Monday 3 March 2014

Weekend Noise And Asda Race Track

A few days ago a young woman knocked at the door and asked Mr Grumpy what we liked about Langley Mill and wanted to know what ideas we might have to make it better.

Grumpy shouted upstairs to ask if I wanted to answer her questions, I replied that there was nothing TO like about Langley Mill. A minute later I could still hear them talking and I had a rethink - what's the point of me constantly moaning about the place, then when given the opportunity; doing and saying nothing about it.

We invited her in and had a nice chat. The result was that most people she'd asked all said the same about having somewhere for the teenagers to go, instead of them being a nuisance around here.

They go to Asda and McDonalds then gather under the bridge, often up to thirty at a time, bored senseless, looking for mischief, a constant noise and using the place as their rubbish bin.

I told her if she wanted to advertise something for them to do then she'd be as well sticking a notice on the bridge for them. Then they could at least have an opportunity to read it before setting fire to it.

I did tell her that I occasionally write a blog moaning about Langley Mill, it turns out that she had read some of it.

6.00pm Friday evening I thought that one of our neighbours had got a heavy duty pressure washer out to do some intensive squirting - at the gathering teenagers hopefully - but it turned out to be some thoughtless bas**rds SANDBLASTING over the railway lines with their doors open facing us.

By 7.40pm grumpy went to investigate. Typical, he couldn't hear it over there. Oddly enough he met a man - wearing ear protection - on the bridge who had just come over to see how loud it was over here. He told grumpy they can't do it during the day because of cars in the car park - what rot.

And ... "we've got at least another hour to listen to it", turned out he meant two. It was gone 9.30pm when it stopped.

I've recorded how loud it was on my phone and I watched the thick cloud of sand come across to Bridge Street. Saturday morning we noticed how filthy all the cars were.

Anyhooo, to get back to the nice lady who is wasting her time and efforts on this dump - one thing we forgot to mention was the stupid morons using Asda car park for their Sunday evening entertainment.

Last night was the worst so far. From 8.00pm I thought there were fireworks going off as well as lots of car revving. This went on for well over an hour and my GOM decided he'd go to find out what was happening.

When he finally came back he said there were at least thirty cars on the car park, one had been on fire and two fire engine's were in attendance (ooh, proper reporting mode there). They were TRYING to get hold of the police.

All the trolley bays were full of their 'audience' as it was persisting it down. When grumpy asked what they thought they were doing, the reply he got was "it's a car park and we only come once a week". The gentleman be asked (in his twenties, old enough to know better), had come from Sandiacre so not actually all our home grown tw*ts.

We called into Asda this morning to enquire what they were doing about it  - NOTHING - it's in the hands of the police. When asked if they could have barriers to stop them going on the car park when they're shut, reply - "no because of the petrol station and the ATM machines" ... this - in my opinion - is utter bo**ocks!

Apparently there had been 60-100 cars racing along the A610 to Asda and they were queuing up to get in and out of Langley Mill. We had to wonder how many of these cars were taxed and insured and whether or not the police actually care.

I can't wait to see what next weekend will bring ...

10 comments:

  1. Good to read that you are getting back into full grumpy form again. I've seen on TV programmes that at times the Police do take out anti social nuisance orders on such gatherings. I wonder if it will be done on this occasion ?

    I see that AVBC Planning Dept. must be very short staffed, they have not updated anything on the website since 5th February, a unit in the old Potters building is hoping to open on 10th March !

    ALI

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    1. Well after a long wait of over a month we finally have an Application in on 5th March for the redevelopment of the Bridge Centre, Cromford Road.

      AVA/2014/0061

      Looks like the change is for a variety of different uses, I hope it gets the go ahead, this area is in need of a boost, even more so if the old Smiths Four Mill site gets its Housing Development as well !

      ALI

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    2. Hello Ali, yes I'm in full grumpy mode again. It's been horrendous with noise issues here just lately, and the road works the other side of Asda sound a though they're right in front of us. I think there's a generator running (from 7.30am) every day.

      I'm glad you're keeping up with applications because I have to admit I've not looked lately.

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  2. Hello, I don't even know what this is but it makes me laugh just reading! I'm 13 and live here and I really dislike the aria, adults stare at me strangely because I don't wear crop tops and shorts with trainors! I don't like this style of dressing but because I look aproprirate I don't fit in its funny really. The place is a mess and just getting worse! As soon as I leave home it will not be to another house in chavley-mill, thank-you!

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    1. Sorry, only just seen your comment. Keep on not conforming and be yourself. Work hard and with any luck you'll escape the dead end life that Langley Mill has got to offer. It used to be a wonderful working village and the people were great. It's changed so much now and not for the better :(

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  3. AMBER VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL....

    ....a new illegal hand car wash has now appeared on the former Chris Roads Cars compound at the Peel Street site.

    Can we please have a much quicker response to this eyesore than we did to the Railway Tavern problem !

    As far as I can see you have ONLY had 2 Applications for housing developments for both of the Chris Roads sites, non for a Car Wash ! ! !

    ALI

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  4. NEW ASDA ROUNDABOUT LAYOUT ?

    So the left hand lane is for the Supermarket and the right hand lane for the A608 heading towards Eastwood.

    Which lane do you go in to head onto Cromford Road ?


    ALI

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    1. I know, my grumpy old man said the way they've done it they need 3 lanes. Evidently they don't expect anyone to go up Cromford Road. After all it is a straight road (Heanor - Eastwood) - or that's how most motorists still regard it - with Asda island inconveniently stuck in the way, so no one really cares about the users of Cromford Road.

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    2. It seems to me that the left hand lane should read Left Turn Only !

      That way it covers BOTH the entrance to the Supermarket and onto Cromford Road.


      ALI

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  5. Grumpy had just been told that the Esso garage is being knocked down and rebuilt. All the staff there are redundant.

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Be nice, I'm very sensitive.