Looking at social media it appears that a major one day music event will be held in People’s Park Ashington during August 2021.
It’s said that an expected 5000 people will attend the event and that tickets are on sale at £25 each.
The ‘white noise’ on the social media airwaves from local residents doesn’t appear to be anti a music event but the people who live in that part of Ashington are very concerned about health and safety and car parking.
People’s Park for those who aren’t local yet read this blog, is an open field complete with football pitches and a magnificent recently supplied by the Local Town Council Children’s play area. It does have two small car parks but no where near the space required to park the number of cars locals expect.
It’s believed that the event is being advertised with a drinks licence but no one is aware of a consultation with local people over the issue of a licence by the County Council to hold this event.
Social media is also asking if the local FA officials know that 5000 people will be trampling over the football pitches just before the kick off of the new Covid free season.
The new Leader of the County Council Glen Sanderson needs to make sure things have been issued legally and properly and that we nutters will remind him that 5000 possibly drunken revellers rampaging around a residential area and an estimated 1000 cars strewn outside peoples doors is not good PR for his embryonic administration and that he like Boris Johnson’s exposure in the Dominic Cummings revelations can’t go into hiding and pooh pooh Ashington’s residents and he will have to explain to young parents if the children’s play area gets damaged how he is going to repair any vandalism as he and his group have pushed through an £8.3M budget cut.
Are you insured Councillor Sanderson?