Originally Posted by Amica:
“Evening. I have been to the theatre to see avery silly play called Swallows and Amazons which I enjoyed muchly,
Park your car where they normally play is my advice<Sad. Get others on your street to do similar. A few of my neighbours got together to do this a few years ago and moved some kids on.”
We started out doing that. One of their mothers came and called Mr Sad a miserable old b*stard for doing it. We ignored that... then the next door neighbours (pensioners) got similar abuse from another mother after they did the same.
At that point, we quietly contacted the local PCSO and asked if a word could be had. A letter went out to all households in the road from the local police gently suggesting the playing field was a more suitable environment for ball games. Two days later a counter letter has been sentby the families of the children involved, claiming (among other things) that those of us who object are in the minority.

Which isn't actually true, but some people prefer to avoid conflict - as do we. We've lived here 14 years and there have never been any fall outs with neighbours anywhere in the road, so it's all really horrible.
We've tried the subtle approach, we've tried the asking nicely approach, we've met with abuse and then this defensive behaviour... we've opted for a dignified silence in response now.
It's a bit worrying as we know from past experience that the kids who tend to end up being troublemakers in a small place like this are invariably the ones whose families are so quick to jump up and down in their defence..'they're bored/you're picking on them/etc' - *sigh* - it's incredibly frustrating.
Anyway, in the great scheme of things it's not that important. I just needed a grump. As much fun as posting in Advice is...

I don't think it will help on this occasion.
And I'm bracing myself for being back at work on Monday.