[Mattylad]

Don't I know it Brian, I have been trying to get out for the past 15 years.
It's only the recent housing boom & glut of landlords that allowed me to.

I doubt if Cog lane will ever become a place that is safe to play & with better play areas for the teens etc, not with the current scumbags that live there.

I know all about trying to better the area & how it's just like banging your head on a brick wall, I was on the residents association comittee & that was a bit of a waste of time.

Any attempt at making a play area, perhaps putting some swings etc up is only going to be any good for the under 7's etc. The teens never get any decent play areas, certainly not ones that are not besieged by older yobs who wreck & glass it.

Yes it might be suggested by the council that it's going to happen, but then it will be withdrawn & cash will go elsewhere or a much lesser thing will get done instead.

That's the way it is & always will be, esp in Burnley.