We had our Friends of Marple Memorial Park AGM last night and I obtained the following update ready for that from Cllr. Martin Candler on 7 April:
The toilets in the Memorial Park will not be closing in the near future.
The Council is still working on finding replacements as I described to
you earlier.
If anything becomes clear on the matter I will let you know
Whilst we believe Cllr. Candler is doing everything he can to keep the toilets open we felt that it could only help this cause if the FOMMP wrote to the council expressing our view that the toilets in the park cannot be practically replaced by a Community Toilet Scheme and should be kept open indefinitely for public use.
We have also agreed to urge other local groups to write to the council in support and to start a petition.
With regard to the petition, I'd like to engage the help of as many people as possible to collect signatures - perhaps we can show that the forum is not just a talking shop!
If you can help please download a copy of the petition form, print some off and collect as many signatures as you can. You can send them by post or, if you have the technology, scan them and send them to me by email. Details are on the bottom of the form.
www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/memorialpark/toilets_petition.pdfOver to you folks