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Memorial Garden Neglected

GARDENThe Boleyn Ground Memorial Garden was in a sorry state today when West Ham season ticket holder Nigel Kahn paid his respects to Green Street. Developers had promised to keep the garden in good order as part of the original agreement when the land was sold to Galliard homes for £38m, that responsibility was passed on to Barrett London but that promise appears to have lapsed too.

A notice close to the memorial gardens earlier this year said “This area will not be developed and will be preserved, and family and friends are welcome to visit during and after construction. However, this area will be partitioned off during construction for its protection but access will still be provided. We are keen to liaise with those who wish to visit the memorial garden and require access to this area.”

After a previous lapse, Claret and Hugh were told by the club that a daily check would be made by the developers together with a weekly tidy up.

The club had also promised to send in their own grounds maintenance team on a regular basis after previous lapses by the developers but Nigel found the garden overgrown again and covered in branches. The gate was locked so he attempted his best to remove the branches and weeds through the bars.  When Claret and Hugh contacted the club today we were promised that a gardener would be sent out today to tidy up the memorial garden.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

2 comments on “Memorial Garden Neglected

  1. Thats a new word on me young Sean.its nelewhated? lol

  2. If the families that have decided to utilise the garden feel no need or desire to maintain it, then it is easy to understand why nobody else does. However, if the developers have blocked access then they have a duty to maintain the garden until such time as they reopen it.

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