Saturday, June 04, 2005
Car Parking, Stanhope Road
Keep death off the roads, drive on the pavement!
I seem to have a bee in my bonnet about inconsiderate drivers in South Shields at the moment, it's getting so bad with some that I'm almost at the point of "naming and shaming". I was out and about yesterday to take some photographs of St. Jame's Park, as it can be seen with a good telephoto lens from the West Park, and I noticed (for the umpteenth time) a driver riding his BMW over the pavement to park it in front of his shop! Not only does this "businessman" appear to have no regard for the way in which he endangers or puts at risk the pedestrians, he also appears to have no concerns about how his actions are seen by those in the immediate local community. If he can get away with it, then why shouldn't everyone else. His business is on Stanhope Road, South Shields, close to a corner shop at it's junction with Bewick Street.
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Not content with how he drives or parks, he happily allows his employees to park his vans right on the street corners, making it a very hazardous operation for other motorists to exit Collingwood Street or Bewick Street with no view of the oncoming traffic. I hope a friendly traffic warden sees this post.
Mowing the lawn
As I was returning from the West Park, I witnessed another strange but interesting site, which I'd like to share. A young girl has her horse stabled at the allotments in the West Park and she was taking it out for a walk, I asked where she was going, and she replied that "now the summer months are here, the grass needs cutting at home, so I take the horse there and let him do it." She lived in a council property and it's evident that the horse is doing a great job and she has no need to buy a lawnmower or wait for anyone else to do the job for her. No doubt she gets a fair amount of "free fertiliser" as well.
You have to admire the ingenuity!!
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I seem to have a bee in my bonnet about inconsiderate drivers in South Shields at the moment, it's getting so bad with some that I'm almost at the point of "naming and shaming". I was out and about yesterday to take some photographs of St. Jame's Park, as it can be seen with a good telephoto lens from the West Park, and I noticed (for the umpteenth time) a driver riding his BMW over the pavement to park it in front of his shop! Not only does this "businessman" appear to have no regard for the way in which he endangers or puts at risk the pedestrians, he also appears to have no concerns about how his actions are seen by those in the immediate local community. If he can get away with it, then why shouldn't everyone else. His business is on Stanhope Road, South Shields, close to a corner shop at it's junction with Bewick Street.
Click picture to enlargeNot content with how he drives or parks, he happily allows his employees to park his vans right on the street corners, making it a very hazardous operation for other motorists to exit Collingwood Street or Bewick Street with no view of the oncoming traffic. I hope a friendly traffic warden sees this post.
Mowing the lawn
As I was returning from the West Park, I witnessed another strange but interesting site, which I'd like to share. A young girl has her horse stabled at the allotments in the West Park and she was taking it out for a walk, I asked where she was going, and she replied that "now the summer months are here, the grass needs cutting at home, so I take the horse there and let him do it." She lived in a council property and it's evident that the horse is doing a great job and she has no need to buy a lawnmower or wait for anyone else to do the job for her. No doubt she gets a fair amount of "free fertiliser" as well.
You have to admire the ingenuity!!
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