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Topic ID 875
08/08/2005 by OldCross
Close Folly Island at Night!
Hi everyone.
I think Folly Island should be locked up at night as it just gives drunken yobs somewhere to congregate after closing time.
These Yobs litter, vandalise, urinate, defecate and cause significant damage and noise to an area of natural beauty that is surrounded by residential property.
A body was also washed up on the May bank holiday weekend. I do not know the details but the person was male and they tried to do CPR on him. Nothing in the papers about it? But it could have been a drunk/drugged person on Folly Island??
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Reply ID 9580
08/08/2005 by sloopjohnb
A similar suggestion was put forward by the Police Community Team. The plan involved a gate at Thornton Street and also on the path down to the allotments. It was totally rejected by Highways as it would entail blocking a public thoroughfare. Also, residents felt it was a case of locking residents in rather than locking vandals out.
A similar scheme was also proposed for Evron Place but this is a private road. However, the plans for this that evolved from the focus group have so far avoided any issue with gates that can be only openend at certain times by a swipe card. In relation to Folly Island when the company that owned the car park put in lockable gates some years back, a local wag superglued the locks meaning that no one could get in or out.
Might just be my imagination but things appear a little quieter of late.
Reply ID 9581
08/08/2005 by Steve
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Originally posted by OldCross
A body was also washed up on the May bank holiday weekend.
Did you actually see the body or is it just a rumour? Dead bodies being pulled from rivers generally tend to get reported in the press. There would also normally be an appeal by the police asking for witnesses or anyone with information. And if we're going to start erecting barricades why stop at Folly Island? Why not lock up the whole of Hartham Common?
Reply ID 9582
08/08/2005 by sloopjohnb
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A body was also washed up on the May bank holiday weekend. I do not know the details but the person was male and they tried to do CPR on him. Nothing in the papers about it? But it could have been a drunk/drugged person on Folly Island??
Just checked with Mrs Sloop and we believe it was a certain person who had been hanging about the Island for some time Rumour had it that he had died but he was in intensive care for quite a while and is alive and well and can still be seen in town, a bit worse for wear after too many sherberts, which apprently caused him to take a dip in the first place.
Reply ID 9586
09/08/2005 by Victor Meldrew
Theres a lovely house for sales on Thornton St, that I declined to view due to the fact it was on the run up to Hartham, a route I regulally use along with the scooter boys, drunks, skater boys. Shame.
Reply ID 9587
09/08/2005 by bec501uk
Could they not simply have more police on patrol at that time of night o at the week ends? it's not an overally large area anyway.
Reply ID 9588
09/08/2005 by OldCross
When you call the police you seldom get a response. The public area at Folly Island is great for families and people fishing during the day but nothing good ever happens there after dark. It would only require a nice iron gate that would be open from 7AM until 6PM. I did not personally witness what happened with the "body" but my neighbour witnessed someone being pulled out about 5PM on the bank holiday weekend. They were lying on the wooden part of the public area.
Reply ID 9592
09/08/2005 by Capitalist piglet
The individual as I understand (& please correct if this flies in the face of the facts) was reported "missing in action" for a while, before resurfacing (no pun intended) in one or two pubs. If he is the one we remember his MO is to wander into a pub, order a half pint, nurse it for an hour or so & then scurry into the loo every now & again where he knocks back a bottle of Vodka secreted about his person. Hence he's barred from a deal of local hostelries Very sad, bit of a Walter Mitty - would qualify for a "Hertford Character" if he didn’t have a rather boring personality....
Reply ID 9595
09/08/2005 by Tigger
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Originally posted by Capitalist piglet
The individual as I understand (& please correct if this flies in the face of the facts) was reported "missing in action" for a while, before resurfacing (no pun intended) in one or two pubs. If he is the one we remember his MO is to wander into a pub, order a half pint, nurse it for an hour or so & then scurry into the loo every now & again where he knocks back a bottle of Vodka secreted about his person. Hence he's barred from a deal of local hostelries Very sad, bit of a Walter Mitty - would qualify for a "Hertford Character" if he didn’t have a rather boring personality....
Sounds like the very same person to me. I had the reports of drowned then a message from another friend saying he had been seen alive and well. She was a little shocked to see him. Probably went AWOL for a bit as he has been sussed by most pubs in the town
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