Very O/T- Looking for Scaffold Boards for Allotment in Eastbourne

[oddsonlaughter]

Hello all,

My dad is looking for scaffold boards for his allotment in Eastbourne, looking to do it as cheap as possible as money is very tight at the moment for him

Anyone on here work in the trade in Eastbourne then please drop me a pm

Thanks for help

 

[Willy Dangle]

Hello all,

My dad is looking for scaffold boards for his allotment in Eastbourne, looking to do it as cheap as possible as money is very tight at the moment for him

Anyone on here work in the trade in Eastbourne then please drop me a pm



Thanks for help

By law they have to be destroyed once used / worn out, therefore hard to find.

 

[KNC]

Money tight!!!
Be thankful your allotment isn't in Brighton, where the Groan Party are raising rents 67%.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Money tight!!!
Be thankful your allotment isn't in Brighton, where the Groan Party are raising rents 67%.

Join the campaign to stop it ! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-...ending-the-Allotments-subsidy/107769532685572

I guess, if successful, [MENTION=257]The Large One[/MENTION], will be eyeing up my veg again !

 

[The Large One]

Join the campaign to stop it ! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-...ending-the-Allotments-subsidy/107769532685572

I guess, if successful, [MENTION=257]The Large One[/MENTION], will be eyeing up my veg again !

34%, please.

Yep. And all for an extra 21p a week.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

34%, please.

Yep. And all for an extra 21p a week.

I've already set aside 34% of my plot - what would you like me to grow for you ?

We can all use statistics to make things look good - 21p a week or 67% increase over two years. Let's whack 67% on all council charges ? Happy to pay more but lets make it a fair increase !

 

[KNC]

Ahhh, the Groan Party apologist.

 

[The Large One]

I've already set aside 34% of my plot - what would you like me to grow for you ?

We can all use statistics to make things look good - 21p a week or 67% increase over two years. Let's whack 67% on all council charges ? Happy to pay more but lets make it a fair increase !

Putting 67% on all council charges would be a stupid thing to do. What a silly thing to suggest.

Also, putting the charges up 34% would entitle me to 25% of your plot, not 34%.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Putting 67% on all council charges would be a stupid thing to do. What a silly thing to suggest.

Also, putting the charges up 34% would entitle me to 25% of your plot, not 34%.

Fair point, I was being over generous with 34% IF the rise goes through ( which I doubt it will now having spoken to both Labour and Tory councillors ) - if there was no rise then you can claim 34%.

Not sure why adding 67% to a supposedly green and healthy council service couldn't be classed as stupid, silly, short sighted and plain daft. If they want to save £60k then just hand the management of the sites to the Allotments Association - therefore no cost to the council and no increase ....... but of course that would lower council income ! Let's remember that a majority of the management is already in the hands of unpaid volunteers.

 

[vegster]

Hello all,

My dad is looking for scaffold boards for his allotment in Eastbourne, looking to do it as cheap as possible as money is very tight at the moment for him

Anyone on here work in the trade in Eastbourne then please drop me a pm

Thanks for help

I take it these will be for making raised beds ? Well, think again, the returns are not really much better than a standard row planting regime. And, if you work out the combined area of all the paths around those beds you may be shocked to find that 25% of the plot is wasted on pathways.

 

[The Large One]

Fair point, I was being over generous with 34% IF the rise goes through ( which I doubt it will now having spoken to both Labour and Tory councillors ) - if there was no rise then you can claim 34%. .

Are the Greens considering not implementing the rise? I didn't realise that.

Not sure why adding 67% to a supposedly green and healthy council service couldn't be classed as stupid, silly, short sighted and plain daft. If they want to save £60k then just hand the management of the sites to the Allotments Association - therefore no cost to the council and no increase ....... but of course that would lower council income ! Let's remember that a majority of the management is already in the hands of unpaid volunteers.

You see, you talk about stats - and you're stating a 67% increase over two years, which of course looks awful. But it's not that much considering the starting point was low in the first place, and year-on-year increases have hardly kept pace with inflation. It was 25 quid a year when my Dad had an allotment 25 years ago.

Will people be jacking in their allotments? Will it shorten the waiting lists? Doubt it.

And which council doesn't want extra money in its coffers to keep as many services as possible? Every administration of whatever party colour would want that.

 

[tubaman]

Hello all,

My dad is looking for scaffold boards for his allotment in Eastbourne, looking to do it as cheap as possible as money is very tight at the moment for him

Anyone on here work in the trade in Eastbourne then please drop me a pm

Thanks for help

They are available at Brighton Wood Recycling but you will have to pay.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Are the Greens considering not implementing the rise? I didn't realise that.

The Greens themselves aren't planning of dropping the increase but Labour and the Conservatives look likely to prevent it.

Will people be jacking in their allotments? Will it shorten the waiting lists? Doubt it.

There will definitely be some ( I personally know of 3 that have privately said they will hand back their allotment if these increases go through ) and others on the waiting list will not take up one.

And which council doesn't want extra money in its coffers to keep as many services as possible? Every administration of whatever party colour would want that.

Allotments shouldn't a money raising facility - if the council has costs running them, and most of the work is already completed by unpaid volunteers, then it should hand them management over to the allotment association who can do it cheaper. Councils are not there to make a profit.

 

[The Large One]

The Greens themselves aren't planning of dropping the increase but Labour and the Conservatives look likely to prevent it.

Ho-hum. That's democracy.

There will definitely be some ( I personally know of 3 that have privately said they will hand back their allotment if these increases go through ) and others on the waiting list will not take up one.

Considering there's gawd knows how many on the waiting list (I believe it is in the hundreds), they should care...

Allotments shouldn't a money raising facility - if the council has costs running them, and most of the work is already completed by unpaid volunteers, then it should hand them management over to the allotment association who can do it cheaper. Councils are not there to make a profit.

It's not about 'profit' - and it's not as though rents from allotments are ring-fenced. All money received by the council is put into other public services.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Considering there's gawd knows how many on the waiting list (I believe it is in the hundreds), they should care...

So you're seriously suggesting that allotments should be down to market demand ? As it happens the council are meant to supply as many allotments as are demanded but no council adheres to this requirement.

It's not about 'profit' - and it's not as though rents from allotments are ring-fenced. All money received by the council is put into other public services.

So you're suggesting that there may well be excess income from allotments ? If this was really the case then surely rents shouldn't go up ?

I have to say Alan, your defence of the Green Party constantly ( and every time there are negative statements about the party ) is becoming somewhat tiresome - I thought more of your political balance.

 

[KNC]

What dismal smug comments TLO. Only 21p!! Like they should care!! This gives holders a chance to be out, get involved. Dare I say it, yes, some may not be able to afford a rise.

And yes, you do continually defend this 'mob'. They will put this town back years.
Let's never forget how anti Falmer the greens were.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

W
Let's never forget how anti Falmer the greens were.

Ignoring the rest of your post ( that doesn't say I don't agree with it ) the Greens NEVER voted against the stadium.

 

[KNC]

Mmmmm, well next time I see Mr Carder ( Ha, you may even be him,IDK), I will take him to task. I realise he's a bit lacking with his facts.
I quote from 'We Want Falmer'.
'......now the line up to oppose the Falmer application included : Falmer villagers,Falmer parish council,Lewes district council,the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Society of Sussex Downmen, Regency Society, Friends of the Earth and THE GREEN PARTY.

 

[The Large One]

What dismal smug comments TLO. Only 21p!! Like they should care!! This gives holders a chance to be out, get involved. Dare I say it, yes, some may not be able to afford a rise.

And yes, you do continually defend this 'mob'. They will put this town back years.
Let's never forget how anti Falmer the greens were.

You're missing the point, Dave. Ian was stating that if allotments were being increased by 67%, why aren't they doing that for the rest of council services? Point is, so many people will be more into their allotment life than will be worrying about this increase. The fact that a council wishes to take advantage of that isn't smug, it's a (maybe cynical) fact of life.

I have no problem defending this 'mob' - as you put it - when they're being misrepresented (you did it there in the above post).

You're going to have to explain how they will put Brighton back years.

How anti-Falmer were the Greens? They never campaigned against it - as a councillor put it '... we were never anti-stadium, nor even specifically anti-Falmer. We just didn't like the 'Falmer or bust' approach. We merely wanted the club to prove nowhere was better than Falmer, which they did...'

You - or anyone else - may feel like dismissing that, but that, according to them, was the policy all along.

 

[KNC]

The 'cynical' way this been attempted to be implemented, i.e, trying to get it through, and leaving it too late for any meaningful opposition to it. Democracy!!!
And no, again. This is nothing to do with people well into their 'allotment life'. The was a cynical method of 'using' what maybe considered an 'easy touch'.
I've already heard enough from the greens. Council tax, the incredible turn about on the Falmer transport issues. The incredible 'democracy' within the party. A new head being elected unopposed. Truly incredible.
They are very good at turning tables when some opposition raises its head.
How will it put Brighton back?
Amateur politics by amateur 'politicians'