Leafleting On Oldbrook

Overslept so rang Cllr John Goss to say I would be late to collect the personalised letters and arrived at his house on Shackleton Place Oldbrook at 11:20am, when he opened the door his lovely Cocker Spaniel Dog called Poppy leapt up and wanted to be made a fuss of and would not let go, he gave me a pile of letters as he said for my old stomping ground of Trueman Place, Edrich Avenue and Statham Place.

Nipped in to the local newsagents for a newspaper and lo and behold the same owner of the shop was behind the counter I don't think he regonised me as he never made any small talk, with that I drove to Trueman Place and parked outside my old house of no 9, I started leafleting from no 1 and worked my way up I noticed that my old neighbours at no 7 must of moved out as the name was different on the letter and a little asian boy came out to take the letter off me, I then went and put a letter through my old house door very weird I notice that both houses have had the hardwood windows and door removed and replaced by horrible white UPVC windows why they had to do that when the old windows were perfectly good enough I don't know they also had ripped out the flower beds and were in the middle of putting down block paving even though the old wooden garage doors have not been replaced, the same neighbour at no 11 is still there.
The two detached houses no's 13 - 15 were also still there as the new owners put a planning application in too knock them down and replace them with flats I had meetings in my house with residents planning how too stop them I even got in the local papers with the campaign and made a speech in the Council Chamber which persuaded members of the Development Control Committee to overturn the Planning Officers recommendation to accept the planning application my finest hour!

The sheltered housing scheme across the road had replaced their windows and doors with the same UPVC white windows and patio doors too (must be the fashion.) so many memories but I am proud of myself as the emotional person I am although we were the third family to move in to Oldbrook on September 12th 1980 and moved out in 2006 when my Mum ran off with the lodger and divorced my Father, after growing up on Trueman Place I still have no desire to move back on to Oldbrook besides it is so much quieter on Heelands.

As I was delivering I was also looking to see if there were any names I remembered but there was only one household that I know who still keep in touch and visit my Dad any way I guess thats what happens as the years go marching by too quickly.

I noticed in Edrich Avenue the No Ball Games Sign I got installed when I was Vice - Chair of Campbell Park Parish Council following a petition presented to me by the residents, it was not only still standing but had no graffetti on it too.

I finished after about an hour and used the pathway from Statham Place to Trueman Place hopping through the dog shit back to my car, I was half an hour late to visit my good friends Deb Wade and Alan Cook at Douglas Place but I guess they were used to me being so late as I have been over the years.

Debs was full of cold but it was nice and relaxing and had Pepporoni Passion Pizza with Garlic Bread and a range of dips as I left though I felt I was going down with her cold but it is proberably all in my mind as now I am back at Heelands I am starting to feel a litter better whilst writing up this blog.