The Art of Hand and Foot Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 In the chron , fire at whitebank last night , new seating set on fire. The seats which hadn't yet been fitted I guess were what we were waiting for!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 We were told that the seats were in safe storage........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollinwooder Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Conveniently timed. Thought I could smell smoke. Oldham Boro never had these problems when they were Tenants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Perhaps they had been recently delivered in order to fit them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed8 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 It's not as if they were miles away, they were at the storage place on Featherstall road, you could see them sticking out from under a tarpaulin in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I have an incling that some members of the local community don't want our club there.It has been vandalised on quite a number of occasions now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Questions should be asked to why no one as ever been caught? OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It is clear that the club needs to involve the community. Open the social club run darts and snooker again. Engage people make them feel like they belong. Treat people like the way you want to be treated Then the club may get a sense of belonging and then the mindless vandalism might stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Ive been down to manchester a few times the past month or so and noticed the seats had been moved from the yard they there in,under the sheet... But the seats are only a third of the build...the steelwork & the concrete are the most important parts....wheres that?? OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Behind the stand at whitebank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 All of it?? Steel beams,concrete,roof,and seats?? Thats alot of structure to "put behind the stand" and ive never noticed it.. The salford stand in question is 33m long..its a substanial bit of kit OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Don't know how much is there but it's under some tarpaulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It can't be..not all of it....i suspect its just the seats.... OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeOfTheTubularBandage Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Interesting these seats and their location was never mentioned at the meetings. The constant vandalism and security issues are more evidence that Whitebank isn't viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Spud it wasn't seats, it was definitely building materials. The liason officer has to be implemented as clearly the community around whitebank don't like the club The new people skills would be on show and the community would be engaged and they would feel apart of Oldham rlfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeOfTheTubularBandage Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I disagree, we don't need a community liaison manger for limeside. We need to leave Whitebank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeOfTheTubularBandage Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 But official reports say it was seats.....and that can have only come from the club. So if it was actually building materials it would almost suggest that the club is misleading journalists, to make it appear they were doing more than they really are to improve the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I meant a liason officer full stop whether it be at whitebank Hurst cross, Sedgley Park and boundary park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykenny Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I lived not far from Whitebank and remember 20 or so years ago the bowlers pavilion at Copster Park being burned down.This wooden. Structure had no chance.My property on the main road frequently had its windows smashed.Why do people do this sort if thing.It's because they can.Go down Hollins Road and show me a shop window without shutters.Places like whitebank with flimsy temporary structures will alway be subjected to mindless wanton destruction.only solution is proper vandal proof structures none of which whitebank has or is likely to get any time soon.I would Imagine Fc united has a setup which is locked up tight.Solid walls,steel shuttered windows and even if you got in to set seats alight in amongst all the metal and concrete in a stand it would be hard work.not saying for one minute we could have a Fc united stadium but if you don't build vandal proof you waste your time.Portakabin structures are almost begging these idiots to fire them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed8 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 All of it?? Steel beams,concrete,roof,and seats?? Thats alot of structure to "put behind the stand" and ive never noticed it.. The salford stand in question is 33m long..its a substanial bit of kit The concrete beams have been under tarpaulins behind the stand for months, the conjecture on the steel was that it was damaged and scrapped, don't know how true that is.Last time I drove down Featherstall Rd the seats were in the storage yard under tarpaulin, that was a couple of weeks ago so they could have been moved since, as for the roof it's anyone's guess where that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 BQ said his mate scrapped it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgy Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 if we are talking about the plastic seating that was at Oldham Storage Warehouse being set on fire at Whitebank, these would not have been easy to burn without the use of an accelerant of some sort. If that was the case surely this should be treated as a case of Arson and not Vandalism, and needs investigating as such by the police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 So CH as said the seats where ready to be installed.... Installed into what exactly? OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 In the new stand that hasn't had planning permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeOfTheTubularBandage Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Sorry....but.....######. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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