Save Doonies Farm

[Lucky Rathen]

If you want.

Fuck the Lemon Tree, save Doonies Farm!

Save Doonies Farm*-*Online Petition

[Metarie]

Done! I adored that place as a kid, used to go all the time and got to feed the orphaned lambs

[Neutral]

Does anyone have a contact email address for doonies farm?

[kirsten]

Done. Doonies Farm made my childhood.

[The Kernel Loaf]

No one cares about online petitions.

[KittyCat]

It's a shame to see Doonies go. I have lots of good childhood memories from there and it's a shame for the future generations that wont get to experience Doonies. Aberdeen City Council is a joke. They close down lots of well used amenities and then they'll whine even more about kids hanging about on the streets. What are they supposed to do when there is naff all for them to do?! Also, with the rates of childhood obesity rising, we need the swimming pools, sports centres, etc now more than ever.


As for no one paying attention to online petitions, why would people bother if they didn't have any affect? Even if they just bring more attention to the subject, surely it's a good thing.

[Tubthumper]

To be fair, the kids causing trouble hanging out on the streets aren;t going to be feeding animals at a farm. Where's the street cred in that?!

[Bigsby]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

To be fair, the kids causing trouble hanging out on the streets aren;t going to be feeding animals at a farm.

Of course they are, don't you know that all the problems with anti-social behaviour in places like Logie started after the council closed Donnies next week?

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by KittyCat

It's a shame to see Doonies go. I have lots of good childhood memories from there and it's a shame for the future generations that wont get to experience Doonies. Aberdeen City Council is a joke. They close down lots of well used amenities and then they'll whine even more about kids hanging about on the streets. What are they supposed to do when there is naff all for them to do?! Also, with the rates of childhood obesity rising, we need the swimming pools, sports centres, etc now more than ever.


As for no one paying attention to online petitions, why would people bother if they didn't have any affect? Even if they just bring more attention to the subject, surely it's a good thing.

Good points and all quite true, anyone whos grown up in an outlying town from aberdeen ought to know what its like to be a teenager in a place with no amenities where there is bugger all to do with yourself outside the house. It really pisses me off a lot how the councils etc moan about vandalism, drinking and so on, a lot of the blame rests on their shoulders for the failure to see that something as simple as a skatepark can potentially provide a more constructive focus for young people.
Whatever happened to youth clubs? The council just don't give a damn about anything, the people making the decisions about funding and coming up with ideas etc are all braindead out of touch fuckwits and it's people like them that mean aberdeen will always be a miserable backwater which is horrible to live in.

[KittyCat]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

To be fair, the kids causing trouble hanging out on the streets aren;t going to be feeding animals at a farm. Where's the street cred in that?!

I can see where you are coming from but, these days, a lot of kids hang about on the streets causing trouble simply because they are bored and don't have anything else to do.

As Stripey mentioned, there used to be plenty of Youth Clubs, etc for kids but these days they seem to be few and far between.

Instead of wasting millions of pounds renting and refurbishing Marischal College, the Council could save Doonies and the animals there. Along with funding youth clubs and sports centres for kids. Therefore, reducing the problem of kids hanging about on the streets and help to reduce the rates of childhood obesity.

The Council seems to be only looking out for themselves, not for the people of Aberdeen. It's a disgrace.