Agreed; swings are one of the first things that children use and the only one that they can use safely for some time. They are therefore a necessity and given the number of young children in FH I would like some assurances that new swings will be installed very shortly as it is not acceptable for these to have been removed and something else installed in their place, particularly as the alternative is effectively not going to see much use until the spring whereas swings can be used all year long.

I would also like to know what is being done to deal with the dog problem in this area to protect children from dog waste. Signs are no good as dogs can't read! Either there needs to be a separate fenced off dog walking area on the grassy slope or they need to be banned altogether which is probably impractical. I look forward to hearing the councils proposals in this respect.