their own lager

MY GOD!
I haven't seen this much pig-headed classist drivel in a long time!!! I go to Whitehawk frequently to see friends and frankly, it is nowhere near as bad as people try to make it out. People in Brighton just love to slam "the Hawk" and Mouslecoomb as soon as it comes up. It must be nice living in your smug little middle-class bourgeois world to know that there is a perfect group to constantly vilify. Does it really make you feel better? Because it makes you look quite PATHETIC.

Yes, there are problems up in both neighbourhoods, with antisocial behaviour, but take a look at your own patch as well. I see worse behaviour in Palmeira Square than I do in Whitehawk! The police have been doing a good job stoping yobs up there as well as engaging in community support. Not everyone up there fits your narrow world view of dole-taking burbury-wearing, drug using chavs! Before you go and paint the area with a broad, classist brush, try getting to know some of the people up there why don't you?

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Jules, brighton says...
7:14pm Wed 12 Sep 07

wow what a nasty judgemental bunch you are, I doubt any of you have ever been to Whitehawk, of course it has its problems but all the local traders there are very pleasant and unlike the selfish materialistic leeches who have destroyed Brighton's character and individuality they have a sense of community.The derisory comments about the residents of Whitehawk are extremely prejudiced and contribute to the damning of this community and as they say give a dog a bad name etc....The people of Whitehawk work hard to promote the better side of their community and deserve respect not condemnation so keep your nasty critisms to yourself and as for ASDA's ban I hope it fills the coffers of the local traders

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Geoff, Brighton (a nicer part) says...
7:20pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Alan wrote:
GREAT i can start to shop in Asdas again without all those Burbury wearing inbreads grunting at you as you walk round
Good job let them get off their lazy arses and shed a few lardy pounds. Those gorgeous tatooed ladies are surely butch enough to carry their own lager
MY GOD! I haven't seen this much pig-headed classist drivel in a long time!!! I go to Whitehawk frequently to see friends and frankly, it is nowhere near as bad as people try to make it out. People in Brighton just love to slam "the Hawk" and Mouslecoomb as soon as it comes up. It must be nice living in your smug little middle-class bourgeois world to know that there is a perfect group to constantly vilify. Does it really make you feel better? Because it makes you look quite PATHETIC. Yes, there are problems up in both neighbourhoods, with antisocial behaviour, but take a look at your own patch as well. I see worse behaviour in Palmeira Square than I do in Whitehawk! The police have been doing a good job stoping yobs up there as well as engaging in community support. Not everyone up there fits your narrow world view of dole-taking burbury-wearing, drug using chavs! Before you go and paint the area with a broad, classist brush, try getting to know some of the people up there why don't you?
No thanks.

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Another Day........, Brighton says...
7:27pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Just another day on the argus site with the same old people spouting the same old derogatory sh1T!!
The worse thing the argus ever did was open the comments section,it was meant surely for sensible conversation on the days news,instead it has fallen into a lets slag of anything and everyone type TROLLING site.
About time they had moderators to filter all this sh1te

Sad,very sad

AD

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sM, says...
7:36pm Wed 12 Sep 07

and as for ASDA's ban I hope it fills the coffers of the local traders

WHAT local traders ? They all moved to somewhere where they wouldn't get robbed every week.

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Woody, Brighton says...
7:40pm Wed 12 Sep 07

No-one doubts that there are plenty of nice people in Whitehawk. Equally, there is a lot of unjustified comment in this thread. However, Asda have not made their decision lightly, and the problem with youngsters attacking buses should not be swept under the carpet.

The harsh fact is, there are enough objectionable people misbehaving in Whitehawk to result in Asda withdrawing their home delivery service. It's no good bleating about Palmeira Square or anywhere else being bad. Whitehawk has a record.

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James, brighton says...
7:44pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Thank god for that! I can start shopping at asda now without the fear of being mugged or seeing some council estate mum slapping thier kids, or seeing people who are far to fat wearing far to little clothes! Well done asda! Keep the scum out!

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Stroller, Hove says...
7:53pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Let's take a long-term view.

What steps are being taken Whitehawkers to use allotments?

That would be economical, socially involving, exerciise, and so on?

Did the EB4U crowd ever do anything like this, or did the money all go in putting up "consultants" at the Grand?

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Andy Pandy, Kemptown says...
9:22pm Wed 12 Sep 07

Did the EB4U crowd ever do anything like this, or did the money all go in putting up "consultants" at the Grand?

I think a lot of the EB4U money went into paying the mortgages of useless parents who spent all the housekeeping on gin, now if the rent/mortgage wasn't paid those poor kiddiewinkies would be out on the street throwing things at buses.

Oh wait...

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JC, brighton says...
9:28pm Wed 12 Sep 07

James wrote:
Thank god for that! I can start shopping at asda now without the fear of being mugged or seeing some council estate mum slapping thier kids, or seeing people who are far to fat wearing far to little clothes! Well done asda! Keep the scum out!
I agree, the amount of chav youth that hang around the front entrance is very intimidating. You're mistaken, its far too fat, wearing far to little clothing with far too much hollow gold jewellery..

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lisa, says...
9:34pm Wed 12 Sep 07

well theyve aways got lidl

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Mr Mackey, South Park says...
10:37pm Wed 12 Sep 07

The hawk is the place for those that f**ed around at school and thought they were funny at the time. Now they're paying the price. Children, take note.

Drugs are bad.....mmmkay

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lucy, lewes road says...
10:49pm Wed 12 Sep 07

funny how alot of you people are vague as to where you live !!!!!!! it doesnt matter what area you live in there will always be chavs druggies n alkies.if you think your that posh how come you are in asda.

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Shaun, Brighton says...
11:38pm Wed 12 Sep 07

No way would I want to do business with anyone in Whitehawk, all chavs!

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coleen, cheshire says...
11:50pm Wed 12 Sep 07

its a good job alex ferguson didnt think like that when he met my wayne

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Dave, Brighton says...
12:10am Thu 13 Sep 07

I think you will find people like Councillor Warren Morgan have done a lot with the police to make Whitehawk a much better place to live,and work.A good 90% are good hard working people.There are just as many little thugs in Hangleton,and Southwick,worse in fact.

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Clare, Whitehawk says...
12:18am Thu 13 Sep 07

From one single parent who has never taken drugs and doesn't slap their kids, have tattoos, not overweight & works hard for a living (in Whitehawk) without being on benefits (and knows plenty like it) - I boycotted Asda months ago for the poor quality of their products and prefer to shop elsewhere. As for the muppet on Lewes Road who has plenty to say - I used to live there for 4 years and knew of more murders and anti-social behaviour than I do now....nuff said.

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lucy, lewes road says...
12:26am Thu 13 Sep 07

thanx clare, i was sticking up for whitehawk moulsecoomb, i have lived on both estates and have a problem with neither. i meant that you can live in posh areas and i dont, but still have the same problems. home is home wherever it is.

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lucy, lewes road says...
12:28am Thu 13 Sep 07

if you read it you will see. the people with nothing good to say do not comment wich area in brighton they are from ! if its that good put an area to your name

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lucy, lewes road says...
12:29am Thu 13 Sep 07

now whose the muppet clare.

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Clare, Whitehawk says...
12:32am Thu 13 Sep 07

Sorry Lucy. Know exactly what you mean ;-) too gutless to put what part of Brighton they are from and too ignorant to recoginse there are problems on their own doorsteps.

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Tahani, Whitehawk says...
7:17am Thu 13 Sep 07

And where do the people making bigoted comments live?
Hollingdean? Woodingdean? Hmmmm, much more ASB and problems there these days than even poor old whitehawk.

I work, always have, have travelled the world, brought up in a house my parents OWNED...so do not tar all Whitehawk with the same brush, the majority are hard working people.

It amazes me that most who make sarky comments about Whitehawk have never even set foot there.

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shirley, btn says...
7:55am Thu 13 Sep 07

to all you bigots who think the estates in brighton and hove are that bad, take a trip up to london birmingham leicester nottingham derby leeds manchester......... need i go on. look at there estates, you will think you are living in paradise compared to what happens up there.

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nik, whitehawk says...
8:58am Thu 13 Sep 07

I think this discussion is going against the point. instead of slating those that live in certain areas of brighton whether they have a good or bad reputation, the point of the article was to highlight the fact that a supermarket has had to stop home deliveries to whitehawk because of a few stupid, bored kids, unfortunatly it means that those that need help wtih shopping are being forced at this present moment in time to find alternatives. i agree with asda stopping, they for once have put concerns of their staff (most of whom live in whitehawk) first and that should be commended. they have not as some have put, banned any one living in the area from the shop, they are welcome to shop there as is anyone else. people did without home shopping from asda before so they will have to do without it now or until asda decide to perhaps try again. i'm sure that had there been problems in another area i.e. peacehaven, then the service would of been stopped there too.

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Colleen, newhaven says...
9:45am Thu 13 Sep 07

I am originally from Whitehawk. I am in total agreement with Asda's policy. As usual the minority spoil it for the majority. How about some of the parents sitting up and taking notice of what has been said, are they not the ones resposible at the end of the day for the unruley behaviour of the children on the estate? When I visit relatives there I cannot wait to get out.

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LB, Hove says...
9:48am Thu 13 Sep 07

it is nowhere near as bad as people try to make it out.


it would only have to be half as bad as people make out to still be pretty **** thought wouldn't it?

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Barry Phillips, Whitehawk says...
10:26am Thu 13 Sep 07

Andy Pandy wrote:
No one else has problems with Whitehawk?,suggest you talk to Bus crews!!
The same bus crews that stopped driving around Whitehawk a couple of years ago because of the large lumps of concrete and rocks being thrown at the buses? Whitehawkers have already proved themselves incapable of having a pub on their patch!
I drove a number one bus, a twenty one bus and school buses around whitehawk for six years, and believe me, most people are as sound as a pound! If you t88888s out there could see how many go to work early every morning you'd realise that this is just an ordinary community like any others! Stop taking the p*** out of somewhere you've never visited, much less lived in! I'm an incomer from the Midlands, believe me, there are worse, far woprse places than Whitehawk, so stop talking like a bunch of tw**s and give folks a chance!

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Brighton Born and Bred, Brighton says...
10:34am Thu 13 Sep 07

Barry, kindly return to your Midland roots, there's a good chap.

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M Haiti, Hollingbury says...
10:40am Thu 13 Sep 07

Isn't it unlike the argus comment section to veer from the point? Which is:
Delivery drivers do not deserve to be intimidated, they are doing a service which obviously a lot of people value hence the uproar. They certainly don't get paid enough to feel threatened going about their job. It is a minority ruining it for the majority but unfortunately that's life. I (and hopefully anyone else who can think rationally) support ASDA's decision to consider the safety of their employees.


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Carl Schalck, says...
3:10pm Thu 13 Sep 07

I must say I find some people's attitude on here amazing. There really is nothing wrong with Whitehawk!
I have delivered many a pizza there in the past and never had any problems, I now teach people to drive and have a large number of pupils from the area.
If some of you think that Whitehawk is "rough" you have been living in the "soft South" for too long. Nowhere in Brighton is "rough" or "dodgy" except ofr West Street on a weekend evening. I grew up between Coventry and Birmingham, if you want to see rough go to some parts of those cities.
By the way, I don't live in Whitehawk, I live in Kemp Town, but I find this constant digging at the council estates really offensive.

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Nick, Brighton says...
3:23pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Barry your a bus driver!! You opinion doesn't count here. We all know bus drivers are the cause of all evil here in Brighton. Oh that should start somin off. Dam im lovin this one. Well done ASDA, i sharnt switch from Waitrose, but non the less, a great move!! Hell Whitehawkers have Lidl don't they, that much more their style, no fruit and veg and all that!

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Paul, Brighton says...
3:33pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Carl, it is all very well comparing different regions.

Using your logic, one could suggest that World War II was not as bad as World War I. That does not mean that WWII was pleasant!

I am in 100% agreement with Asda on this issue. They have a duty to protect their staff. Without suitable rights and protection of their staff, they would not have a staff force to run the shop at all.

Why don't these boycotters actually address the problem in Whitehawk? The two rotund ladies have had their 15 minutes of fame. Why not be pro-active rather than make this pathetic and pointless statement?

If the south is too soft for you Carl, then feel free to return to your Midland homestead. You will not be missed.

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iain, kemptown says...
5:38pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Waitrose deliver to Whitehawk?

Are you sure?

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Tahani, Whitehawk says...
5:52pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Yes they do deliver to Whitehawk.

And I have ordered from them a few times, why should I or any other resident not?? I earn good money, have a good job, why are you so suprised?


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lee, brighton says...
6:04pm Thu 13 Sep 07

I think a lot of people are missing the point, 2 people doing a honest days work were attacked, on another occasion deliveries were stolen, all within a 3 week period, asda are not in the buisness of turning away buisness from genuine customers. this is purely about taking care of their colleagues. all those organisations which are now boycotting the store let me ask you will you also be taking tham off your list for charitable donations which you ask for quite frequently, I think not.

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Barry, whitehawk says...
7:08pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Brighton Born and Bred wrote:
Barry, kindly return to your Midland roots, there's a good chap.
Well old bean, you have me there, I'd love to hear your voice, it must be really sexy, after all, you really do talk like a c--t! But, putting personalities aside for a minute lets admit the truth, 99% of Brightonians are really genuine, so obviously you must be so lonely! I've worked from day one in this City and put my share into the pot one way and the other, so why should I reurn to my roots?

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Brian Booker, Hastings says...
8:10pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Nuke Shitehawk and all the scum who reside there

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Barry, W H I T E H A W K says...
10:27pm Thu 13 Sep 07

Brian Booker wrote:
Nuke Shitehawk and all the scum who reside there
Hastings 'eh? famous for Alyster Crowley, white witches and drug dealers, what a cheeky t**t you are son! Seagulls fly upside down over Hastings because there's nothing there worth crapping on!

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Ryan, Brighton says...
10:43pm Thu 13 Sep 07

i am a delivery driver for ASDA, and i for one am not going to put up with the abuse that some of my colleagues were getting at the time we were delivering to whitehawk. All these people saying you should not slate whitehawk if you have never been there, well i have. i have friends who live there and most of the ASDA staff live there (most of whom agree with the ban) and its certainly not a place i would like to be delivering to on my own during the day let alone at 9 in the evening which we sometimes have to do. The fact i would be wearing an ASDA uniform means im going to get abuse there. ASDA has enough problems with whitehawk youths who come down off the estate weekend evenings and cause trouble there. Sort out the people causing this problem instead of blaming a company for looking out for its staff!!

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Chris, Brighton says...
12:33am Fri 14 Sep 07

I too am a delivery driver for ASDA and agree with the ban. I myself have not had any problems when we were delivering to Whitehawk, in fact I found the people I delivered shopping to to be be perfectly decent people. However a few of the drivers encountered the documented issues, and this has meant that the company made this decision to cease deliveries in Whitehawk. These drivers were made to feel intimidated and shouldn't be made to deliver to an area they feel uncomfortable in, especially for a low hourly rate. After hearing of the issues they faced I know that I would not feel comfortable delivering to Whitehawk after encounterting such problems. Ultimately a few people have ruined this service for the whole community, and rather than laying the blame at ASDA, who have simply tried to protect their staff, the blame for this should rest with the minority who have led to this delivery ban.

Furthermore, after all of this press coverage and debate if deliveries are started again in the area us drivers would be a far greater target than previously, driving around in a big ASDA van and uniform, that may have gone unnoticed by the majority before all of this. Ultimately I would now feel uncomfortable delivering to this area, knowing that members of the community had reacted angrily to the delivery ban, whereas I would previously have not felt this way.

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Brighton Born and Bred, Brighton says...
8:55am Fri 14 Sep 07

Barry wrote:
Brighton Born and Bred wrote: Barry, kindly return to your Midland roots, there's a good chap.
Well old bean, you have me there, I'd love to hear your voice, it must be really sexy, after all, you really do talk like a c--t! But, putting personalities aside for a minute lets admit the truth, 99% of Brightonians are really genuine, so obviously you must be so lonely! I've worked from day one in this City and put my share into the pot one way and the other, so why should I reurn to my roots?
Don't take yourself so seriously, Barry.

One little comment and you appear to be in a dribbling wreck with rage issues. Another person for the Asda staff to be wary of.

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Em, Palmeria Sq resident says...
9:56am Fri 14 Sep 07

Correct me if I am wrong but I have never seen any jacked up cars in the front garden, along with toys strewn all over the place, dirty nets, and dogs mess anywhere in Palmeria Square.

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lucy, btn says...
10:15am Fri 14 Sep 07

thats because you dont have front gardens em.nor toys strewn everywhere cos you dont have gardens to do this nor dirty nets, either none or blankets, and as for dogs mess you people go over to wild park and stanmer etc and just leave it there. because i live in cheaper housing it doesnt mean i am a scumbag.i can afford two cars and none are on jacks.the toys in my garden amount to hundreds of pounds wich are tidied every night. i can afford these as i work.i dont own a dog and my nets are whiter than white.

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nik, whitehawk says...
10:16am Fri 14 Sep 07

its nice to see comments from the drivers about what they have had to go through and their reaction to the ban. i agree with chris that the fact that this has been made a issue in the press and on tv has now made the issue 10 times worse, not only will the drivers be targeted more if deliveries start again but anyone that works at the store and lives in whitehawk are now likely to be targets now as well. one of my neighbours works down there and the day this story broke one of our other neighbours came out and had a right go at her. she doesnt even work on home shopping. did the people that complained to the argus really think things through before allowing the story to be written, i dont think they did and now as they say have probley shot themselves in the foot, because i doubt any asda driver will want to came up here.