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HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
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Woody
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15-02-2011 07:51 PM

My daughter learnt to ride her bike on the rec and both of my children spent many happy hours in the playground.

It would be a tragedy if other local children were denied the same opportunity. There isn't exactly an oversupply of flat public open space in the HOP area.

And who will want to visit a playground surrounded on all sides by graves. It is bad enough already thanks to Southwark's cynical decision to cut down all of the vegetation that was screening the new burials on the old nursery site from the recreation ground.

Around 75% of people already opt for cremation. How fair is it to sacrifice public open space for a ever decreasing minority?

If anything we should be converting the existing cemeteries into parks and wildlife reserves. Within a few years of becoming full they invariably end up as depressing neglected spaces which only seem to attract vandals and other broken individuals.

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RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 13-02-2011, 04:14 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 13-02-2011, 10:15 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 15-02-2011, 12:21 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 15-02-2011, 06:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011 07:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 09:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 15-02-2011, 09:45 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 10:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011, 10:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 12:50 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 01:24 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 05:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-02-2011, 08:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 09:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 16-02-2011, 09:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 16-02-2011, 11:13 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 17-02-2011, 12:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Jane_D - 17-02-2011, 12:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-02-2011, 03:05 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 18-02-2011, 01:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 18-02-2011, 01:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 19-02-2011, 10:39 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - sandy - 19-02-2011, 10:57 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 19-02-2011, 11:21 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 19-02-2011, 05:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - dbboy - 20-02-2011, 05:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 20-02-2011, 07:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 21-02-2011, 10:03 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 02:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mrcee - 21-02-2011, 04:11 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 21-02-2011, 06:43 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 06:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 21-02-2011, 08:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - jollyrog - 21-02-2011, 09:18 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - john-f - 22-02-2011, 07:29 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 01:31 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 22-02-2011, 04:55 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 11:38 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 23-02-2011, 10:19 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 25-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Tezzyd - 02-03-2011, 08:27 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 02-03-2011, 09:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 03-03-2011, 01:30 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 03-03-2011, 06:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:08 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Oggie - 07-03-2011, 04:35 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - 152047 - 07-03-2011, 04:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 05:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Save HOP - 07-03-2011, 06:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 07-03-2011, 07:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 12-03-2011, 04:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-03-2011, 08:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-04-2011, 09:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 26-04-2011, 09:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 03-05-2011, 01:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-05-2011, 11:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-05-2011, 11:32 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 01:19 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 06:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 06:40 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 08:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 09:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 10:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-07-2011, 09:21 AM
Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 12:18 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 02:05 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - 152047 - 16-09-2011, 01:03 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 16-09-2011, 05:07 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 17-09-2011, 08:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 20-09-2011, 08:57 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 21-09-2011, 09:48 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 08:52 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 12:45 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 03:56 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:06 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 22-09-2011, 04:41 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 08:31 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 01:00 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 26-09-2011, 07:09 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - michael - 26-09-2011, 08:44 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 26-09-2011, 09:39 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 29-09-2011, 07:17 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - mel - 29-09-2011, 11:25 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 16-10-2011, 07:16 PM