Whats going on with the playgrounds and parks in Burngreave. Absolutely nothing as far as I can see.

Timeline of Neglect

1. "The Future of Abbeyfield Park"
 http://www.burngreavemessenger.org.uk/messenger/december2001/abbeyfield.shtml

"After a site meeting with Ian Mitchell from the Sheffield City Council, he was shocked by the state that the playground had fallen into. He said that broken pieces of equipment will be repaired and that there will be a general clear up of the area. All the equipment will be given a coat of paint in the spring."

No action or change taken.

2. Letter to the Messenger "Playgrounds and facilities for children in Burngreave"
 http://www.burngreavemessenger.org.uk/29mar03/letters.htm

Results, I recieved a telephone call from James Barnes, a council bureaucrat with some responsibility for the Parks, who passes on a tale of funding woe and good intentions. He invites me to participate in an environment theme group, and promises a phone call from the person with responsbility for Abbeyfield Park. The call never materialises, and I fail to see why I should invest my personal time making sure that paid officials perform correctly, I already invest a number of hours in community projects and have little spare time as it is.

Again no action or changes result.

3. 21st June 2003, Abbeyfield Park. Further decay of the playpark and its equipment. The coat of paint that was promised in Spring 2002 still has not arrived. There is damage to the equipment with a metal fixing being completely broken off leaving a sharp stump which could injure a toddler.

Is Sheffield Council going to do anything about this, inside 5 years? This is the way that the Andover street play area went with deterioration over a number of years until eventually the site was removed.