tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636667195540919897.post817061199355842335..comments2023-06-06T12:28:36.360+01:00Comments on GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE RED TO THE CORE: NORTHAMPTON IN GLOOMAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15051530490965644662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636667195540919897.post-74378055290697570572011-07-17T10:52:35.631+01:002011-07-17T10:52:35.631+01:00Mate, we are agreeing with each other again!
I d...Mate, we are agreeing with each other again! <br /><br />I disagree in part though, regardless of if "everyone" wins an award or just a "select few;" it is still nice to win; but also take part.<br /><br />For example. I am not the first or last member of St. John to get a shiny service medal. Does that make it less important to me? No, it IS an acheievement. Because everyone who stays in St. John for over 12 years gets one, should that mean I should not want one or be happy that I have one? <br /><br />I agree that it would be nice to have areas like those in the pictures sorted, but in the end I guess it all comes down to money doesn't it? <br /><br />All I see is people not wanting to come here, stay here or live here. Is it being negative or is it being honest? Surely it isn't wrong to want better? <br /><br />(And just incase you think I'm moaning at you ~ you need a bloody party man! As much of a superman as you are, even you cannot run a cabinet alone!)Nicky Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456707783778025168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636667195540919897.post-18756054893708586962011-07-16T17:06:46.169+01:002011-07-16T17:06:46.169+01:00Nicky, it's easy for people to accuse those of...Nicky, it's easy for people to accuse those of us willing to tell the truth of being negative, after all they have so much invested in believing their own propaganda.<br /><br />But my point is why spend money on the luxeries when you can't even get the basics right?<br /><br />What good is it that we win a certificate from Britain in Bloom if your estates looks like those pictures above?<br /><br />My other point is that if we still ad an in house workforce and our own nursery then this would be a matter of civic pride not just a few pansies in pots the same as every other town that entered.<br /><br />No rat catcher? But we an spend a fortune on tubs and we want the Lions back? It's living in a bubble, and sums up the attitude of so many.<br /><br />The town is a lot more than simply the town centre and I would rather be truthful as to what our priorities are rather than pretending the suns shining when everyone hasbthier brollies up..<br /><br />So how about cutting the grass and weeds on the estates and having a few less tubs and stop entering competitions that everyone wins until we have something special or unique to display?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051530490965644662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636667195540919897.post-16430601313695168702011-07-16T16:40:13.429+01:002011-07-16T16:40:13.429+01:00I am not about to cry "shame on you" (mu...I am not about to cry "shame on you" (much) Tony.<br /><br />I see your gripe, and sort of agree. <br /><br />The trouble is mate, it is making you sound like that negative person some others make you out to be.<br /><br />It is ver easy to see the worst this town (and life) has to offer, it is also very easy to moan about it.<br /><br />The "bloom" is not as good as it used to be, there isn't as many people doing it as there used to be... I agree. However all those people need paying, what do we pay them with? What do we cut to pay them? <br /><br />Do we get rid of things like the pride of lions? (or whatever it will be next year) If you say yes, great. But you lose something that the majority of people loved seeing. It made people smile and come to town. Isn't that what we are trying to do, make people come to this town?<br /><br />Do you scrap any planned renovation work? Isn't that part of the problem too? Things get old and tired looking (bit like me and thee) and they need to be looked after, or it will end up needing so much work doing to it; it will end up looking like those in the pictures above.<br /><br />What about putting up taxes then to pay for all this work? But when people are losing their jobs and unable to find work, people will not be able to afford that will they?<br /><br />(I think I made a point there) <br /><br />At the end of the day, everything seems to need doing; we need people to come here... and want to stay! Businesses and people. And simply put, if it looks cr*p then they won't. <br /><br />My folks won't come into town because they say it is dirty, expensive and too many "kids" about intimadating them. <br /><br />They find MK better. If you cannot change the minds of people like my folks; and there are many of them, there is no point in trying to get big businesses to come here.<br /><br />They will be no point to any developement to the Saints or Cobblers, if no one wants to come here. Because if you get the ASDA etc up at Sixfields/St. James, people will go there and not come to town... if they take away all the things that make it look good; then what?<br /><br />A town no one wants to live, work or go to... <br /><br />And before you tell me I know nothing, I might not know about politics. I might not be as old or wise as you. BUT... I know what I see. I am the one that comes into town every week, because I have nowhere else to go! I am the one who longs to see someone, anyone fight to save the town ~ why isn't it you Tony?Nicky Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456707783778025168noreply@blogger.com