Residents of a quiet Urmston backwater plagued by dogs pooing on their gardens are pleading with housing bosses for fencing to combat the problem. People living in Sandown Gardens are complaining that dog walkers using the narrow path in front of their homes, where there are open-plan gardens, are allowing their pets to defecate freely without picking up the mess.
Children walking or cycling to schools nearby, using the path as a shortcut, sometimes stray onto the gardens also. Several years ago, adjacent properties fronting on to Flixton Road have had iron railings put up around their property to prevent revellers from a nearby pub from walking on the beloved gardens after closing time. Now, their neighbours want the same.
Frank and Lynda McCoy, both 75, have lived in Sandown Gardens for 12 years. "We've been trying for four years to get fencing put up to stop people's dogs from using our gardens as a toilet," said Lynda.
