mc_squared Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Council charges mothers £1 to park PUSHCHAIRS outside library Last updated at 1:11 AM on 19th September 2008 Comments (56) Add to My Stories Angry parents are being charged £1 to park their pushchairs at libraries holding free singing sessions for children. The parking fee has been introduced for every buggy brought to the popular Baby Boogie sessions. Hundreds of parents turn out each week for the singing and rhyme classes for under-fives which are held in 11 libraries in Brighton and Hove. Angry: Andrea Pollins, right, and Suzie Christiansen, left, had to fork out £1 for each pushchair they brought to a free children's singing session in the library They had been free until this month but now mums and dads will have to pay and claim it will encourage them to drive rather than walk. Mother-of-two Andrea Pollins, 31, said: 'I thought the council wanted people off the road and walking but this will encourage them to use their cars. 'I can afford to pay £1 but I'm sure it would put some people off.' Brighton and Hove City Council is expected to make £4,000 from the controversial charge but said the income was used to cover costs of the scheme after it lost funding. A council spokesman said: 'We have introduced a small cloakroom charge to store pushchairs and buggies. All the money collected goes towards running the sessions. 'The charge is per buggy or pushchair regardless of number of children. We don't want to make it too expensive for the families with a number of children under five. 'The council makes no other charges for buggies or pushchairs in our libraries or any other public building we manage. 'The current charges will be reviewed later this year.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 ... Quick way to make a pound, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 ... Quick way to make a pound, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Won't be long before someone introduces a "breathing" tax!!:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Well, that's one too. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Won't be long before someone introduces a "breathing" tax!!:rolleyes: The Breathing Tax comes into force on the 1st October 2008, Lord Brown needs some more money to give to the Scottish you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 The Breathing Tax comes into force on the 1st October 2008, Lord Brown needs some more money to give to the Scottish you see. So will that be Gordon's "last-gasp" action before he finally falls on his sword??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 You could say that, but he has sold his sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 You could say that, but he has sold his sword Along with the crown jewels??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 He is currently selling the crowd jewels to some rich arabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 He is currently selling the crowd jewels to some rich arabs. The ones who bought City??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I was looking at this article thinking of when I went to my local library....and I saw some buggies parked outside...... then I noticed this was about Brighton & Hove! If all of the sessions are free, I don't really see why people should moan about paying a small fee for someone looking after their buggies. Maybe 50p or something. It's just sad in this day and age, you can't just leave your pram/buggy anywhere without being stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 I was looking at this article thinking of when I went to my local library....and I saw some buggies parked outside...... then I noticed this was about Brighton & Hove! If all of the sessions are free, I don't really see why people should moan about paying a small fee for someone looking after their buggies. Maybe 50p or something. It's just sad in this day and age, you can't just leave your pram/buggy anywhere without being stolen. You could in Germany.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I would say £1 is good value for money to make sure that the pushchair is kept in a secure environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 I would say £1 is good value for money to make sure that the pushchair is kept in a secure environment Said like a true council spokesman!!:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_face_of_light Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 So will that be Gordon's "last-gasp" action before he finally falls on his sword??:rolleyes: Did you see the latest opinion polls, Conservative:52%, Labor:24% if that happened a an election it would be worse than falling on a sword it would be total destruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 (First) Lord (of the treasury) Brown doesn't have to call a general election until the 5th May 2010 :( Unless the Queen gets really pissed off and uses her power to dissolve government early, which is highly unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_face_of_light Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Either way he's a dead man walking politically, I for one am very much looking forward to seeing these tax obsessed nannying arrogant champange socialists given the boot, particually the contemptable twat Ed Balls and the deluded Miliband, as well as McBrown himself obviously, I jumped for joy when I saw Livingstone lose the London Mayoral election, for all he people that did vote for him he got kicked out because he was a power crazy idiot with stupid ideas and was rather badly hated by alot of London. Unless Cameron does something monumetally stupid he's going to win the next election, my only hope is that Labour take such a battering that they become the 3rd party with the Lib Dems as the official oppisition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 So did you vote for Boris? . Where I live, both MPs for the village (just don't ask how a small village ended up with 2 MPs) are Tories, and both got voted in with a heavy majority. -------------- The problem with the labour party at the moment is you have people saying Brown should go, but there is really nobody to replace him as leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_face_of_light Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Of course I voted for Boris, the only thing I would vote for in favour of Ken Livingstone would be his public execution, I really really don't like him. The problem with Labour now is Browns reputation's in ruins and his 'prudence' tag exposed for a lie he appears incompetent and has no focus and no direction anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I love the way they keep the "cost of living" figures down by including items where people only buy once every 2-3 years (sofas, large TVs, computers etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_face_of_light Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 To tell the truth I'm never likely to vote for Labour as I would say fiscally, and on quite a few other areas I find myself to be quite strongly a Tory voter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Either way he's a dead man walking politically. In other words, he's Brown bread........................ :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 ^Worst. Joke. Ever^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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