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"Clipping Service"
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The Northern Echo
October 14, 2003

Lowering the volume in Little Stainton

Violet Keyes
Staff Reporter
LITTLE STAINTON — A Little Stainton man broke his silence over the noise from motorcycles and cars in his area, which he said he believes are in violation of the borough’s noise ordinance.
Joshua Bartlett spoke to the council last week about enforcement of a noise ordinance, specifically in reference to motorcycles with straight pipes, and cars of young teenage girls playing rock music who Bartlett said often travel by his home.
“The motorcycles are out of control,” said Bartlett. “They're bad, but the girls in the cars are as discourteous as they can possibly be. It‘s not just one driving slow playing some offensive American rap, it‘s followed seven or eight more cars, some playing Bollywood soundtracks and the worst kind of punk you could imagine.”
Councillor Carol Twin said she would speak to the constable, but told Bartlett that such an ordinance would be difficult to enforce. Councilman Edward Roy said that he agreed about the noise increasing around the town. Often, he said, when he performs weddings in the town square, the ceremony must pause for bikers or groups of loud teenage girls to pass by. The council noted that the town had seen an uptick in the population of young teenagers “hanging out” in the area, particularly girls. Twin expressed confusion at this, and said she didn’t know what could attract them, besides nature.
Resident Lily Rackham chimed in with the noise that often disturbs her - jake brakes on tractor trailers. Bartlett asked selectmen to put up a sign at the town line informing people of the noise ordinance.
“It’s a constant irritation in my life,” said resident Christina Ashwell “I have photos from signs in various other towns, just as I hoped the town could move on ‘no idling’ signs.”
Roy noted that there were a number of complaints about Little Stainton people stopped for speeding through town at speeds above 30 mph, but said that if they lifted enforcement, people would complain about that as well. The item will stay on the pending portion of the council’s agendas until the constable can report back, Twin said.
The Northern Echo approached one young woman in a noisy car, who would only identify herself as “Dawn,” and spoke with an American accent.
“Exactly what else is there for us to do?” asked Dawn. “A lot of us train or study all day, and there’s nothing to do at night. My sister had to go to Rome to find a better nightlife situation.”
 
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2008-10-21 20:33 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
Clearly, this part of the world needs a "Bronze".

2008-10-21 21:00 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] fangfaceandrea.livejournal.com
Twin expressed confusion at this, and said she didn’t know what could attract them, besides nature.
heeeeeeeeeee

cause nature is so attractive to teenage girls XD

so this Buffy is in Rome huh?

2008-10-21 21:53 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] brunettepet.livejournal.com
What an amusing view of a slayer academy's down side.

2008-10-21 22:38 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] rebcake.livejournal.com
Bless Ms. Rackham! Everybody wants to blame 'kids these days', but she sees the bigger picture.

How lovely that the girls are a little cruising UNESCO! Figures that the new Slayers would go for souped-up bikes, rather than the more traditional scooters. Show offs. Of course, without the requisite teenaged boys to distract them, they must be extra-frustrated.

2008-10-22 12:17 (UTC)
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- Posted by [personal profile] shapinglight
Hee! Very amusing though we still have miles per hour in the UK, not kph

2008-10-22 12:50 (UTC)
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- Posted by [identity profile] speakr2customrs.livejournal.com
You really should have had this Brit-picked. [livejournal.com profile] spikereader is on your F-list and I'm sure that she would have been happy to do it for you if you'd asked.

2008-10-23 00:19 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] kassto.livejournal.com
This is wonderful. So original.

(Just a couple of suggestions re idiom: councillor, rather than councilman, and chief constable rather than police chief.

2008-10-23 21:36 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] mere-ubu.livejournal.com
Heh. Leave it to those Slayers to bring down the tone of the whole village!

2008-10-24 16:16 (UTC)
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- Posted by [identity profile] moscow-watcher.livejournal.com
Catching up, totally captivated!

2009-01-03 20:54 (UTC)
- Posted by [identity profile] hello-spikey.livejournal.com
Aw, poor little town. What is it with all these teenaged girls? :D

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