Teen beauty spot drinkers are ramblers, not rebels
- Dave Burrows
Letter: Wrekin toilets should be replaced, not demolished
Friday 29th October 2010, 5:00AM BST.
Letter: In reply to “Toilet block at beauty spot to be demolished”, (Star, October 19).
The spokesman for Telford & Wrekin Council claims “it has proved impossible to restore the toilets”.
To our knowledge the toilets have been closed for many years and there has been no attempt at refurbishing them in recent times.
The claim by Telford & Wrekin that it has proved impossible to refurbish the toilets appears to be a PR claim rather than fact.
The building is generally sound and is ideal for refurbishment into a 21st century, vandal-resistant facility.
The site no doubt has issues regarding services, all of which would make the project expensive but far from impossible.
By far the biggest issue is maintaining the toilets once built and deflecting those who would break, destroy and make malfunction what has been provided.
Experience shows the only way that happens is a joint effort between the community, the provider, the operator and the police.
With a well thought-out management policy and zero tolerance for those who would damage the facility there is absolutely no reason why The Wrekin could not have the public toilet it rightly deserves, maintained to a high standard.
Yes. it will cost money. But surely it is a service that should be provided?
The article makes a mockery of Andrew Eade’s recent remarks about the disgusting state of The Wrekin and litter when it also being used as an open air toilet due to the lack of a facility.
The council is using a PR article to deflect from what they should be doing: Providing a service.
Alistair Humphreys
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Andrew Eade is half right. I took a leak behind a tree on the Wrekin only this week, however I didn’t find it disgusting. This is the continental way and I think we could learn a thing or two from our continental cousins.
On the German Wanderwegs you see people urinating all the time and no-one makes a fuss.
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We could learn from our continental cousins and have an attendant looking after the toilets. That way, damage would be avoided and the facilities would be kept pristine. It wouldn’t need to be 24hrs and even if the attendant was only there during weekends, bank holidays and school holidays, it would be an improvement on the current situation.
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And maybe they could add a dog waste disposal facility to save those “thoughtful” dog owners who clear up after their dogs from feeling the subsequent need to leave brightly-coloured plastic bags of said waste from being left dotted all over the place.
Nevertheless, I do thank all such dog owners – at least you have the thoughtfulness to leave your dog’s faeces in such a way that it’s visible from many yards away. Orange, blue, white, pink, red – so many vibrant colours of waste-containing bags. The Wrekin would be so boring without them strewn everywhere like decorations on a Christmas tree. Maybe we could put an angel on the TV mast for full, seasonal effect.
Although maybe you could now try taking the bag home with you or at least holding onto it until you get to the waste bin at the bottom of the Wrekin.
(To those of you who don’t even bother clearing up, please try to at least make an effort to put your dog’s waste in a brightly-coloured bag so that we walkers can avoid clearing it up on our shoes for you. Please try, it’s not hard. Or carry a can of spray paint and mark those “eggs” for us to see. Day-Glo orange or Glitter Gold works well.)
To those responsible owners who do clear up and carry their bags off the Wrekin, thank you – your actions are genuinely appreciated.
As for toilet renovation, that’s a good idea. Maybe the project could be partly funded by the company which contracts the single idiot worker who finds it so macho and amusing to drive his 4×4 at excessive speed up and down the Wrekin on the way to the tower. I see that potholes and the steep concrete path seem to be his main challenge and his contribution to destroying the track and making it all muddy is much appreciated – by him!
If he cannot stop him using the footpath as a challenge track, maybe they would consider banning him completely and ask him to walk up and down every day.
(All the others working up there seem to drive at a reasonable crawl, Thank you, your actions in protecting an important recreation area whilst providing a necessary upgrade of the mast are genuinely appreciated.)
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JUST PICK IT UP!! Its not that difficult. I was walking over Cnicht on Wednesday and found some litter so I simply picked it up and put it in my rucksack until I found a litter bin. If everyone did it there would be no build up of litter. Simple!
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