Nominate your weed hotspots in Taunton

12:00pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News By Andrew McGill

Nominate your weed hotspots in Taunton Nominate your weed hotspots in Taunton

SHOPPERS in Taunton have been kicking up a stink over the amount of weeds currently poking up around the town centre.

Our photographer captured these examples of unsightly weeds in the town - but we want to hear your eyesore sites.

Leave your suggestions using the form below.

Comments(18)

What is Happening says...
12:51pm Tue 9 Oct 12

Not enough space here to suggest places - Taunton and outlying areas are a disgrace.
So basically Taunton and what about the verges, the roads are getting thinner, while the edges are spreading.
TBC and SCC have spent too much money on Ipads and the lawn by the bus station.
Hope they remember things when its election time.

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raspberryqueen says...
12:53pm Tue 9 Oct 12

Guess everyone's going to have to come to terms with the fact that there's not going to be enough money for this sort of work, for a long time. Council Tax is unlikely to rise again next year, and local councils have to make difficult decisions on priorities. Of course, in years gone by, the peasants knew their place and did this work for peanuts, but they demand the minimum wage these days. It's the sort of work that could be done by young offenders doing community work, as a way for them to put something back into the local community.Apart from that, if the sight of a few weeds bothers you, might I suggest a bit of Big Society activity, and a little gentle weeding ? It's the same thing with drains - lots of flash flooding could be avoided if people went to the trouble of clearing debris from drains near their homes. In the present economic situation, unless we help ourselves, nobody else will.

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Guy Smiley says...
1:05pm Tue 9 Oct 12

Goodlands Gardens and Bath Place are the best places to buy it.

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What is Happening says...
1:40pm Tue 9 Oct 12

Well Raspberryqueen.
Either u r a councillor or support them. As for the Big Society - thats a load of crock, when we are getting ripped of by a government that is so blinkered and big headed - that they will not even listen to the IMF.
Not sure where you are - a few weeds - the whole town is a disgrace - I would how ever suggest - that those on benefits, are made to go and do so weeding - why should they stay in bed and be paid?

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Mr Billy O'naire says...
2:06pm Tue 9 Oct 12

As long as I can afford to continue running my many homes and paying for my small army of domestic servants which of course, includes gardening staff; why should I care about all you dirty unwashed working class oiks and your weedy pavements?!

I am however, quite disappointed in my editor for including this hard-left report in one of my newspapers. I didn't buy it so that my newspapers so that they could be used as platforms for the Plebs to provide their irrelevant comments...What do you think this is, some kind of democracy? Mwhoaaahahaahaaahaa!
We are continuing to amass £billions at your expense whilst continuing to get away with our biggest scam yet...hahah...we claim that the country has no money and that you have to suffer another ten years or more of austerity as a cosequence while we continue to trouser billions in corporate profits!! mWOHAHAHA.. And you dirty oiks can't do anything about this because we own the the three main political parties as well!

Absolutely brilliantly hillarious!!!

My billionaire friends and I, are in complete control...so don't you forget it!!

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Mr Billy O'naire says...
2:11pm Tue 9 Oct 12

PS

I've sacked my PA for making all the above spelling and typo mistakes, as they make a complete mockery of my Eton education!

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Mr Billy O'naire says...
2:18pm Tue 9 Oct 12

What is Happening wrote:
Well Raspberryqueen.
Either u r a councillor or support them. As for the Big Society - thats a load of crock, when we are getting ripped of by a government that is so blinkered and big headed - that they will not even listen to the IMF.
Not sure where you are - a few weeds - the whole town is a disgrace - I would how ever suggest - that those on benefits, are made to go and do so weeding - why should they stay in bed and be paid?
Good man W I H,

I shall have a word with my chum Cameron and get him to re-introduce the scheme where the unemplyed volunteer to work for free or their benefits are cut...I could do with some more free labour i my chain of supermarkets....ever
y little helps......me that is...Mwhooooaohahaha
ahaha!

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cliverita says...
2:25pm Tue 9 Oct 12

I think the weeds are a ticking timebomb, as they are doing some much damage to the paths and kerbs, etc that we will end up with a massive repair bill for eventual reinstatement

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Edwap says...
6:56pm Tue 9 Oct 12

It's quite simple - pop a bit of weedkiller on the road and pavement outside your house/shop (or pick them out of the ground if you don't want to use weedkiller.)

The same with 'council' grass - pop over it with the lawnmower at the same time as doing your own lawn.

As others have said - if everyone pitches in a helps out just a little, then council tax stays frozen which can only be a good thing for those of us who work.

I also love the idea of those with community punishments picking the weeds etc.

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souwesterly says...
9:18pm Tue 9 Oct 12

Perhaps then, the TDBC councillors could set a good example and start clearing up some of their own weeds - those growing on corporation land and properties.

I've said it before - when they send a man with a barrow round (or a man with a machine) to sweep up litter, why on earth can't they also be issued with a back-pack week killer spray gun?
Or is it still 'one man, one job'?

And as for community service 'customers' being utilised to clear the streets - why on earth not? Excellent idea....it's a punishment service, not a 'have a nice day' outing.

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Edwap says...
9:43pm Tue 9 Oct 12

souwesterly wrote:
Perhaps then, the TDBC councillors could set a good example and start clearing up some of their own weeds - those growing on corporation land and properties.

I've said it before - when they send a man with a barrow round (or a man with a machine) to sweep up litter, why on earth can't they also be issued with a back-pack week killer spray gun?
Or is it still 'one man, one job'?

And as for community service 'customers' being utilised to clear the streets - why on earth not? Excellent idea....it's a punishment service, not a 'have a nice day' outing.
"Perhaps then, the TDBC councillors could set a good example and start clearing up some of their own weeds - those growing on corporation land and properties." Great idea

"I've said it before - when they send a man with a barrow round (or a man with a machine) to sweep up litter, why on earth can't they also be issued with a back-pack week killer spray gun? Or is it still 'one man, one job'?" Another great idea

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Ciderman says...
3:46pm Wed 10 Oct 12

Dont worry they have had their lawnmowers out this afternoon and mowed the weeds on the old cattle market!
Not quite sure why but there was 5 of them down there with their yello h&s jackets on!

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souwesterly says...
9:31am Thu 11 Oct 12

souwesterly says...9:18pm Tue 9 Oct 12 ------".......when they send a man with a barrow round (or a man with a machine) to sweep up litter, why on earth can't they also be issued with a back-pack week killer spray gun?....."
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I've just realised what a silly suggestion that is! LOL
That barrow person has a designated job title. They'd have to think up a whole new title for someone who was carrying out weed killing too....and that would require much expensive thinking from a team of specialists in the art of double-talk.
That same team (or most probably an entirely new team) would also have to come up with a design for suitable multipurpose clothing - which would then have to be made available in a multitude of sizes and be suitable for male or female wear - even if no females ever did the job.
The road sweeping, weed killing persons (hereinafter called operatives), would also have to taught in the art of multitasking by another team of specialists - and they'd also have to undergo extensive H & S training. All of which would require said operatives being sent away for week-long residential courses at some far-flung location (e.g. Spain or Barbados or somewhere warm and sunny), together with a selection of management toadies who qualify for a free holiday.
Needless to say, their litter-collecting vehicles wouldn't be suitable to carry both rubbish and weedkilling equipment and would have to be redesigned or replaced - a job that would take so long to sort out that the recession would be over before new vehicles were ready.
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So all in all, that idea is a non-starter - procrastination and red tape being the winners instead.
Sorry about misleading you all.....

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Somerset_BTGOG says...
11:27am Sun 14 Oct 12

I always pull up the weeds directly outside my property, why don't others do the same? It doesn't take much effort in fact it takes more effort to come on sites like this and moan about it.

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MATT7250 says...
7:10pm Sun 14 Oct 12

IT'S NOT JUST WEEDS.
I HAVE NOTICED AT THE TURNING TO STATION APPROACH COMING FROM THE TOWN THAT THERE ARE TREES COVERING THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TO GO STRAIGHT ON, IF THAT IS NOT DANGEROUS WHAT IS.

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souwesterly says...
10:13pm Sun 14 Oct 12

Are you typing while you're driving.....cos your shouting a bit!
Turn your motor (caps) off!

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Mi_Coc says...
12:40pm Mon 15 Oct 12

Its shocking, any private business that just stopped doing jobs it was required to would be challenged but local authorities can do as little as they like as long as the find housing for the growing immigrant population and make sure the big wigs have ipads so they can work from home.

DLO turn up twice a year chop it to death and blow cuttings in the drains so when it rains they wash down the drains causing further blockages and flooding. Can you imagine if I dumped my grass cutting it the surface water drains outside deane house what the reaction would be.

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Mike Rigby says...
9:27am Wed 17 Oct 12

I know! Why don't we all get together, put some money in a pot and hire someone to remove the weeds? While we're at it, we could do the same for other communal services that we require. Then we'd need a name for that organisation. I've got it! We could call it a 'Council'!

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