Reclaim the Cowley Rd Carnvial on Sunday

Piece written about carnival in local paper few days ago, and selfish comments added

I hope the city council will realise that blocking the carnival taking place in the Cowley Road where it belongs will prevent many disabled people enjoying the event or taking part unless they happen to have special wheelchairs which can be used on uneven ground/grass.

Will the council be providing these special chairs for wheelchair users who need them? Will we have to book them in advance? And what about elderly or blind people who find walking in a park like South Park more difficult than along a road/pavement?

Could it be that in these days of equality that we, the 'physically challenged' have again been forgotton?”

Lord Peter Macvay, OX2 6EG says...
4:41am Sun 26 Jun 11

What are you talking about, disabled people have much more space and safety in South Park than on the Cowley RD during the Carnival as all the pavements/roads are so cluttered that it would be dangerous for a blind or unstable Elderly person to even try to walk a few yards.”

CLLR KEN TIWARI, Old Marston Oxford says...
10:22am Sun 26 Jun 11

Ironically for some people, nothing is-
Right, I suppose ?

Cllr ken Tiwari (parish councillor/R&S/Oxford),”

King Joke, OX1 4LX says...
12:50pm Mon 27 Jun 11

Every silver lining has a cloud on the OM!

I didn't see this callout until after the event; did anything happen?

Nothing. Everyone thought that someone else would do it, someone else would be there so they they/we did not have to do anything. Many of us were recovering from the night before. Never mind. We just might get around to doing it in time for next year's carnival. I suppose we should start with the Carnival committee in a couple of months time really but that would be even more boring so why not lets plan to steal back the carnival again next year and then remember to get up in time to do it. Maybe we could leave it to the disabled wheelchair users to do it for us.