They Just Want Peace and Quiet

Things that go bump in the night are a real life problem for some people who live in Station Road, Rushden.

According to some residents living there they are continually woken up at 4.30 in the morning by noise from a nearby dairy.

They have approached Rushden Urban Council and at one time engaged a solicitor to act on their behalf.

Mr. J. W. Dennis, a driver, says that he now has to sleep in the rear bedroom of his house because he could not bear the noise.

Mr. F. G. Smith, who lives opposite the dairy, said as regular as clockwork crates started to crash about at 4.30 in the morning.

Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Swindall, who live next door to the dairy said they had to keep their windows shut during the summer because the noise was intolerable.

“It has been going on too long. My wife wanted to move because of the noise,” said Mr. G. Sayer, 6 Station Road.

Dr. P. X. Bermingham, Medical Officer of Health for Rushden, said no standard of noise was set down under the Noise Abatement Act. He suggested that in such cases co-operation on both sides was the best thing.

No Comment

A spokesman for the dairy declined to comment on the matter.

The residents’ allegations have been recorded a number of times in recent minutes before Rushden Urban Council.

In February, in answer to renewed complaints, the council’s health committee stated:

“After reviewing the matter the committee were satisfied that the firm had taken reasonable action for the purpose of endeavouring to meet the complaints received, and they did not feel justified in recommending the council to proceed any further in the matter.”