News Grass-cut misery for pensioner
An elderly resident from Swinefleet is calling on East Riding gardeners to clean up after themselves so she can sit in her garden again.
Irene Kemble, who is in her eighties and lives in sheltered accommodation in Church Lane, told the Goole Times she had great difficulty pushing her walking frame after council gardeners left piles of cut grass on her lawn.
Speaking last week, Mrs Kemble's daughter Janet Carmichael said: "The council has been this morning to cut the grass and I've never seen anything so disgusting.
"My mum has a wheeler but can't even get into the garden because they don't take the grass up."
Mrs Kemble's garden has recently been re-done and her daughter added: "It's such a shame to have a nice garden and not be able to sit in it.
"A lot of money has been spent on it."
A Goole Times reporter who visited the bungalow saw that grass had been blown off the flagstones but was left in piles on the lawn, in the rockery, which has just been finished, and around garden ornaments.
"Couldn't they have a basket or something to collect it in?" asked Mrs Kemble.
"If I put a foot wrong with my frame, I'm down."
Mrs Kemble and her daughter also feel that cutting the grass more often would help.
"They cut it every four to five week," Mrs Kemble said.
"If they cut it more regularly, it would be easier."
A spokesperson for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council said: "The grass-cutting operations on council housing areas are scheduled to be completed 14 times per annum.
"Unfortunately, the grass-cutting operations were disrupted during the floods, with grounds operatives aiding the flood clear-up.
"Additional resources have been made available to get the grass across the East Riding back up to its usual standard as soon as possible and areas should start to improve with each cut, weather permitting."
Published on 16th August 2007 in News.
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