[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Monday 29th September]<\/p>\n
A Marsden resident has called for the re-introduction of mounted police to tackle an increase in anti-social behaviour on the real ale trail she said has become \u201ctoo awful to bear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Community campaigner Wendy Crowther also wants to see the closure of a beer garden and a lager ban on Saturdays to stop\u00a0swearing, bottle-throwing and public urination that has got so \u2018ridiculous\u2019\u00a0in her neighbourhood this summer that her grandchildren can no longer stay at the house on the weekend.<\/p>\n
It comes after officers arrested a woman on Saturday as part of their Ale Trail work.<\/p>\n
Kirklees Rural police said:<\/p>\n
\u201cA female was arrested on the train station by a Rural Officer this evening after she was seen having a wee on the platform by several members of the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe female was being spoken to by the Officer about her behaviour when she became\u00a0abusive and violent. She was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and will be receiving a fine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wendy, who lives near to the Railway Pub, was one of the co-founders of the Off The Rails action group and neighbourhood watch in a bid to reduce the\u00a0problem behaviour that became prevalent in the village three years ago.<\/p>\n
She said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s got to the stage on Saturdays where the noise, bad language and behaviour has just become awful. There is so much effing and blinding that I can\u2019t let my grand kids stay at the house on Saturdays any longer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also get people publicly weeing\u00a0nearby and my neighbours have bottles thrown into their gardens quite regularly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She wants to see police horses make a comeback on the streets at peak times of the trail which were used by the West Yorkshire force in a co-ordinated crackdown last year and for The Railway\u2019s owners, Marstons PLC, to keep the beer garden closed on Saturdays and to install a high fence around the area to prevent dangerous objects being thrown.<\/p>\n
Wendy, 55, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police horses had a real calming effect on the village\u00a0last year and we were told by the force at a meeting in May that they would look into bringing them back this year but so far we\u2019ve seen nothing, even though the problems have got worse over the summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any difference if\u00a0we tell people on the trail to be more respectful ourselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope the horses come back this year ahead of the Christmas party season and would like to see the fence put up and a ban on lager to be put in place again at village pubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to stop the trail but we want people on it to not behave in a\u00a0manner that\u2019s disruptive or offensive to residents.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Her views were shared by Liberal Democrat councillor Nicola Turner and Conservative councillor Donna Bellamy. Clr Turner said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to continue to work together as residents, pub landlords, councillors and police to try stop all\u00a0anti-social behaviour\u00a0so that people can enjoy what is a great day out appreciating local ales.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A spokesman for the Railway Pub said that there were currently no plans to install a fence or reconsider the beer garden\u2019s opening times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Monday 29th September] A Marsden resident has called for the re-introduction of mounted police to tackle an increase in anti-social behaviour on the real ale trail she said has become \u201ctoo awful to bear.\u201d Community … Continue reading