Parking Mad
Easing the scrum at school zig-zag zone
PARKING problems outside Ringwood Junior School have been all but ironed out thanks to the town council reopening the nearby cemetery car park.
The Echo spotted only two "Parking Mad" drivers who drew up on yellow zig-zag lines.
A third pulled up but, realising her child was not at the gate, drove off again, presumably in search of a safer location.
One of the offending cars was parked on the zig-zag lines for several minutes and the other was outside the gate for a shorter period while a little girl walked from the gate and climbed into the vehicle.
There have been past problems at the school in Hightown Road.
As recently as April 2, parents were sent a newsletter which stated: "We continue to have problems with parents double parking, obstructing residents' driveways and leaving vehicles unattended. Please park safely and show consideration to others."
| “We have had reports that parents from our school are still allowing children to run around the cemetery, playing games around the graves and generally not being supervised." | | Ringwood Junior School newsletter |
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It added: "We have had reports that parents from our school are still allowing children to run around the cemetery, playing games around the graves and generally not being supervised.
"If this continues, the town council will not allow parents to use the cemetery to park before and after school.
"We do not want to lose this facility, so please show respect if you use the car park."
The message seems to have gone home. Only one driver parked across entrances to a pair of garages in Kingsfield and he waited in the car. In the cemetery car park, behaviour was exemplary.
4:00pm Wednesday 30th April 2008
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CommentPosted by: JLC, here on 4:25pm Wed 30 Apr 08
THIS IS NOT NEWS!
Echo, you can't just invent cruddy campaigns and then start writing self congratulatory pieces on them. Just stop it, please!
THIS IS NOT NEWS!
Echo, you can't just invent cruddy campaigns and then start writing self congratulatory pieces on them. Just stop it, please!
Posted by: Christopher, Wallisdown & Winton West on 5:09pm Wed 30 Apr 08
When this happening at all schools then maybe, and only maybe can you think of achievement. There is a long way to go yet Echo.
When this happening at all schools then maybe, and only maybe can you think of achievement. There is a long way to go yet Echo.
Posted by: Angus, Bournemouth on 8:19pm Wed 30 Apr 08
What a strange irony. Parents end up in a cemetary whether their children get killed on the road or not.
What a strange irony. Parents end up in a cemetary whether their children get killed on the road or not.
Posted by: derek, dorset on 10:15pm Wed 30 Apr 08
But the idea is to get into the cemetary before your kids.
But the idea is to get into the cemetary before your kids.
Posted by: Tru Belle, purbeck on 10:51am Thu 1 May 08
[bold]It is these mothers[/bold] with a severe bout of [bold]PMT[/bold] who are [bold]the worst[/bold] nightmare in the world.
They are terrible in supermarkets,parking spots,on the roads workplaces, queues, school gates, hairdressers, etc they have such an [bold]attitude[/bold] [bold]nowadays.[/bold] Their[bold] poor[/bold] husbands and partners must really suffer terribly.
It is these mothers with a severe bout of
PMT who are
the worst nightmare in the world.
They are terrible in supermarkets,parking spots,on the roads workplaces, queues, school gates, hairdressers, etc they have such an
attitude nowadays. Their
poor husbands and partners must really suffer terribly.
Posted by: Angus, Bournemouth on 11:39am Thu 1 May 08
[quote][bold]derek[/bold] wrote:
But the idea is to get into the cemetary before your kids.[/quote] That might reduce the number of drivers on the road, but wouldn't it make the children orphans?
derek wrote:
But the idea is to get into the cemetary before your kids.
That might reduce the number of drivers on the road, but wouldn't it make the children orphans?
Posted by: mcl, Bournemouth on 9:39pm Sat 10 May 08
Yeah, women with PMT. How dare they, eh? Suffering something they can't avoid, biologically, why dont' they just stay at home and let their children wander the streets.
As for cemetERYs - you know what, maybe the dead like the company of youthful people running around.
As for Attitude Nowadays. Whdy don'twe just lock women up and throw away the keys, eh???
Yeah, women with PMT. How dare they, eh? Suffering something they can't avoid, biologically, why dont' they just stay at home and let their children wander the streets.
As for cemetERYs - you know what, maybe the dead like the company of youthful people running around.
As for Attitude Nowadays. Whdy don'twe just lock women up and throw away the keys, eh???
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