So I wrote a letter to a councillor. Well, sent an Email. It was about the fact that they are demolishing the Battersea Park Adventure playground to and replacing it with an unmanned standard playground. Basically removing a huge community resource for 8-13 year olds and replacing it with a minor resource for 4-8 year olds. I felt that the councillor had a duty to protect the playground so my email was quite succinct. It read like this:
I didn't get into any of the extended politics behind it. I felt that it was unlikely I would get a reply of any sort, and if I did it would be an apology and some sort of waffle about resources and priorities. What I did receive however surprised me. An email with no text in the body except:-
and 3 attached files; 1 document:
and 2 photos:
Most of what I have to say is in my reply:
I am pretty sure I won't get a reply this time, but I promise to update this post if I ever do. The protesters are off the site and the bulldozers are levelling the place ready for another unsupervised excitement free little kid's play space.
