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Permalink Reply by Jax on October 4, 2011 at 18:41

I absolutly agree that is underhand and and shortsighted of them. Is there a way we can protest or tell the press? Any activists out there?

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 11, 2011 at 17:35

How mean spirited, but then I'm not surprised!  Typical City of London

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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cecil on October 14, 2011 at 8:46

Oh no, that is terrible. Worth writing to the local papers about this perhaps?

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Permalink Reply by nathan on December 1, 2011 at 11:33

Well the corporation need to generate more money in these hard times, and keep themselves in jobs, and who said the new management company was a charity, lol,  and how about the charges being levied for the storage sheds on the estate, these shed were designed for the use of residents due to limited space in flats, over £100 a year for a cupboard in the basement of hatfield house that is often flooded due to the high maintenance standards of the plumbing in the flats above, and in summer the smell would take your breath away due to the fact that members of the public use the entrances as open air toilets, I was told by a member of staff not to store anything valuable in these sheds as no comprehensible  record of who had or was given keys. I wonder what else they can come up with to extract more money from people.

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on December 1, 2011 at 12:16

You are spot on there Nathan! 
nathan said:

Well the corporation need to generate more money in these hard times, and keep themselves in jobs, and who said the new management company was a charity, lol,  and how about the charges being levied for the storage sheds on the estate, these shed were designed for the use of residents due to limited space in flats, over £100 a year for a cupboard in the basement of hatfield house that is often flooded due to the high maintenance standards of the plumbing in the flats above, and in summer the smell would take your breath away due to the fact that members of the public use the entrances as open air toilets, I was told by a member of staff not to store anything valuable in these sheds as no comprehensible  record of who had or was given keys. I wonder what else they can come up with to extract more money from people.

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Permalink Reply by nathan on December 1, 2011 at 13:16

i agree with everything you have said, my mother lives at petticoat square, another corporation of london estate close to liverpool street and is an oap, where they have lots of activities for oap's, coach trips , meals, even yearly summer holidays, I know one oap who lives on GLE, and speaking to her i was surprised how little is available  for her, i tried ringing about her entitlement to a  4 yearly decorating allowance for oap's which she has never had, she has lived here since the place was built and is now 87, spoke to the lady at the corporation who is responsible who was adamant that her list of oap's was a complete and accurate list of all the people entitled to it, and she was indifferent to fact that my friends name was not on her list i gave up after ten minutes going round in circles with her. the leisure centre used to do concessions for disabled and unemployed people, but i am sure this has been ditched as well, suppose its easy as these people are in the  minority and and usually ill equipped and have little representation to argue with the corporation.

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