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This week's question:





How are your neighbours?

A STUDY has revealed that UK residents are losing their neighbourly habits and many communities have become less friendly than they were five years ago. We asked people in Weymouth town centre if neighbourly spirit was alive and well where they live.



Do you get on well with your neighbours?

Yes
No
Don't know

Pete Baynham, 63, is retired and lives in Lanehouse Rocks Road, Weymouth. He said:



"I have never seen my neighbours on one side. I know the other side. My original neighbour was nice and he moved. New people don’t want to know. It’s becoming that way everywhere."

Mark Hanger, 48, a carpenter from Westham, said:



"I get on well with my neighbours. I have worked around the country and in Weymouth they are normally the most miserable lot you can come across. If you do some work on your garden, there is always someone who starts moaning."

David Milligan, 25, unemployed, lives in Westham. He said:



"I get on quite well with them, we have barbecues and if there is a party you have to invite your neighbour. Weymouth is different from London – you wouldn’t talk to your neighbour out of fear for all sorts of things."

Julie Norris, is a shop assistant at Meridian shoes in St Thomas Street and lives in Cleveland Avenue, Weymouth. She said:



"We get on with our neighbours very well. It’s not as friendly as it was, but I think a lot of it is down to people working."

Stephen Laing, 29, owner of Esteem Jewellery in St Thomas Street, Weymouth, who lives in Southill, said:



"We have just moved in a couple of months ago and we haven’t seen anybody yet. It seems that people go home and they are just stuck in their houses."

Jill Clark, 62, is retired and lives in Bowleaze Coveway, Overcombe. She said:



"We get on quite well with our neighbours, We chat sometimes. I never have any problems. I have moved from the country and everybody is much more friendly in this area than where I came from."



Last Weeks Results:



Question:
Should library users be charged for using computers?


Yes = 23.8%

No = 71.4%

Don't Know = 4.8%

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