Where would you want offenders to clean up?
RESIDENTS have had their say on where they want to see cleaned up by criminals.
People were asked to vote for which of five areas in Stoke-on-Trent should be the first to benefit from the Community Payback scheme.
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High Street in Goldenhill, was the winner with 208 of the 590 votes cast.
Other nominations were Uttoxeter Road in Normacot, Berry Hill, Northwood and Birches Head, and Fenton Garage on Park Lane.
Work on an area between Elgood Street and Heathside Lane will begin today.
Members of Sandyford and Goldenhill Residents' Association urged residents to vote. Secretary Tom Simpson said: "We want to put some pride back into our area."
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by alex, butterton
Saturday, June 20 2009, 1:34PM
“i find it distgusting how the criminals clean there own run down areas up but us who have worked all our life and have worked hard to live in the village of butterton afto put up with passing motorists throwing fag flips out ruining our nice village, but anyhows we wouldnt want such parasites in our area cleaning the fag flips up it would be an outrage”
by Stokey female, Stoke-on-trent
Thursday, June 18 2009, 6:50PM
“Well said Anthony, I moved from Stone to Stoke-on-trent and love it here.... Its just small minded people that think somewhere like Stafford or Buxton or wherever is better.... we are all living in hard times at the moment and all HE can do is run good decent hard working people down.. needs to get a life and read his own paper!!!!!”
by fred smythe, trentham
Thursday, June 18 2009, 6:03PM
“maybe they ought to start at the civic centre...starting with cleansing the morals of some of the councillors who pretend to have this cities best interests at heart....”
by Anthony, Mount Pleasant
Thursday, June 18 2009, 4:53PM
“Alex (Butterton)
Not as sad as someone from outside the area feeling the need to make childish remarks about people who might not be as fortunate as themselves.
Why even bother to make a comment if you have nothing positive to say?
Sounds like you need to get a life pal!”
by alex, butterton
Thursday, June 18 2009, 3:31PM
“there is no nice places in stoke its a slum of a town all over, why people of stafford shrewsbury buxton would ever come to this sad excuse of a city i dont know, full of derelect eyesore buildings, imagrants, chavs with dogs, and sad night life”