Didsbury Action File

An assortment of issues reported and sorted by your local Lib Dem Team - November 2011

2012-01-11T18:06:00.000Z

Broad Oak Lane road surface has been a problem for a very long time and we are regularly asking for repairs

SERK big tag on the railway bridge on Gawsworth Ave

Poor post box on Gawsworth Ave vandalised and now cleaned

Big graffiti on this Fletcher Moss Park wall on Millgate Lane reported

And VICTORY! Stop trying to ruin our area!

This sorry bin on Wilmslow Rd between Kingston Rd and Millgate Lane was vandalised, losing it's door and plastic bin, and a target for graffiti was finally replaced after persistence by your local Lib Dem Team

ROBS? No, East Didsbury's train station - Rob went on a bit of a rampage down Wilmslow Road which is being cleaned up

Selection B: October 2011

2012-01-10T21:13:00.000Z

SERK strikes on this Beaver Road lamp post

Stop ruining our area! You don't own this cabinet on Clothorn Road just because you've tagged it

One of those silly blue face stencils you see around Didsbury and the beginnings of a big tag at the Wilmslow Rd entrance of Didsbury Park - reported and cleaned

Leaf and big puddle mess outside Elm Grove houses reported to be cleared

Fog Lane Park twitcher's viewing screen attacked by tagging vandals

Street cabinet tagged outside Florence Park Court on Fog Lane

Extensive ponding along Fog Lane near Sussex Ave reported to be cleared and hopefully not return any time soon!

More large pooling, this time outside Viceroy Court on Grange Lane - we have asked that this is resolved ASAP

Selection A: October 2011

2012-01-10T20:23:00.000Z

Mellington Ave/PWR grit bin tagged and now cleaned

Street cabinet on Parkville Rd outside Fog Lane vandalised

Fly tipping on Parkville Rd - reported and sorted!

Princes Rd sub-station inside Fog Lane Park attacked

Post box on School Lane given an unnecessary paint job on top

Very bad ponding on Wilmslow Road outside Cafe Nero - we have asked the council to inspect and clean out the drains

Badly listing sign post on Wilmslow Rd near Moorland Road

William Street Graffiti Victory!

2011-11-16T19:25:00.001Z

Councillor David Sandiford celebrates Victory after your Didsbury Lib Dem councillors had the graffiti removed

A disgrace - vandalised sub station on William Street in the Village - the scourge of Didsbury, Serk, has tagged all over this building

Some in September (2011)

2011-11-16T18:47:00.000Z

Wilmslow Road walk from St James' Church to the Village ruined by a vandal

Catterick Rd / Willow Way - Serk vandalises someone's garden fence. Stupid.

Ventnor Rd/Chiswick Rd alley to Catterick Road - graffiti and litter along here reported to be cleaned

Cotton Lane / Francis Road School Zone post listing dangerously reported to be righted!

Grange Ln bollard reported and sorted.

'Crave!' Really? Crap tag on Henwood Road

Oh Mother! - rubbish that Didsbury doesn't need.

Bin taken outside Shapley Court on William St/School Ln - after much to-ing and fro-ing we got this replaced with a shiny new one!!

Handful of issues reported. August 2011

2011-11-08T20:53:00.000Z

Clothorn Road opposite Souchay Court - another SERK plaguing our area - now removed

Crazy tag there! There have been a few blue faces around - here at the Lapwing Ln/Wilmslow Rd corner

Old Broadway post box - again

I think this will be on the mains supply on Pine Rd - Rubbish graffiti not included either!

The Didsbury loo - another piece of Didsbury soon to be destroyed by this shameful Labour party.

SERC at the train station bridge - just wasting tax payers money

Summer flooding outside Ballbrook Court - I have asked for the drains to be inspected and cleaned

Didsbury Court/Wilmslow Rd road and pavement flooding - reported for sorting so hopefully this won't happen this winter.

2011-10-15T13:42:00.001+01:00

Some more issues from Didsbury reported July 2011. Part B

2011-09-30T15:52:00.000+01:00

Knackered kerb stone on Old Oak Street

Cabinet outside Francis House tagged

Sandhurst Lane bridge wall - just part of the extensive crap graffiti scrawled all over this area

Bin vandalised outside Keen Sandwich shop on Wilmslow Rd near the world famous Aladdin!

One of the regulars to be attacked - cabinet outside Redfern flats, Wilmslow Raod

SERK had a field-day around The Christie - this lamp post at the Wilmslow Rd/Cotton Ln junction just one example

Various issues we have reported around Didsbury July 2011. Part A

2011-09-30T15:04:00.000+01:00

The start of the bins fiasco - Labour council bosses in Manchester failed the people of Didsbury - this is on Crossway

Didsbury Park large street cabinet - one of a few cabinets along here targeted constantly

Ford Lane/Harefield Drive grit bin - didn't take SERK long to vandalise this

Street cabinet on Kingston Rd tagged

Post box on Kinnaird attacked again

Milgate Lane lamp post bombed

A few of the messes we had cleaned up in June 2011

2011-09-29T12:32:00.001+01:00

Parrs Wood Lane outside Tesco cabinet bombed

SERK - yawn - on School Lane opposite the Scout Hut

Nasty litter/fly-tipping behind M&S reported and cleaned

Wilmslow Rd Christie bus stop bin vandalised

Grove Lane/Wilmslow Rd post box attacked by MOTHER

SERK again on this crossing bollard outside The Christie

This tagged bin was overflowing with litter on Withington Green bringing the whole place down. I had it all cleaned up and off

There has been an upsurge in graffiti across Didsbury. Some from May 2011 reported. Part B

2011-09-29T12:26:00.000+01:00

MOTHER starting to spread like a virus - took a while but this was finally cleaned off the loos on Barlow Moor Rd

Grange Lane lit bollard - action taken and now cleaned off

SERK again - all over the Jubilee Garden at Grange Ln opposite Shell

This poor post box at te end of Old Broadway is constantly attacked

MOTHER we hear you - now leave us alone

Saddlewood Avenue street cabinet - I asked for increase police patrols after a resident approached me regarding anti-social behaviour

School Ln bridge opposite Barlow

Set of reported graffiti from May 2011. Part A

2011-09-24T20:45:00.002+01:00

Ferndene Rd / Wilmslow Rd street cabinet SPS tag fairly common sight unfortunately

Millgate Lane double yellow lines needed at the Wilmslow Road end and pot hole problems reported - lines now painted - some pot holes filled but continue to be a problem on this road!

Parrs Wood Lane railings outside the soon-to-be East Didsbury Metrolink stop - lots of tagging going on here for some reason?

School Lane bridge next to Barlow HS - I can't see graffiti in this photo either, but it was there and now it's gone! (and on the other side of the bridge)

All of the pedestrian signal boxes at the Parrs Wood Rd/School Ln junction were tagged

Stenner Lane street cabinet opposite St James' church was bombed

This wall tag was there for ages on Wilmslow Rd near Old Broadway before I had it removed

A selection of cabinets reported from around Didsbury. April 2011 Part II

2011-09-14T21:08:00.002+01:00

Catterick Rd/The Drive cabinet - weird tag that I have seen about Didsbury before

Heathside Road and Heyscroft Road junction street cabinet bombed and reported

Parkville Road - NEVER apparently?

I think I'll ignore this piece of advice - and I had it cleaned off this cabinet on Parrs Wood Road between Aldwick Ave and Atwood Rd

SERK - outside Francis House on Parrs Wood Rd

Pytha Fold Road cabinet (on top as well) - I had this cleaned amongst lamp posts along this road

This cabinet and lamp posts reported on William Street

Willow Way cabinet is always getting attacked - there is absolutely no need

Slice of reported damage in Didsbury. April 2011 Part I

2011-09-13T22:55:00.001+01:00

Costa Coffee in the Village - meet MOTHER

Cotton Lane wall opposite St Cuthberts - plus several street cabinets and lamp posts

Pot holes at the Kingslea and Fernhurst junction reported for repair

Beaver Road/Atwood Road post box attacked and reported

I don't know the answer - but I did have it cleaned off!

Unnecessary - several different tags on this post box

Old Broadway/Wilmslow Road post box attacked

Even this lit bollard on Wilmslow Road near Oak Road junction

Smidgen of reported graffiti and other environmental damaged from March 2011

2011-09-12T22:17:00.001+01:00

Atwood Road and some street cabinets and masts around Beaver Road Primary School attacked and reported

20mph sign double trouble - graffiti on the post and dangerously listing - this has now been straightened up!

Street sign badly damaged

Dog bin in Didsbury Park - the bottom came out of this and has now been replaced

Street cabinet on Galbraith Road (SERK again)

Parrs Wood Road in a terrible condition between Fog Ln and Atwood Rd junctions - quite a bit of large patches now laid down

Alley leading from Kingsway to Saddlewood Avenue attacked by SERK - I asked the police to step up patrols after a new resident raised concerns about anti-social youths kicking in fence panels

Can't see it but this poor post box on School Lane was bombed on top

School Ln recycling bins - a touch of the occult?

Willow Way sign - NEVER? I also spy a SERK in that lot of tags

Fly posting on Wilmslow Rd/PWR junction - these were all over Didsbury and south Manchester

Street cabinets in the bushes outside East Didders Tesco - and a litter pick request put in - not for the first or last time!

I had this nasty concrete post replaced at the entrance to Sandhurst Lane from Sandhurst Rd

Sample of reports from Feb 2011

2011-09-12T21:40:00.001+01:00

Ferndene Rd street cabinet - one of two on this road targeted this month with strange blobs of paint

Someone trying to park where they shouldn't on Ferndene Road?

Looks like either a car or Old Beades boys falling out of their bar into this sign!

Even the railings on Parrs Wood Lane are getting regularly targeted by taggers

Bin on Tuscan Road/Millgate Lane gets a paint job

Just one of many lamp posts bombed and reported along Wilmslow Road

Old friend outside the BT building on Wilmslow Rd needing another cleaning

A snippet of reports from January 2011

2011-09-12T21:22:00.000+01:00

Didsbury Park litter in a tree guard

Gawsworth Avenue sub-station was being used as a dump by the electricity company

Parrs Wood Road lamp post graffiti outside Francis House (SERK by the looks of it)

Queensway/Burnage Lane lit bollard graffiti

MMU Didsbury campus entrance on Sandhurst Road bombed by SERK

December 2010 selection of reported problems and vandalism

2011-09-11T22:10:00.000+01:00

Ballbrook Rd street cabinet

Cotton Ln street cabinet tagged

Another Cotton Ln cabinet tagged

Kinnaird Rd/Wilmslow Rd post box attacked

Sandhurst Ln bridge attacked by SERK

A new style by SERK on Sandhurst Ln - yep, we're all pretty bored with it

Smashed bollard on Sandhurst Ln near School Ln

School Ln lamp No.21 - tag just pointing out at the bottom of the picture - SERK again!

Rear of street sign on School Lane

Redfern flats, Wilmslow Road street cabinet once more

Telegraph pole tagged outside flats on Wilmslow Rd

Wilmslow Rd lamp post No.227

SERK again on the bus stop opposite The Christie, Wilmslow Road

Getting darker in November 2010 - some reported items around Didders

2011-09-11T21:50:00.000+01:00

Litter post bin collection on Crossway access road

And again! Not a good look is it.

Didsbury Lodge gate house on Wilmslow Road (opposite Didsbury Cricket Club)

Missing lit bollard on Queensway

A selection of October 2010's reported vandalism around Didsbury

2011-09-11T21:45:00.000+01:00

Lamp post No.1 Ballbrook Road

SERK strikes again on this wall on Catterick Road

Catterick Rd street cabinet

School bully clever comment on Didsbury Park sign

Ruabon Road lamp No.08

Didsbury Park street cabinet graffiti

SERK + Gillbrook Road sign = reported

Ruabon Rd lamp No.05 - no tags, just school kids' messages - still no need is there?

Street cabinet on Ruabon Rd

Sandhurst Rd lamp post - SERK it again

Sandhurst Road lamp No.07

Sandhurst Rd street cabinet

Damaged lit bollard on Wilmslow Road (that car hadn't just squashed it!)

Road sign on Wilmslow Road tagged

Reported September 2010

2011-09-11T21:00:00.000+01:00

Cotton Lane opposite Heaton Rd junction - nice, original message there!

SERK again - an Elm Grove lamp post - how nice for the primary school kids

Elm Grove damaged pavement reported for repair

Palatine Road/Spath Road street cabinet tagged - rubbish!

Lapwing Lane parade bin-job

Lapwing Lane street cabinet graffiti - this section of Lapwing Lane gets bombed constantly - why?

Lyndhurst Road - SERK again!

Mersey Road post box - is this DARK?

Palatine Road/Lapwing Lane lit bollard attack

Spath Road outside Spath Holme post box

Street cabinet outside Redfern House flats, Wilmslow Road - this must be one of the most bombed/reported/cleaned/bombed street cabinets in Manchester!

Reported August 2010 - one tagger is responsible for too much graffiti

2011-09-11T15:11:00.001+01:00

Wilmslow Rd phone box graffiti outside Noddy's kebab shop

Old Broadway/Wilmslow Rd post box graffiti - again!

SERK strikes again on another Wilmslow Rd lamp post

Cabinet outside the BT building on Wilmslow Rd - SERK again!

Another cabinet outside the BT building with graffiti

Golden Lion hording on Wilmslow Rd (guess who?)

Wilmslow Rd/Old Broadway bus stop graffiti

The bus stop and bin opposite - and again SERK tag

Ah, a different tag - outside Redfern House flats on Wilmslow Rd

Reported in July 2010

2011-09-11T14:38:00.001+01:00

Hoarding around the Golden Lion site - Ferndene Rd/Wilmslow Rd - this is constantly under attack

A tiny bit of graffiti on Ruabon Rd sign - why do they bother?

Sandhurst Lane bridge over the new Metrolink line/old railway line

What function does this post perform? It's on Wilmslow Rd outside the Golden Lion pub site

Wilmslow Rd opposite Sandhurst Road street cabinet

Badly damaged Wilmslow Road outside East Didsbury train station - I managed to get the whole damaged area repaired properly after a few poor patch-up jobs.

Reported June 2010

2011-09-11T14:29:00.001+01:00

Hesketh Avenue street cabinet graffiti

Lane End Rd/Kingsway phone box graffiti in Burnage

Graffiti on Saddlewood Ave lamp post (just about viewable!)

Recycling bins on School Lane - constant point of attack for taggers

Warburton Street - too pretty for this rubbish

Whitechapel St kerb damaged

No yellow line on Wingate Drive - it has since been repainted

Some of our reported problems May 2010

2011-09-11T12:28:00.000+01:00

Catterick Road street cabinet near Atwood Road

Fog Lane / Wilmslow Road crossing

Parrs Wood Road street cabinet graffiti (near Mellington Ave)

Sandhurst Lane

As it says!

Willow Way - I have been arguing for a long time that the council needs to repair or replace the road surface

Wilmslow Road out street cabinet outside the BT building (opposite Ballbrook Court)

Street cabinet graffiti in the middle of the Village

Graffiti, litter, worn outlines and pavement repaired!

2010-06-10T20:31:00.006+01:00

Graffiti at the junction of Wilmslow Road and Fog Lane - reported

Willow Way litter in tree cages reported, along with pot holes on the road following a local resident who contacted me to raise the issue

Yellow lines on Brayton Avenue - following a request by a local resident I have got this job placed onto the next council line painting schedual - hopefully the lines will be repainted before the end of the summer holidays to cut down parking from MMU

Graffiti on The Didsbury pub crossing bollard - reported

Victory! The pavement was repaired really quickly - good work by council work crew.

The pavement through Didsbury Village is in dire need of repair by the council - plus assorted action

2010-04-14T21:52:00.004+01:00

I have reported the very bad condition of the flags running through the village, ruined by the harsh winter weather andin real need of repair

I reported this lit bollard for repair at the end of Parrs Wood Road at the junction with Millgate Lane

The pavement outside the entrance to MMU on Wilmslow Road is getting dangerous - reported

Atwood Road - another piece of mindless vandalism - reported

School Lane graffiti on the railway bridge near Barlow - this has been attacked before - reported

Glad to see the Scout Hut cleaned amongst other action

2010-04-09T08:24:00.007+01:00

Catterick Rd graffiti - reported

Victoria Ave - where I grew up! - reported and I watched it being cleaned - excellent job!

Happy to see my old Scout Hut on School Lane get cleaned up

The Drive - graffiti on both signs at Fog Lane and an NTL box all reported

Moorland Road bollard at Beaver Rd reported for repair

Graffiti and pot holes East Didsbury and Parrs Wood Road

2010-04-07T22:07:00.002+01:00

Oakway/Kingsway hole in the path - reported

Pot holes across Parrs Wood Road at junction with Ruabon Rd - reported

Part of all the graffiti that has just gone up along Parrs Wood Rd - reported

Laneside Road graffiti at junction with Kingsway - reported

Graffiti on Moorpark Road - reported

Rhodes Clock and Fletcher Moss Gardens

2010-04-03T17:32:00.003+01:00

The historic Rhodes Clock

Winner of the South Manchester Reporter's Big Picture in January http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/community/g/509512_the_big_picture

Phone boxes around Didsbury

2010-04-03T17:17:00.005+01:00

In the middle of the village on Wilmslow Rd reported and cleaned

Parrs Wood Rd at junction with Catterick Rd reported

Fog Lane near Burnage station reported

Outside Didsbury Library

Wilmslow Road outside Noddys

East Didsbury pot holes and graffiti getting tackled

2010-04-03T16:44:00.003+01:00

Litter in Parrs Wood Rd tree protectors reported to be cleared

Parrs Wood Rd graffiti near Mellington Ave - sorted

Bankside Road pot holes reported

Broad Oak Lane pot holes reported to make that school run easier!

Post Boxes around Didsbury

2010-04-01T18:37:00.003+01:00

Wilmslow Road/Grove Ln - reported

Old Broadway/Wilmslow Rd - reported

Outside the Fat Loaf and Old Cock on Wilmslow Rd - reported

Wilmslow Rd outside the entrance to the Towers - reported and sorted!

Outside the old post office that Labour closed opposite East Didsbury train station - reported

2010-04-01T18:28:00.003+01:00

Palatine Rd/Lapwing Ln graffiti spot reported - this junction is always getting tagged!

Knackered road at the junction of Parrs Wood Ave and Wilmslow Road reported for repair.

Graffiti on the phone box at the end of Parrs Wood Ave reported.

I have reported those huge and dangerous pot holes outside outside East Didsbury station - and they've been sorted already!

I have also reported the drain to be cleaned out as it's clearly been blocked following the engineering work to the bridge.

2010-03-30T23:16:00.001+01:00

Parrs Wood Road graffiti has been cleaned and rubbish removed from the Milgate Road end up to Atwood Road reported all year round!

2010-03-26T21:00:00.002Z

Graffiti in Didsbury Park, including the veterans hut and the bowling hut

2010-03-24T21:41:00.002Z

Didsbury Park (the road!) has been attacked too many times with graffiti

2010-03-24T21:39:00.000Z

Beaver Road and Atwood Road post box

2010-03-24T21:37:00.001Z

The same tagger(s) going down Barlow Moor Road - reported and cleaned up very quickly

2010-03-24T21:35:00.002Z

Brayton Avenue sign graffiti reported

2010-03-24T21:35:00.001Z

Anerley Road pot holes reported

2010-03-24T21:31:00.001Z

Burst sand bag along Parrs Wood Road outside Francis House reported

2010-03-24T21:30:00.000Z

Knight Street graffiti reported

2010-03-24T21:29:00.000Z

Cotton Hill garden waste reported

2010-03-24T21:27:00.000Z

Belfield Road NTL box graffiti reported

2010-03-24T21:26:00.001Z

Catterick Road and Atwood Road graffiti reported

2010-03-24T21:25:00.001Z

Didsbury Post Office on Albert Hill Street

2010-03-24T21:21:00.002Z

Atwood Road post box at the junction with Parrs Wood Road

Austin Drive pot holes

2010-03-23T22:20:00.003Z

Pot holes on Austin Drive since the bad winter weather have been reported for repair