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Ian said:
The one point that they seem to ignore which angers me more than any other is that if the Britwell plans were to go ahead, all of their issues would be addressed.

Britwell would get tens of millions of pounds of investment with not one penny coming from Slough tax payers. In addition, some of the commercial revenue would go towards supporting the football club thus no need for Slough tax payers to fund it.

And this park they care so, so much for. What are they doing with it now? Filling it with broken glass, dog crap, burnt out cars and grafitti. Why is this? Because the kids have no leisure facilities which they would get in abundance if they let the regeneration go ahead.

They should be coming to us and bloody begging us to put a football stadium there but if they want to live in an underfunded area because they cannot see past their ridiculously inaccurate pre-conceived views then bloody let them.

Do you live on Britwell mate?

[BFR]

Hi Frontman,

 

Cheers for joining us over here on our merry forum. You have found out where else I hang around to entertain myself during the day, apart from annoying your beloved!

 

I hope Ian won't mind me responding to this question, but to give you a quick answer, Ian used to live on the Britwell. I'm sure he will correct me if I am wrong

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Hi Frontman,

Cheers for joining us over here on our merry forum. You have found out where else I hang around to entertain myself during the day, apart from annoying your beloved!

I hope Ian won't mind me responding to this question, but to give you a quick answer, Ian used to live on the Britwell. I'm sure he will correct me if I am wrong

Hey ya Bud, just thought I'd drop in and see what the fuss was about.

I was going to politely ask Ian, that as I am a Britwell resident with no particular desire to see a football ground there, is there anything he would like to ask me or have me explain so that he understands more clearly the views of a Britwell resident?

[BFR]

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BFR said:
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I just did.

I'll wait for him to reply.

[Ted]

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......Britwell resident with no particular desire to see a football ground there, is there anything he would like to ask me or have me explain ...

 

Probably most Brtitwell residents would have no particular desire to see a football ground there, but would your viewpoint be influenced, if for example the provision of a football ground allowed, (acted as a catalyst or whatever), access to funding which allowed at lot of desirable projects to go ahead? Its about what no particular desire means.

[Matt]

We've always wanted the people of Britwell and Northborough to know the FULL facts about what the project would involve so that they can make reasoned judgements about whether they would like it or not - if they don't, then fair enough. We just need that chance.

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......Britwell resident with no particular desire to see a football ground there, is there anything he would like to ask me or have me explain ...

Probably most Brtitwell residents would have no particular desire to see a football ground there, but would your viewpoint be influenced, if for example the provision of a football ground allowed, (acted as a catalyst or whatever), access to funding which allowed at lot of desirable projects to go ahead? Its about what no particular desire means.

Ok well lets look at this constructively.

When you say "football ground in Britwell" I hear you say - "LOTS of traffic blocking my local roads on a regular basis", I hear "lots of football fans walking/hanging around my streets being noisey and dropping (more) litter" I then think "mmmm lots of lorries, mixers and construction vehicles and materials flowing down my road during the time its being built" Then I get chance to look forward to all the extra-cirricular parties like weddings and birthdays that will take place there at weekends. Hopefully as well I will be close enough to be able to actually hear the match noise whilst I am relaxing in my garden?

I havent even started yet either but let me assure you, unless you have some pretty [***!!***] hot points to put forward FOR having a football ground within half a mile of my home, which will no doubt affect its value, I will be pleased to hear them! Hoenstly, I would! Until then a big fat NO to a new ground in Britwell.

Cheers.

[GarySTFC]

Fronty me old mucker, Ian is away on hols at the moment so you may be waiting for a while for his personal response.

 

If it was even allowed to get to that stage the whole planning permission thing would identify problems with the traffic/roads.

 

As my house is approximately 280 yards from Kennedy Park also, do you not think although I am a supporter of the club, I would share these concerns. We would be looking into viable solutions coming from private, not council, investment to provide facilities for use by the local residents and also getting youth football teams using the facilities in the area.

 

You would have a club bar possibly, with annual membership for cheaper drinks within walking distance, and the stadium itself would be surrounded by freshly planted trees if all the designs we've seen are what has been planned.

 

Unless the study is allowed to complete to identify what could have been actually built on the land though, we'd be none the wiser as to how it could benefit the community, in the same way the residents could not argue against it not benefitting the community.

[RebelsRUs]

Eeeek guys......just been over to "the other side" and it seems those "other people" are so upset at our presumptious naughtiness here that they are going through all the posts on this forum to find little bits and pieces to back up their pre-conceived ideas about STFC supporters.

 

Yesterday one of them found "evidence" that we were all football hooligans, now Cllr Janik himself no less, has been burning the midnight oil scouring this forum for sricks to beat us all with.

 

We'd better mind out P's and Q's everyone......or is that P's and J's?

 

Oooooooo it's just like being at school and getting caught smoking behind the bike sheds innit?

 

Here's the link in which all our wrongdoings are exposed for the scrutiny of the world to gasp at - this is slough can't remember the title of the thread in question but hey so what

[brighton_rebel]

Maybe its worth someone from Wexham Estate posting on this and the other forum to say just how much the club affected their quality of life, how they couldn't sit in their garden on a cold Feb/March day because of all the singing and chanting etc.

 

Brighton Rebel

 

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Gary-STFC said:
Fronty me old mucker, Ian is away on hols at the moment so you may be waiting for a while for his personal response.

If it was even allowed to get to that stage the whole planning permission thing would identify problems with the traffic/roads.

As my house is approximately 280 yards from Kennedy Park also, do you not think although I am a supporter of the club, I would share these concerns. We would be looking into viable solutions coming from private, not council, investment to provide facilities for use by the local residents and also getting youth football teams using the facilities in the area.

You would have a club bar possibly, with annual membership for cheaper drinks within walking distance, and the stadium itself would be surrounded by freshly planted trees if all the designs we've seen are what has been planned.

Unless the study is allowed to complete to identify what could have been actually built on the land though, we'd be none the wiser as to how it could benefit the community, in the same way the residents could not argue against it not benefitting the community.

I hear ya Gary, but you know what mate, I dont want to have a local social club style place where all local drunks, druggies and louts can hang out. I am NOT suggesting you, your colleagues and STFC people are this but all the other local residents who I really have no desire to acquaint with would also just invade the place. Why dont we all pop down the Lynch Pin instead eh?

Its a shame cos Kennedy Park is one massive waste of space isnt it.

[BFR]

Steady on frontman - you'll have the IBR onto you for suggesting that!

[Ted]

Frontman---was that you on Radio Berks this morning.

[Guest]

Frontman--that's an ironic name you have there,because rather than be out front,you are hidding behind an alias.

Back to your last post though,you say in it that you have no wish for a football club,and cite the worries of having,all kinds of low life that a club would attract,druggies-vandals-foulmouthed yobs etc etc.Do you really live in Britwell? if so open up your eyes these people already exist there I am afraid.

Maybe the building of a football club and all the sundry things that go with it will drive the types of people you refer too away,and there would of course on big match days be a police presence-now that would really be a novelty in Britwell.

[BFR]

Tara, I can vouch for Frontman. By all means ask him questions about Britwell but I don't see that problem with him having an alias. As for it being ironic, I can think of two frontmen off the top of my head who front bands having an alias - Bono from U2 and Fish from Marillion. I think you'll also find that in his post, Frontman recognises that there are unsavoury characters living in his area.

[RebelsRUs]

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Frontman--that's an ironic name you have there,because rather than be out front,you are hidding behind an alias.

Just to explain Tara, Frontman is a poster from the thisisslough forum and that's his name on that board. As BFR says, he's the "frontman" in his band.

There's been a fair bit of banter these last few days with people from here posting on thisisslough and vice versa. Usually good natured, sometimes not, but anything that gets people talking about STFC and what's going on is a ggod thing to raise awareness.

[Guest]

Ahhh, lots been happening whilst I was away!

 

Ok first, my name. I am the lead singer/frontman in my band, as mentioned, just chose it as an alias... I am happy to reveal my real name, band name and everything about me, i am very open minded, broad tasted and trusting. Saying that, "frontman" could be meant as in "giving it front" which is another thing of course.

 

Britwell. I do live there and I am more than aware of the (chooses word carefully) scum - that live in my area. I wouldnt judge anyone without meeting/hearing them first, so dont jump down my throat if you live on Britwell, but check out Road Wars on Sky One and tell me those people arent proper scum end low down dirty trash, I am not speculating as to whether its their fault or not. The football ground I feel would be a hub and centre of activity in the area, bringing people to the estate who wouldnt otherwise be there. Unfortunately for this cause, Britwell is a RESIDENTIAL area. I do not want my doorstep commercialised with anything larger than a play centre or youth club. I'm very sorry to say so cos I do genuinely feel for you all.

 

For many years my band have had nowhere at all to play in the Slough area, except the Huntercombe and the Rising Sun. The occasional festival pops its head up but the Asian Mela wont want me and my boys banging out Led Zepplin now will they. For my hobby I have to integrate into communities from West Drayton to Reading and everything in between. It sucks guys but if Kennedy Park was ear marked for a music stadium, I would say the same thing. Its not personal.

 

Either way, if the ground is gonna go somewhere it has to be further removed from the driveways and front rooms of peoples homes. Thats just the way, I personally - as one Britwell individual feels about it, but it sucks cos I really would like to help you out!

 

What about we set my band up in Slough High Street on a Saturday afternoon soon and campaign for the ground? Collect names, raise awareness etc... you can always call on us!!

 

check out www.daftonline.co.uk if your at all interested.

[RebelsRUs]

Thanks for giving such an honest, well put opinion Frontman. It's good to hear what "the man in the street" thinks rather than politicians telling us all what the ordinary person thinks.

 

I see your point but there are lots of football stadiums situated right slap bang in residential areas. For instance, I spend a certain amount of my time watching Dagenham and Redbridge and their ground is at the end of a cul-de-sac right in the middle of a large densely populated residential area. Our hosts Windsor and Eton are situated next to houses.

 

For the hassle of one match every second Saturday and one midweek match on alternate weeks, it's not such a big deal. Sure, there are parking problems and a bit of noise for 2 hours, but it's quiet the rest of the time - much more so than if the area was say a public park or a school or a supermarket etc.

 

I do appreciate though that the idea for the proposed Kennedy Park stadium was that it would be used by the community all the time - yes, that would create a focus on the area with associated traffic etc, but if it was doing something positive for the local area (the hackneyed old phrase "getting the kids off the streets") is that necessarily a bad thing?

 

I do understand where you're coming from though and you have a very valid point.

 

Like you I'm a music fan and your idea of getting your band to make some noise for us sounds like a good one. What does anyone else think?

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Hello Frontman,

So you front a band- are you extremly famous? if not why not post your name as I have done.

Also having children I can tell you a youth club will be just as bad for drawing the unsavouries in as a football club.Is it not more realistic to assume you are a N.I.M.B.Y that is "not in a million bl**dy years".