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Anti-social behaviour - Green Meadow
Date published: 25/07/2009
Residents on Green Meadow (Birch View Estate), Smallbridge are asking why nothing appears to be being done about anti-social behaviour on the estate.
Stephen Gartside says that a small number of residents make the lives of the majority "miserable" by kicking footballs against empty properties shutters and our windows, even though no ball games signs are clearly visible; mini moto bikes racing around so we can't open our windows even on the hottest days.
He adds: "Community police officers circulate the estate but never seen walking through it, and there is a slow response when calling the police.
"This could be a peaceful and well sought after estate, instead of four empty houses on our street alone, all because a few ruin it for the many.
"Maybe cctv is the answer, it worked on Kirkholt, where we never had any trouble."
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Green Meadow is but one street on Birch View Estate, that the minority ARE spoiling it for the majority is fact.
I have lived here 27 years and have seen the estate allowed to deteriorate.
Decent neighbours have moved away because nothing is done about the trouble causers even after months of filling in 'incident forms'.
I think this estate has become a dumping ground for evictees from other parts of Rochdale and even Manchester.
By charly @ 25/07/2009 11:42:53
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