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mark occomore
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 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: OAP Walks Miles To Put Rubbish Out |
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A frail pensioner is forced to make a one-mile round trip just to get her wheelie bin emptied.
The council has reportedly ordered its bin lorries to stop driving to June Kay's house, meaning the 79-year-old has to negotiate a steep hill with her heavy bin.
Mrs Kay, 79, from Bolton by Bowland, Lancashire, said: "I am simply unable to do it. I am too old. I can't carry rubbish down the lane.
"I can just about manage to walk there and back, but that's only on fine days and without me carrying anything. I don't know how I am supposed to manage."
Her neighbour Harry Johnston is also unhappy with the changes. He has reportedly been told he has to share communal bins with a family living two miles away.
Mr Johnston told a newspaper: "I rang the council to explain that it was impossible."
He added: "In the winter, when it is frosty, it is particularly dangerous, and, not only that, there are sometimes 30 cows to negotiate. Then we have to get the bins over a cattle grid."
Ribble Valley Council deputy leader Richard Sherras said: "We gradually introduced the new scheme. There are a few teething problems.
"Some people find it a bit more difficult than when the bin was collected at the back of the house, because they were just ordinary dustbins with sacks.
"Because of recycling, we have a three-bin system now, and the lorries are much bigger.
"We have got to recycle, and I am afraid it causes some inconveniences. We are trying to do it the best we can."
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I read she was paying over 2grand in council tax. Personally the council should help her. |
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iwarburton
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Is it too late at my age to emigrate to somewhere where common sense can still be found?
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gfloyd
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: OAP Walks Miles To Put Rubbish Out |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | I read she was paying over 2 grand in council tax. Personally the council should help her. |
For £2k, the dustmen should be collecting at her doorstep.
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RobbieM
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Location: Buckinghamshire, UK
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: OAP Walks Miles To Put Rubbish Out |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | I read she was paying over 2grand in council tax. Personally the council should help her. |
Personally she should continue to have a dialogue with the Councillor who represents her in order to achieve a solution in the interests of both parties. From what I can gather, there are significant chunks of this story which have gone unreported in the press (is that a surprise!) and that the local council is in fact striving to find a workable solution. So maybe it just isn't a news "story" at all.
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