Fountain replaced by Flower Container at Roysse Court

Fountain
The fountain at Roysse Court, created by the Cowley Concrete Company, has been removed.

Abingdonians have told me they remember bridge sections, and large concrete pipes being taken away on lorries from the Cowley Concrete Company – a one time Abingdon industry.
Flower Container
It has been replaced by a flower container from Marcham Road.

The green central reservation on Marcham Road is now considered too dangerous to be regularly watered by town council staff.

10 thoughts on “Fountain replaced by Flower Container at Roysse Court

  1. ppjs

    I have done a risk assessment on taking a shower and have decided that it is too dangerous, so please don’t stand down-wind…

    Health and Safety is important; of course, it is. But sometimes I wonder how we have all managed to live so long without the innumerable regulations of the clip-boarders.

    I liked the fountain; its replacement (as a container) is boring.

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  2. Annabel

    I do wish people would stop mocking those who work in Health & Safety. I get fed up with it! (speaking as someone who believes they can make a difference through promoting good practice in this area, and wishes the paperwork wasn’t always necessary).

    Presumably they’ll still have to cut the grass – but that’s less often than flower watering and can be timed for when the traffic is less of a hazard?

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  3. George Haslam

    I haven’t yet got over the loss of the trees.
    and.. on the subject of Health and Safety – why is it that after all the expense and misery brought upon us by H & S, last year saw a record number of admissions to the nation’s Accident and Emergency hospitals?

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  4. Badger

    A great shame the fountain has gone but at least a photographic record of it lives on here, not quite sure why they have felt the need to replace it with something of a similar shape and size, carrying out the same function in a less stylish way. In my opinion a complete waste of time, effort and money.

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  5. ppjs

    Health and Safety is important; but sometimes it is very stupid in its demands and applications. Since I work as an advanced driving trainer under the umbrella of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, I do have some experience…

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  6. BenW

    Annabel,
    In this case surely the potential outcome hasn’t changed (in the event of anything happening, it’s equally bad) and the risks haven’t changed (I can’t see that traffic has increased so significantly as to change the chance of an accident). So I’m guessing that the council has just taken a more risk-averse stance on an identical assessment, and in the process is giving Health and Safety a bad name?

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  7. daniel

    Does anyone else remember, back in the day, what we did before Health &Safety? I think it was called…”common sense”…anyone? I was taught it by my parents, and, over time, with their help and its application….I have learned to avoid; cliffs, big holes, scalding water…in fact, all manor of things.

    I must be very lucky.

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  8. Spike S

    Perhaps H&S gives the public a false illusion of low risk, while surrounding children in cotton wool may be counter-productive. In moderation, falling out of trees is good for normal development. I marvel at the number of youngsters who cry “Sir, I’ve burned my finger !”, having failed to spot the clue in the name “Hot Glue Gun”.

    Despite ElfanSafetee there seems to be an increasing list of candidates for the Darwin Awards. There is an eye-watering recent one involving a Titanium ring – but I can’t repeat it here.

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