In bloom team will not be disheartened as mindless vandals target park

by Lisa Reeves

Thursday 22^nd February 2018

Thu 22^nd Feb 2018

Vandals have targeted the village park this week, ripping up two steel signage posts and dragging them across the grassed area and paths.

A tree was also uprooted last week which Ansa (who delivers waste and recycling services along with grounds maintenance, fleet services and street cleansing functions for Cheshire East Council) will be removing shortly.

Councillor Christine Munro said "I noticed the signs had been pulled down this morning. It must have happened sometime on Tuesday."

She added "On the positive side we've got several groups who are interested in taking care of a bed in the park, and Ansa are going to help the Alderley Edge in Bloom team redesign the beds and make the park more attractive for everyone.

"So many people are appreciative of the work we do, it is a great pity there are just a few who want to disrupt and destroy.

"However the Alderley Edge in Bloom team are a tough lot and won't be disheartened!!"

Tags:: Alderley Edge In Bloom, Alderley Edge Park, Vandalism

Comments

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Duncan Herald

Thursday 22^nd February 2018 at 9:57 am

Here we go again; mindless scum!
And yet again, a plea for installing cheap cctv (solar powered?).

Kelvin Briggs

Thursday 22^nd February 2018 at 1:42 pm

School holidays, have the local bad boys moved from yellow card egg throwing offences to sign removal games? Red card Ref!

Tony Haluradivth

Thursday 22^nd February 2018 at 10:46 pm

Last Monday (12th) my daughter and O witnessed a lad of about 12 or 13 throwing objects up into the trees/bushes near the bowling green in the park. We were on the other side by the playground I just assumed he was throwing sticks trying to dislodge a ball? However I then read about young lads throwing eggs etc near there on the same day at the same time. Perhaps they were connected? (We were there at 3.50 pm). I will take photos next time I see anything untoward.

Peter Bugler

Wednesday 28^th February 2018 at 7:56 am

These kids are not at all mindless. This was a deliberate, calculated act of defiance and is nothing new. This sort of thing has been going on for years. In the past it has been controlled by tight policing. A local bobby who knew who the trouble makers were and had words with their parents who would take appropriate action.
No hope of that now. We have to show similar defiance and put it right again, and again, and again, until they get bored of it.