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Neighbours fed up with school-run traffic on their street

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Vincent
Published date02 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Homeowners on Grindon Close, Whitley Bay, are calling for more to be done to prevent school-time parking and traffic problems associated with the nearby Star of The Sea Roman Catholic Primary School

They claim that, despite previous council and police efforts to improve the situation, little has changed and they continue to face abuse and inconvenience from motorists.

John Francis, 75, of Grindon Close, was the only resident willing to be named as many say they fear the possibility of retribution.

The retired chauffeur said: "It has always been a problem but as the years go by, in my opinion, since about 2015, the parents have changed. You get some nice ones but you meet some belligerent ones and they can be aggressive, but I'm not painting a picture of everyone.

"There was one person and he was on someone's drive with the engine running. I asked him to move, and he said he wasn't parked, but very aggressively, and as he pulled away he clipped a resident's car, which was reported to the police.

"It gets very congested and from what we have seen of them, they aren't very good at driving their vehicles, my car got clipped last week."

One resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said she was told by one parent she challenged, "we know where you live" and another was told to move house.

One neighbour said that one elderly local, who had been boxed into her drive, had to run to her doctors so as not to miss a medical appointment. Many locals are also left frustrated at the situation as they understand that parking is also available on the school site and at the Foxhunters

Pavilion. Several also raised concerns that at peak...

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