Fly-tipping angers long-time resident (From Barry And District News)

Fly-tipping angers long-time resident

A BARRY woman is disgusted at the amount of fly-tipping on the paths around her neighbourhood.

Marilyn Shead has lived in Barry all her life, and has brought up four children in the area.

But the Regent Street resident says she has seen rubbish pile up over the years on the paths leading to the town centre.

The 59-year-old said: "I taught my kids to put their rubbish in a bin. When we went to the beach or the countryside we would take a bag to put all the litter in it.

"My family respected the places they went to and kept them tidy. Today people have lost respect for their surroundings. We don't seem to see the streets being swept like they used to be.

"I can not remember the last time I saw a man with a brush around here. "I have given up complaining to the Vale of Glamorgan Council, because the area does not seem to be getting cleared up. It was the last straw when a dumped chair was hung on a fence. I had to do something about it because it had been there far too long.

"I think alley gates, which are in place in some parts of Barry, would be useful. They could help to stop the fly-tippers putting rubbish on the paths. "If only residents have keys and tipping is still going on, it will be easy to identify who is doing it.

"I think it is a problem of today. In the past, people were less inclined to throw rubbish on the floor and cared about their surroundings.

"It's a disgrace that the area is a mess, because when people visit the town centre they will think it is dirty.

"My husband and I often travel to Newport, Swansea, and other areas which are very clean."

A Vale of Glamorgan spokesman said: "We cleared up the area within an hour of the phone call from the Barry and District News."