Not in my backyard

Anybody else read in the paper about the village/town who does not want the house for families of injured service personnel to be located in their road.

How mean and nasty can you get. The telegraph had a quote from a nurse who lived in the street, and I can tell you, I am glad I do not work with her. They are just concerned about their house prices. As someone who was a forces spouse and knows people who where injured/killed both in Afghanistan and Iraq, I know this place would make a difference to both the injured personnel and their families.

What do other people think?

haven't seen this, do you have a link.

Terrible, does it really matter where someone was injured. If they need the care and family support then they should get it. Always amazes me how narrow minded people can be. What would they want to do if a member of the family was admitted to a specialized burns unit miles away and they wanted to stay close by :angryfire

Sorry - internet dinosaur here. Do not know how to do links.

The house would be near the forces convalescent hospital, so we are talking about guys/girls who have had limbs blown off, and need extensive convalescence.

One army wife, who has 2 children has travelled over 20,000 miles since her husband came back to the UK minus one arm and one leg.

What really upset me was the quote from a nurse who lived in the street, basically saying the house prices would go down if the house was located in her street.

Nice to know we have compassionate nurses like that in the UK.

Here is a link to the story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/31/narmy131.xml

from what i understood in the news it wasnt even a new building just a renovation

and it wasnt breaking planning laws, it makes me laugh the lack of compassion in some people

I m forwarding her name to NMC with public complaint thatshe has brought the nursing profession it the distrubute with her statement and I hope they make life uncomfortable- feel fee to join me.

The objections failed......

SAFFA have bought the house and the few alterations to allow disabled access will go ahead. part of the objections were because the house is expensive (they all are in the south!) and having forces people would lower the tone!! I'm a navy brat and grew up on navy estates.. I think i object to that assumption.

the residents wanted a house built in the grounds of the hospital- all well and good but its a conservation area and I think i read the National Trust own the land so that would have taken years.

our service people deserve better for risking life and limb.

Karen

The objections failed......

SAFFA have bought the house and the few alterations to allow disabled access will go ahead. part of the objections were because the house is expensive (they all are in the south!) and having forces people would lower the tone!! I'm a navy brat and grew up on navy estates.. I think i object to that assumption.

the residents wanted a house built in the grounds of the hospital- all well and good but its a conservation area and I think i read the National Trust own the land so that would have taken years.

our service people deserve better for risking life and limb.

Karen

Very happy to hear this. You're so right that military folks and their families deserve better. Imagine the blessings that would descend on that neighborhood if the residents had welcomed them with open arms and much-deserved appreciation. Maybe some decent people will crawl out of the woodwork and do exactly that.

I too am glad it has been resolved. Shame on the community