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BOLTON has some of the untidiest streets in the North-west, a new survey has found.
Research carried out by the GMB Union puts the town near the bottom of a national league for street cleanliness.
Statistics based on a report by the Audit Commission show 19 per cent of the borough's streets were assessed as dirty in the 12 months to March 31, 2007.
Bolton was placed in equal 36th position out of 43 councils in the North-west.
The cleanest area was Carlisle, while the dirtiest was Stockport.
Across the UK, the figures showed a marked improvement on those for the previous 12 months, with the number of clean streets up 14 per cent.
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Paul McCarthy, GMB Regional Secretary, said: "Overall we are seeing an improvement in street cleanliness across England and Wales.
"This is good news for our environment and testament to local councils and their street cleaners."
Posted by: fed up, great lever on 9:19pm Thu 24 Apr 08
you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.
you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.
[quote][bold]fed up[/bold] wrote:
you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.[/quote] maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton
great lever being one of the worst of them
dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents
in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily
fed up wrote:
you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.
maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton
great lever being one of the worst of them
dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents
in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily
Re: fed ups' comments what a joke! I live in a multi ethnic area of Bolton and haven't witnessed what he/she describes, I do know however that when I walk through areas not as highly populated by
BME people I'm 'fed up' of seeing dog **** all over the pavement.
Fed up must think this to be fine and normal as they make no mention of this.
Re: fed ups' comments what a joke! I live in a multi ethnic area of Bolton and haven't witnessed what he/she describes, I do know however that when I walk through areas not as highly populated by
BME people I'm 'fed up' of seeing dog **** all over the pavement.
Fed up must think this to be fine and normal as they make no mention of this.
Yes we do pay for the Council to clean up after us, but sureley that is a shameful view to take. The rubbish is put there by Joe Public and it is time we all took responsibility for our streets. Simple answer don't drop litter, don't use the streets for fly tipping and don't feed the flipping pigeons. Maybe then our Council Tax will come down and the Council will have more resources to deal with issues like potholes etc.
Bolton Council do a sterling job trying to keep on top of the rubbish, but are alas fighting a losing battle until we all change our views on who is responsible.
Yes we do pay for the Council to clean up after us, but sureley that is a shameful view to take. The rubbish is put there by Joe Public and it is time we all took responsibility for our streets. Simple answer don't drop litter, don't use the streets for fly tipping and don't feed the flipping pigeons. Maybe then our Council Tax will come down and the Council will have more resources to deal with issues like potholes etc.
Bolton Council do a sterling job trying to keep on top of the rubbish, but are alas fighting a losing battle until we all change our views on who is responsible.
[quote][bold]kerry[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]fed up[/bold] wrote: you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.[/quote] maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton great lever being one of the worst of them dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily [/quote] Well put.
Our big litter problem is down, pretty much fairly and squarely, to students.
kerry wrote:
fed up wrote: you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.
maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton great lever being one of the worst of them dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily
Well put.
Our big litter problem is down, pretty much fairly and squarely, to students.
Posted by: wifey, breightmet on 9:39am Fri 25 Apr 08
got to agree with the dog sh it comment, i take a route down an alley way and renamed it dog **** alley, i saw a bloke smartly dressed letting his dog take a crap with no intension of cleaning it up. bet his garden is immaculate!!! you cant blame the immigrants as you'll find this problem with rubbish was here long before they arrived!
got to agree with the dog sh it comment, i take a route down an alley way and renamed it dog **** alley, i saw a bloke smartly dressed letting his dog take a crap with no intension of cleaning it up. bet his garden is immaculate!!! you cant blame the immigrants as you'll find this problem with rubbish was here long before they arrived!
Posted by: wifey, breightmet on 9:40am Fri 25 Apr 08
got to agree with the dog sh it comment, i take a route down an alley way and renamed it dog **** alley, i saw a bloke smartly dressed letting his dog take a crap with no intension of cleaning it up. bet his garden is immaculate!!! you cant blame the immigrants as you'll find this problem with rubbish was here long before they arrived!
got to agree with the dog sh it comment, i take a route down an alley way and renamed it dog **** alley, i saw a bloke smartly dressed letting his dog take a crap with no intension of cleaning it up. bet his garden is immaculate!!! you cant blame the immigrants as you'll find this problem with rubbish was here long before they arrived!
Posted by: starspangledbanner, Little lever on 12:46am Sat 10 May 08
[quote][bold]kerry[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]fed up[/bold] wrote: you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.[/quote] maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton great lever being one of the worst of them dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily [/quote] plenty of native people to this country live in great lever -what is the point???
kerry wrote:
fed up wrote: you only have to walk where the immigrants live those are the worst areas they stand out a mile , no respect ,things are just dumped in the back streets ,yards its a disgrace .also near friut and vegatable shops crates just dumped with rotting goods , a rats haven.
maybe its becauase the immagigrants are put in the worse places in bolton great lever being one of the worst of them dont blame jonny Foreigner for this ( its ignorant untrue and racist )the council are paid to clean yet its left to residents in spain and portugal the streets are cleaned daily
plenty of native people to this country live in great lever -what is the point???
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