Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has highlighted Pep Guardiola's substitution of John Stones against Southampton for inspiring the Blues to victory.
02.04.2023 - 18:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Shahid Qazi points to a driver flouting a ‘no parking’ sign and obstructing a resident’s driveway. “This is everyday - our lives are ruled by school term tables and parents,” he sighed.
People living in a south Manchester neighbourhood say they have been plagued for years by motorists blocking driveways, dumping cars on street corners, and being ‘verbally abusive’ during school run hours.
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“Complete strangers are preventing us from commuting, and ruin our grass verges by leaving our street a mud bath,” the long-time resident told the Manchester Evening News. “They know and they don’t care.”
Neighbours say that since 2018 - when bollards were installed outside Manchester Grammar School in Rusholme - the surge of school-run parking along Old Hall Lane has caused increased disruption to their lives.
The 57-year-old said: “The parking wasn’t great before the bollards were installed, but now it’s a complete mess outside our homes. I’ve been mocked by students when we asked them to not park on the grass or in front of driveways.
“The bollards were installed by the funding of the school, and so we asked the councillors to put bollards up on our side of the road - offering money contributions - but they refused.”
Shahid even took action against parents who were using their homes as ‘rubbish bins’ during the school run by throwing the litter back into their vehicles.
“Two months ago an SUV with young children in, and a mum waiting for her kids from the Grammar School, finished eating and threw the whole McDonald’s bag onto the pavement,” Shahid added. “I picked the bag up and threw it back inside, saying ‘my house is not a trash
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has highlighted Pep Guardiola's substitution of John Stones against Southampton for inspiring the Blues to victory.
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