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Work begins on controversial Rye playground
1:02pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
WORK has begun on a controversial adventure play ground on the Rye.
Men began to dig the foundations of the Wycombe District Council project yesterday.
The new play area, which is aimed at the eight to 14 age group, will feature a raised wooden walkway linked by rope bridges, spider nets and a fireman's pole.
There will also be monkey bars, a tree house with games and a slide.
The plans have attracted both criticism and praise from members of the public.
Bucks Free Press website user Pip posted: "I think that this will be a great addition to High Wycombe. I think that it will blend in with the trees beautifully complementing the park."
Another user, Plus ca change, wrote :"The layout...looks fantastic. Wycombe has never seen its like."
However, the High Wycombe Society opposes the change.
Speaking last month, Tony Fooks, vice chairman, said: "I think it's no secret that we are completely opposed to this idea.
"The size and bulk of some of the equipment is totally out of character to the Rye.
"It's an open space for the public and in that context putting something like that on the Rye and building on it is not appropriate."
Responding to Mr Fooks criticisms, Cllr Jean Teesdale from Wycombe District Council said: "I've listened to the society's concerns and I do sympathise with them but at the end of the day I feel the Rye is a recreation ground and we need to let children play in a safe environment but be as free as possible.
"It's a good thing and I think once it's there they will realise its not as bad as they thought.
"We need to give children something to do to keep them off street corners and keep then healthy."
Work is expected to finish in August.
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BrianD, Hazlemere says...
2:39pm Thu 3 Jul 08
motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
2:40pm Thu 3 Jul 08
My other comment is this: A wooden walkway linked with ropes, spider nets and a firemans pole, monkey bars and a treehouse and a slide.....so kids with disabilities once again miss out! Disabled kids don't want to play do they?
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
2:46pm Thu 3 Jul 08
My other comment is this: A wooden walkway linked with ropes, spider nets and a firemans pole, monkey bars and a treehouse and a slide.....so kids with disabilities once again miss out! Disabled kids don't want to play do they?
Run for the hills the PC brigade has found us
DaveG, Wycombe says...
2:59pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Motherclanger, are you Ivor in disguise??? Or are you just another one who's trying to live in the 1360's?
I think this is a great addition to the Rye - it's right in the corner, mainly hidden by trees and will not detract at all from the beautiful vista across the Rye to the woods and dyke in the South.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:05pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Wigster, Amersham says...
3:08pm Thu 3 Jul 08
erm, ermsville says...
3:14pm Thu 3 Jul 08
so kids with disabilities once again miss out!
so the alternative is...nobody gets it?
zzzzz
slacker, Flackwell says...
3:21pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Catflap, work says...
3:29pm Thu 3 Jul 08
motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
3:32pm Thu 3 Jul 08
The fact is the The Rye is one of the few historical peices of land left in HW. We have very few left, we should be proud of it and protecting it.
Call me what you like I really don't give a stuff - sticks and stones, love, sticks and stones.
slacker, Flackwell says...
3:43pm Thu 3 Jul 08
If your severely disabled child cannot use a swing or a slide with help, then what sort of public play area would be suitable for him?
BTW I am not being arguementative here, I am genuinely interested in what you think would be suitable for your child.
erm, ermsville says...
3:44pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Ivor, says...
3:56pm Thu 3 Jul 08
I wonder how much the playground will cost? Perhaps they should put up some permanent goal posts so the children can play football?
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Blogs".
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:57pm Thu 3 Jul 08
WHEEE!
motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
4:04pm Thu 3 Jul 08
My point is they could have made parts of it accessable for all - you have all missed the point
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:06pm Thu 3 Jul 08
slacker, Flackwell says...
4:09pm Thu 3 Jul 08
motherclanger wrote:Well I have tried to be understanding and have asked what you want from a play area.
Me I'm as bitter as you want to make me if it makes YOU feel better for your lack of understanding of those around you.
My point is they could have made parts of it accessable for all - you have all missed the point
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:21pm Thu 3 Jul 08
http://www.wycombe.g
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motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
4:22pm Thu 3 Jul 08
s should have thought of - inclusion. OK then...we could have had a wheelchair accessable roundabout - they do exist and fixed walkways with things to do on them. The lower level could be, and possibly is, for the less mobile of kids.
Elmo, I didn't pick out the more adventurous details; I listed what the BFP put in their column.
acjy1985, high wycombe says...
4:33pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:37pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Any comment about the treehouse with the telescope and sensory play area, or the ramp up to the top of the agility trail, or the stairs with wheel tracks, or the swinging hammock?..
...or the power of research?
slacker, Flackwell says...
4:47pm Thu 3 Jul 08
motherclanger wrote:Have a look at the link that Elmo has provided. It seems that there is wheelchair accessibility for the play area including a wheelchair ramp, a wheelchair accessible slide and a sensory play area.
Slacker - it isn't what I want it is what the designers/councellor
s should have thought of - inclusion. OK then...we could have had a wheelchair accessable roundabout - they do exist and fixed walkways with things to do on them. The lower level could be, and possibly is, for the less mobile of kids.
Elmo, I didn't pick out the more adventurous details; I listed what the BFP put in their column.
Actually looking at the map, I didn't realise this new playground was going to be so big. This looks fantastic.
I blame BFP for the lack of information on this news story. They could have made a big thing about the facilities for disabled children but they have either chosen to ignore it or have not checked the details.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:08pm Thu 3 Jul 08
I guess we get back to the
Fooks, err.
Not sure what he wants, is it to keep a historically significant big patch of grass intact?
motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
5:23pm Thu 3 Jul 08
AND NO I haven't had time to wade through that mountain of information yet because I have been caring for my son.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
5:32pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Red, High Wycombe says...
6:04pm Thu 3 Jul 08
I think the idea of a play area is a good one but perhaps a different location would've been more sensible and sensitive - we should be introducing additional parks and open spaces not tarnishing those that exist in such manner.
Town Cryer, Wycombe says...
6:44pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Want to tell him what you think of the decision to put Play area on Rye
-- e mail --
Tony_Green@wycombe.g
ov.uk'
Im sure he will welcome your comment !!! Though based on past experience will do very little to address what the people of Wycombe really want !!! Lets have a Town Council and take control of our own future
R of Wycombe, High Wycombe says...
8:29pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Catflap wrote:It's between the nursery and the boathouse, nicely tucked out of the way from prying eyes. You know the bit of the rye where all the teenagers go after school and sit in their groups drinking cheap cider and smoking dope.
can someone tell me where abouts on the rye this is
Plus ça change..., Wycombe Bliss says...
10:29pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Probably got something for everyone.
If not, WDC read all these posts!
When are you going to designate a nice green area close to the town centre, say, between Eden & the H?
A nicely landscaped area on a slope with a small waterfall (that works...), picnic area, tables, benches, shrubs, pergolas, flowers, pond, some ducks, somewhere we can go for 10 minutes and have an intown breather or chomp on our kebab & pesto baguettes and slurp our Wycombe lime, liquorice and mango megasmoothie.
Any local DIY giant could probably knock something together for us.
A little bit of intown Chilterns.
I'll take my own deckchair.
Thanks.
Town-man, High Wycombe says...
4:56pm Sat 5 Jul 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
10:05am Mon 7 Jul 08
...I win!
Town Cryer, Wycombe says...
10:52pm Tue 8 Jul 08
Town-man wrote:This only happens because Tory councillors like Tony Green let it.
Does not matter who the Cabinet member is Teesdale or Green ( at least he is a town member). It is NOT WDC paying the bill. It is a BIG LOTTERY Funding. Where was the public consultation of this? Yet another reason for a Town Council, would this have happened in Marlow??? NO WAY
Organisations like Wycombe Society, Local resident groups and other political parties --along with a Town Council if we were allowed to have one would consult the residents !!!
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Elmo, High Wycombe says...
2:34pm Thu 3 Jul 08
I'm sure some of the detractors will love it if they just give it a
go and Fooks himself
may even enjoy it.