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Community Reporter Jean talks to Alan a member of the Bowling Club
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Hello, Alan.
Can you tell me why you're in the park today?
I'm a
member
of the club.
The bowling club
in the park?
Yeah. And how long have you been a member?
I'd say about eight years.
And, um how often do you come to the park? How
you come every day. And is that
since the the pandemic, or were you coming in every day before the pandemic?
If I could get in every day, I go
in every day.
So you don't come bowling every day. How many
times
we
only just started.
I
good enough to get on the bowling
team.
I still used to come around. Well,
we used to have two teams,
and they, uh
they only had enough players for one,
so I was
left out of it. So
I
didn't come in
when they were just playing the cells and that
among
ourselves.
So you don't do, like competitive bowling at the moment. I'm not. I'm not good at it.
I just enjoy
it.
And do you feel that it helps you to keep fit? Or is it for the company or
Yeah, very good. And you walk around the park every day
Every day that I can
do
If
it's pouring all this
stuff,
I do try and keep going right around every day.
When I finished
after bowling, you have
a walk around the main
path
and, um,
and
a
couple of
hours
and
all
that
stuff.
Yeah.
And, um
how, uh,
gone a bit blanky here, asking me the question.
Yeah. So what do you think about the park?
I think it's
lovely
that he, uh
I used to come in and feed the bulls and all that sort of stuff,
but I found out
it's costing me a lot to feed the birds where we live.
Oh, you're getting seeds
and
things for them. Yeah, it's very expensive, isn't it?
Yeah.
And, um, have you got a favourite part of the park?
I'd like to say the polling
that
really,
You like coming here anyway for the company and
you get to know people just if it's only like
your
own
show
and all
this
sort of stuff
sitting on your own. You know,
I call it the
I've never been on my own before,
right?
So, um, this is a place to come for a bit of company
as
well.
So when the bowling seasons finished,
do you do all the things apart from walking to take part in?
Is it snooker?
Oh,
yeah.
You play snooker as well? Yeah.
Oh, well, it doesn't matter.
Oh,
it's the taking part, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So when you walk around the park, um, are you happy with the condition of the paths?
And
you know
that
the
main
path
coming
from
yeah, Yeah,
it was covered in
covered in leaves unless they move.
But
I used to live at opposite Alexander Park,
and them days they be moved before we got up. Virtually.
And what makes it worse?
They didn't have the machinery. Art style. Them days is what they do now. So
you just feel that the leaves not being cleared.
I can understand why.
You know, it's just unfortunate
that you've got the trees. The trees are hopefully So
I
set the trees down.
I would
highlight
in
where I live,
and I
dropped
down
there.
Oh, yes. So,
yeah,
I suppose you'd like just like they've done
more regularly than sweeping off the leaves.
Really? You know, is that what you're saying? Really?
That
Yeah, Well, as I say, I understand
the way things are going
at
the moment.
Yeah.
And you as a retired person,
do you feel that that presents a difficulty for you in coming to the leaves,
the wet leaves?
Well,
yeah,
because in all fairness, that thing that I've got to got the rubber
on the end of it, and
it does go. I would like
a You've got a walking stick,
but I feel better with
it
with
it.
Yeah. Yeah.
And, um, if there was money to improve the park, um,
have you got any thoughts about what you'd like to see?
Changed,
change or improved? Do you think anything needs to be improved?
Well, yeah, there was.
I know it was a big job out here
with the
water,
but
I'm convinced it could have been done better
the
the way it was,
because I know
Well, I walk around every day, so I walk
over
that
You mean a lot of people that do exactly the same as me. What
it was
I think it was a
bit
of a disgrace.
You mean the the recent flooding,
But I think they could have made
a path
across so that anyone who was walking around
didn't have to go on to the
I
know
it. Yeah, to get through on the wet grass was very difficult, wasn't it? Really?
Yeah. So So you felt that it didn't get remedied quickly enough. Really?
When they cleared it and
put
it
down,
it
took
time
to
get
where you could walk.
Yeah.
So? So, apart from the flooding on the path, you're quite happy with how things are.
Yeah.
I
think
I worked in the animal thing for a couple of days.
Volunteer
too
much.
It's not too much hard work. It's a matter. But they
get this. And
I was
thinking more of their time
than
what
it was worth. Me staying
complicated. All the different animals
to
help
me,
not
park.
Yeah.
Yeah. Is there?
Is there anything else you'd like to tell me about
how you use the park or any other suggestions?
You'd like to
having parties there during the show? Especially last year?
Yeah,
more or less.
A bloody spot.
The teenagers coming here,
the
people was coming and
you were happy to see that way.
Yeah, a lot
of
Yeah.
I mean, a lot of families. I suppose there was nowhere indoors to take the Children.
Where? There. So,
as you say, there were a lot of parties weren't there, but
yeah, I was thinking you were referring to the other issue here, you know,
at the park with the kids coming at night and having
parties. And
that is something that
I don't see how you're gonna stop,
because this place
in green here
got railings all around. Don't stop. No.
I come in during the summer
just to obviously I think it was rain and
the, uh,
the number of them things.
No.
No, I was. So thanks very much for telling me about your thoughts on the park today.
Is there anything else
that you wanted to
mention about the park?
Lovely.
Thank you, Alan.
So I'll just stop the recording now.
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