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Bonfires - Captain (25th Aug 2017  22:06:20) Why are people in Liphook obsessed with burning stuff. When it's hot and you want to leave windows open to cool the house down all you can smell is bonfires.

Re: Bonfires - Sam (26th Aug 2017  08:02:22) Goodness knows why indeed, it is thoroughly rude and selfish. Some nice person lit one yesterday evening somewhere on Haslemere Road. We had to close all our windows - just as we were finally having a beautifully warm August day! We opened them at bedtime otherwise it would have been too hot and I could still smell the blasted bonfire all night. In fact it still smells of smoke out there this morning as the air is so still. I won't be best pleased if my washing that I'm about to hang out reeks of smoke! You should not have bonfires in residential areas. We have a perfectly decent green waste collection service and a tip 10 minutes away. Use them.

Re: Bonfires - oldie (26th Aug 2017  10:13:00) I guess it depends what they're burning, if it's dry wood and leaves it's really quite a nice smell and called "living in the countryside dahling!". But admittedly some idiots burn just about any old rubbish which is horrible, especially if they live in a built up modern estate like most of our expanding village!

Re: Bonfires - Guy (26th Aug 2017  19:40:44) No excuse wait until 5th November....... that's what the 'tip' or brown bin is for, totally unsocialable in the developed village!

Re: Bonfires - Guy F (26th Aug 2017  22:11:30) It is not against the law to have a bonfire bit you should be respectful of your neighbours if windows open or washing out dont light up Make sure what tou burn is DRY and no plastic etc Common sense is needed What about all those wonder log burning stoves and the fumes from them All the coal fires if any body still has them? Soon be autumn all thise leaves to burns and the smell of te sugars in them wonderful that smell you now autumn is here ahhh the good ole days

Re: Bonfires - bob (26th Aug 2017  22:20:00) you can have bonfires any time of the day i bet you lot got your barbecues going at night and do not worry about where the smokes goes do you

Re: Bonfires - Nick (27th Aug 2017  20:14:05) Bob, you cannot compare a barbecue to a bonfire! A barbecue is only alight for a very short time and would only be noticed by immediate neighbours and is generally not an unpleasant smell. A bonfire on the other hand can go on for hours and fills the entire neighbourhood with putrid smoke that clings to hair, clothes and soft furnishings in the house. There are currently at least two going on near us so yet again all windows closed on what was a beautiful evening. The autumnal/wintry smell of log burners or coal fires is one thing but a disgusting bonfire in August is quite different. It's simply not good enough.

Re: Bonfires - bob (27th Aug 2017  23:57:54) sorry its the same it will still give off smoke and smell if you live in the countryside then you will get bonfires thats the way it is

Re: Bonfires - G (28th Aug 2017  07:59:18) I agree with Bob. Next, we will be asked not to have open fires in our homes, then I suppose log burners will be targeted. It's the countryside and Ben happening since time began. Let's start a movement banning hanging washing outside, after all isn't that why tumble dryers were invented !!!!

Re: Bonfires - h (28th Aug 2017  10:39:10) I think if you live in the centre of Liphook with a small garden adjoining other houses having bonfires is not neccessary. You can purchase a shredder and probably not have enough waste from the garden to need a bonfire. The centre of liphook is not countryside. There are countryside areas obviously where too much garden waste is generated. I have bonfires but I have a very large area and have them in areas well away from any houses where smoke may drift. I have always asked my neighbour who may be affected, if I think the smoke is in her direction and she always says no.

Re: Bonfires - Lizzy (28th Aug 2017  21:20:59) Can't wait until the 5th November!

Re: Bonfires - Julie (29th Aug 2017  19:55:27) I'm in my mid 40's and I'm sure there used to be a bylaw stating no bonfires until after 7pm

Re: Bonfires - Sam m (3rd Sep 2017  07:13:06) To all those moaning about bonfires being lit at night would you prefer them to be lit in the day instead ? And before you all start saying there is no need for a bonfire the best part of you wouldn't even know what the gardens look like in the centre of the village , the majority of them are actually quite long with alot of hedgerow , which would be to much for green waste and to much to get in a car and before anyone says do multiple trips just think about it and whether thats really a good argument

Re: Bonfires - Teah (3rd Sep 2017  20:31:15) I agree..I myself have been having fires this summer. We've just sorted our garden out (taken out trees, pulled a fence down) unfortunately I don't drive so I can't dispose of the rubbish.. there is no harm with a fire as long as it's controlled

Re: Bonfires - oscar (3rd Sep 2017  20:43:40) Liphook is a village in the country side where people burn stuff, get over it . Next you will be moaning about the trains making too much noise or the falling leaves making a mess on the paths and roads. typical townies moving into the country !!

Re: Bonfires - liz (4th Sep 2017  08:55:29) Oscar This town/country stuff is nonsense. Liphook has become far more densely populated in recent years (perhaps you hadn't noticed!) and people need to be considerate.

Re: Bonfires - h (4th Sep 2017  10:36:11) Liphook is no longer a vilage. We are set to get more houses built, the population of Liphook has grown to almost 9K. It is the biggest settlement in East Hampshire presently which is not town status like Alton. How many villages would these days have a railway station, a huge Sainsburys's and a huge comprehensive school and a new sixth form being built. Yes some houses near the centre could have quite big gardens but they would still be within a short distance of their neighbour's windows.

Re: Bonfires - Ian (4th Sep 2017  12:01:44) Despite all the claptrap on here looking to justify, I suspect the majority of the bonfire brigade are those selfish so and so's who cannot be bothered to go down the dump because they are too lazy and just cannot be arsed. Very few reasons I can think of in this day and age where a bonfire is necessary in the village settlement area

Re: Bonfires - k (4th Sep 2017  15:31:52) Instead of bell aching on here - why not just follow the smoke & ask politely at the relevant door for some consideration & to raise your concerns in person - you may get a more reasonable response!

Re: Bonfires - Ann (4th Sep 2017  15:50:25) Well said K

Re: Bonfires - oscar (4th Sep 2017  19:07:09) Liz. I am well aware Liphook sadly has grown from the lovely little village it once was and that it is now full of moaning townies.

Re: Bonfires - Elizabeth (4th Sep 2017  22:35:08) I love autumn and bonfires - the crackle of the leaves and the flames, the heat on a cold evening. Haven't got space for one, but still love them. Aren't they a traditional part of autumn/winter?

Re: Bonfires - david (4th Sep 2017  23:23:40) i will be having several bonfires in the near future on a quite dry cool day unless some of you dogooders come round and take all my hedge and tree cuttings away as have already been several times to dump which I don't mind doing but there is so much stuff when the leaves come off they are a foot deep on the ground so what can I do!

Re: Bonfires - A.R (5th Sep 2017  07:31:41) I agree with Elizabeth, a good old bonfire in autumn you can't beat it, gorgeous smell. It's what a lot of us have been doing for donkeys years. Such a shame the new housing doesn't give gardens big enough for one.

Re: Bonfires - liz (5th Sep 2017  08:51:04) What do you do with your leaves? Compost them! - Fantastic for the garden and a dreadful waste to burn them.

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