The Weekly Gripe

Public safety information films should be run again

Bring back public health and safety films

Health and Safety

My gripe is about the lack of concern for health and safety displayed by the governments. Every week we read of someone (usually a kid) in a fatal accident or being hurt and some of these could be avoided.



In the 1960s and 1970s we used to have all these short health and safety public information films on TV, and personally I think that the BBC should re-introduce these to make people aware of everyday dangers.

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05-2-2010 Just been through my local cemetery and seen hundreds of grave stones with a big galvanised stake hammered into the ground behind the gravestone, and then a bright yellow nylon strap fastening the gravestone to the stake, presumably to stop the stone falling suddenly onto a child pulling or pushing...moreGainsborough lad.
31-1-2010 A corrected death toll from falling through frozen ice during the Dec-Jan cold snap is nine, this figure was taken from last nights seven o'clock weather documentry, This documentry lasted an hour, the public health and safety film on keeping off iced up water lasts a minute, and widely show...moreGainsborough lad.
15-1-2010 And towards the end of this current cold spell, another woman drowned trying to rescue her dog from a frozen pond (the dog got out in the end unscathed) That brings the total to four drownings by falling through ice in this cold spell, and I suspect there may have been more not so widely reporte...moreGainsborough lad.
11-1-2010 Two adults have drowned falling through thin ice at a lake in watermead park in Leicestershire, (reportadly feeding bread to ducks) a couple of days ago, Another adult drowned in the Newcastle area falling through thin ice trying to recue his dog from the ice, all these deaths a senseless loss ...moreGainsborough lad.
29-12-2009 Gordon Brown has today strongly condemned China for executing a Brittish man in posession of 4kg of drugs, he really went to the trouble to do it, (like China will take any notice) Gordon, you are the man in charge of THIS country, not China, hundreds of brittish innocents get ki11ed needlessly ...moreGainsborough lad.
24-12-2009 Yeah and now the Scouting Association says "Scouting helps to prepare young people with valuable life skills, while keeping them safe by not carrying knives." We live in Cloud Cuckoo land. What time is it?DoDo or DaDa
16-12-2009 Tedsmum, 3rd nov, the facts are that many human beings, and more upsettingly little kids, are dying every day through many reasons, which I have taken time to highlight here, I can imagine the suffering every bereaved family undergoes, Even the b@stard tw@t that wanted to own that "make you...moreGainsborough lad.
16-12-2009 There are still over one hundred cot deaths a year in the uk, (between birth and one year of age) the mother usually will go to the cot and find the baby dead, three minutes of screaming followed by a long period of crying then follows, (sorry if this has happened to any readers) You can buy an ...moreGainsborough lad.
03-12-2009 Just imagine, if once a month there was a public health and safety film on tv, warning nasty dog owners, to keep their kids SEPERATE from their nasty nasty "must have" dogs in their homes at all times, Then on monday night this week, perhaps four year old john Massey might not have bee...moreGainsborough lad.
14-11-2009 My six year old kid is already warning her schoolmates not to put foriegn objects in their mouths. The governments havn't woken up to this yet.Gainsborough lad.
11-11-2009 Well, in the last few days we have had a two year old choke to death on a lollipop stick, and a ten year old choke to death on a deflated balloon at a party. Young kids should be warned better.Gainsborough lad.
08-11-2009 Hi Gainsborough lad, I like your posts. As Kit pointed out in a recent reply, it would be good if there was a public information film to tell adult cyclists to stay OFF pavements. I know, I know it's a real bugbear of mine and I've posted comments on related sites and I'll now...moreBukowski



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