A two fingered salute to parents, the rest of the Elizabeth Place community and the People of Haringey
Following a sternly worded letter from Haringey Housing, Regeneration & Planning, Paul Simon Homes put some equally sternly worded signs on the hoardings that two Haringey Assistant Directors had asked them to take down in a seemingly two fingered salute to our community
DO THEY MEAN ME???!
I don't want to be taking this personally - but why the notice to parents?
NOTICE TO PARENTS
"Parents are especially requested to warn children of the dangers and consequences of trespassing on this site"
Never has a truer word been written on a bright yellow sign and slapped on a hoarding surrounding an appropriated piece of public land.
The result of this apparent trespass has resulted in a sternly worded letter from 2 Assistand Directors and a Statement from Peray Ahnet, Leader of Haringey Council. https://www.difficultparent.com/peray-ahmet-leader-of-haringey-council-makes-a-statement-about-eliza...
Heed this warning children: Do not take what is not yours to take.
A stern word
Our Elizabeth Place community - not just parents
Guerrilla gardening
Our community that uses Elizabeth Place is not just parents and dog walkers.
The Grrrrrrr-illa Gardeners (more ursine than war-faring) are a group of local people who have taken it upon themselves to beautify Elizabeth Place through planting and horticulture. They have worked hard though the past year to create a beautiful space in Elizabeth. They are strongly supported by local ward councillor Isidoros Diakides
who has helped them get a new water butt.
A new outside tap close to their beautiful garden is needed
to help them every Sunday (11am) in their planting and seeding and pruning and digging and raking and other stuff and all the other gardening type things they get up to.
The pizza boys
As a pizza lover and a reluctant house leaver (over the past year anyway), one of the essential workers who have relieved the sheer boredom of lockdown has been the odd doughy yet spicy delivery to my door by the pizza delivery persons.
The pizza boys can frequently be found playing footie in the play space on Elizabeth Place on Sunday mornings and the odd morning during the week.
Just a reminder of what's in the Haringey Borough Plan - you kind of understand how Health Inequalities come about when in the same week we are complaining about a stolen playground in Tottenham, residents in Muswell Hill are complaining that they cannot play tennis on the public court of an evening
Residents have told us that their local environment is very important to them and it is the reason that many people live here. We want Haringey to be a place of green open spaces that everyone can access; a place where the already excellent transport links get even better; where people are active and live longer, healthier lives and a place where people feel safe and secure in their own homes and neighbourhoods.
We are committed to achieving the following outcomes:
- A healthier, active and greener place
- A cleaner, accessible and attractive place
- A culturally engaged place
- A safer borough
