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SPRING HAS SPRUNG -  AND WITH IT HAS COME BAD NEWS.

WENT TO THE BEBINGTON RD. ALLOTMENTS AGM LAST NIGHT.MY FIRST TIME SINCE I GOT MY PLOT LAST JUNE. 
GOT A LIFT FROM MY ALLOTMENT NEIGHBOUR CATHY. QUITE A GOOD TURN OUT AND REFRESHMENTS TOO.
THERE WAS ALSO A COUPLE OF RAFFLES-I DIDNT WIN-SOB.
MET UP WITH FELLOW ALLONTMENTERS AND HAD A BRIEF CHINWAG.

AS THE MEETING WENT ON AND THINGS WERE DISCUSSED , IT CAME UP THAT WE ARE MOST PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A STEEP INCREASE IN OUR RENTS.
BY STEEP,I CAN ONLY PRESUME IT WILL BE THE SAME AS OTHER COUNCILS-SOME UP TO 300% INCREASE!!
AT THE MOMENT I PAY £32.00 A YEAR - RUMOURS SAY IT COULD GO UP TO £100.00

THERE IS NO WAY I CAN ,  OR WILL PAY THAT AMOUNT.
 I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PURPOSE OF ALLOTMENTS CAME ABOUT AROUND THE 1ST WORLD WAR.

IT WAS TO HELP PEOPLE FEED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. FOOD WAS SCARSE AND RATIONED.SOME PEOPLE WERE,IN FACT,STARVING-HENCE THE ALLOTMENT IDEA.

IVE BEEN TOLD THAT COUNCILS  HAVE TO PROVIDE ALLOTMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GROWING PRODUCE.TO FEED THEMSELVES HEALTHILY AND CHEAPLY.
SURELY THERE MUST BE A LAW SOMEWHERE STATING THIS-
HOW THEY CAN JUSTIFY THE INCREASES ARE SCANDULOUS.

OUR COUNCIL (WIRRAL BOROUGH) HAVE STOPPED ALL FUNDING TO OUR SOCIETY. NO FUNDING.NO REPAIRS AND NO MAINTENANCE. THE ROADS AND PATHS ARE CRUMBLING AND DANGEROUS YET THEY SEEM INTENT ON HIKING UP OUR RENTS WHILST DOING NOTHING!! WE HAVE REGULAR BREAK INS,SHEDS SET ALIGHT AND FLY TIPPING!

IT SEEMS THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO 'SELF MANAGED'...WE HAVE TO HAVE A YES FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE PLOT HOLDERS AND SOMEHOW,FUND OURSELVES. 
IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROOT,IT WILL BE HARD GRAFT.
THE IDEA IS BEING MULLED OVER SERIOUSLY...WATCH THIS SPACE.

OH-DID I MENTION? I WAS VOTED IN AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE MEETING TOO. I'L DO MY BEST TO HELP THINGS ALONG.