Well it looks like the Police have been successful in moving the drinkers out of Dean Gardens; instead they seem to have taken up residence in Green Man Passage. For those of you not familiar with this cut through, it is accessed via Alexandra Road by Waitrose and takes you in-between the Cancer Research shop and Seba Electronics in West Ealing Broadway.
There are two Happy Child Nurseries based there which makes the experience even more unsatisfatory for those of us that drop of and pick up our children. I often walk in to the entrance of the Nursery passing groups of drinkers sat on the wall by the entrance. Rubbish is often strewn along the route and in a small passage near the baby Nursery.
At our recent public meeting Paul Dunn talked about potential solutions to this growing problem – including gating and locking this area at night. This can only be a good idea, but still doesn’t tackle what goes on here during the day, pretty much everyday.
Yesterday at the Alexandra Road entrance I witnessed addtional activity that I won’t go into to detail on here, but leads me to think that it’s not only drinking that is the issue.
If anyone has any ideas on what can be done, I would love to hear them.
Diane Gill
