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The problem with the database state is that it criminalises ordinary and harmless people while the louts go free.  Whether it’s policewomen not allowed to look after each other’s children or headmasters being sacked for out of date fishing licences the criminalising of the harmless seems to be the abiding failure of law enforcement today.  The ID card will of course take this further.

Anti-social behaviour is a real and very nasty stain on people’s lives.  Even down to firebugs burning grass on Wherstead Road or raucous all night parties on Rectory Road, this is when the streets start to get out of control.  No ID card will sort that out if all the kids get is a kiss, cuddle and caution.  Crime and anti-social behaviour is caused by a small minority of people, and the system should be focussing on that minority, not the vast majority who may overfill their dustbin after Christmas.

Luckily there is a group in Ipswich that wants to do something about ID cards.  They should be in the town centre next week.

The Public meeting will now be at the IP-City centre at the top of Wherstead Road.

The recent sad announcement of job losses at Ransomes means that one of Bridge’s formerly major employers is a good time to revisit the history of the firm.  Formerly Ipswich (which chided me, quite rightly, for my uncanny ability to get the wrong road names) has an interesting take on Ransomes history.  He quite rightly points out that the first beneficiary of big government is big business.

The deadline is quickly approaching for the Southern Cement application to vary their environmental permit to expand their operations.  If you want to do something about it it needs to be quick.  Luckily it is quite easy.  Here are some easy instructions:

1.  Write to the following address:
 
Environmental Protection Services

2.  Refer to the application:
 
Southern Cement Ltd (No1 Shed Cliff Quay Port of Ipswich IP3 0BS)
Application to Vary Environmental Permit, for blending, packaging, loading unloading and the use of bulk cement.

3.  Say that you object to the application
 
4.  Give reasons refering to the dust.  The application is about dust pollution so if you’ve seen it then refer to it. 

5.  If you wish you can also mention noise.   Be aware that this is not the major issue and will not be a reason for refusal, but if Southern Cement see the objections and are aware that it is noise that is causing problems they are more likely to do something about this.

I’d like to remind readers that we have until 25th August to get the complaints into the council about Southern Cement’s expansion. 

Complaints are to be addressed to:

Environmental Protection Services
Ipswich Borough Council
Grafton House
Ipswich
IP1 2DE

It it an environmental permit variation and it mainly concerns the dust.  If you think that Southern Cement has been negligent with the way they treat discharged dust then please say so.

Here’s a picture of the route 66 bus, taken today.

Sadly there are no passengers as although many of them park at Bourne Bridge as they can’t park at the station.

What a waste, if they could only stop on a couple of these journeys life would be easy.  After all over the last couple of years by providing a good service First Eastern Counties created a market for their services on Wherstead Road. 

My post on the Ipswich underground railway seems to be one of the biggest attractions for Google searchers.

In the hope that I can actually provide some genuine history to my readers, including those through Google, there were some rails through Bridge once, in the tram system, including Wherstead Road and Vernon Street.  (This is a Google cache, so please let me know if it stops being fresh).

Thank you to Henry Cooper and Des Pawson who sent this through:

I’ve transcribed the announcement below:

Evening Star, Thursday, July 30, 2009

Southern Cement Ltd (No 1 Shed, Cliff Quay, Port of Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0BS)

Southern Cement Ltd has applied to Ipswich Borough Council to vary their Environmental Permit for the blending, packing, loading, unloading and use of bulk cement.  Southern Cement Ltd has proposed to construct a 35m high 16m diameter silo of 6599 metric tonne capacity at their existing location to increase their current storage space.  The application may be inspected at the Ipswich Borough Council offices, Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DE.  Members of the public have a right to inspect the register free of charge.  Any written representations concerning the application may be made at the Council offices within 28 days from the publication of this notice.

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More will be following.

I’ve been officially informed by one of the councillors that the Council have postponed rather than cancelled a meeting with Southern Cement.  It was all an unfortunate (very unfortunate) turn of phrase and they are instead awaiting developments.

The ludicrously easy to meet request from the group for a direct meeting with Southern Cement is also going to be backed by all both the Conservative and Labour councillors. 

Yet Southern Cement still won’t meet with us.  The Noise Action Group does not want a single job to go with Southern Cement, but there’s one exception.  Their Public Relations consultant is clearly not up to the job.

The electricity cut that caught those of us in Rectory Road (as well as Wherstead Road, Station Street and who knows where else) did not come on in our house until 1.30 pm because they had somehow managed to trip our power switch and we had to call out an electrician.  Luckily we did not open the fridge or freezer or we could have been throwing away almost a weeks worth of food. 

These cuts have been very frequent in the last six months, even if not as long lasting.