Title above by Swheatie of the KUWG
The letter introduced below is from Martin Francis' Wembley Matters blog and published online to help compensate for the fact that the Brent & Kilburn Times has not recently included a letters page. A major problem arising from present day deprivation of today's young poor people is that it conspires to prepare them for a life of drudgery and low expectations.
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| The future for our young people? |
Stonebridge: So much more than just a playground
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| United in the battle to save Stonebridge Adventure Playground |
The Kilburn Times is playing a gteat role in publicising and
supporting the fight to save Stonebridge Adventure Playground.
Unfortunately they have not had a Letters Page for several weeks so I
print below a letter I sent them:
It has been gratifying to see the Brent & Kilburn Times getting
behind the local community's fight to save Stonebridge Adventure
Playground.
I recently attended the Wembley Connects forum where we were invited
to shape a vision for the improvement of the borough. One strong
theme that emerged was the need for social spaces where our diverse
population could meet, share common interests and learn about each
other. It was argued that this would help produce community
cohesion and solidarity.
Stonebridge Adventure Playground is such a space where generations
of children and their parents and carers have mixed and shared each
others company in an area of disadvantage. It was noteworthy that
Doug and Glynis Lee's MBE nomination for their work on the
playground was from grown up children who had helped them build it
back in the 1970s.
Continue reading on Wembley Matters blog....
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