Shrink Slessor Square Comments FAQ

Q: Why do I need to create a user account on the Shrink Slessor Square?
A: In order to post a comment you need to create a username and password and log into the site.

Q: How do I create a user account?
A: You can create an account here, or by using the login button in the left column on each page.

Q: What is Shrink Slessor Square's Comment Policy?
A: Guiding Principles

Everyone is welcome. We want to encourage the exchange of views and get a conversation going. However, we do have some simple rules:

  1. If your comments consistently or intentionally make this site a less civil and enjoyable place to be, you and your comments will be excluded from it.
  2. This includes, but is not limited to:
    1. No defamatory statements;
    2. No obscenity;
    3. No name calling;
    4. No criminal activity;
    5. No intentional attempts to derail, hijack, troll or bait others into an emotional response;

By submitting a comment you shall be the primary publisher and you will remain liable for your comments at all times.

Q: Why am I blocked from commenting on Shrink Slessor Square?
A: There are a few scenarios under a comment might be blocked:

  1. A comment is extremely abusive, off-topic, uses excessive foul language, or includes a personal attack against another person.
  2. If a commenter has previously posted comments that are abusive, off-topic, used excessive foul language, or includes a personal attack against another, we may decide to ban the commenter's IP address. This means the abusive commenter is banned from commenting on the site in the future, even if the later comments are not abusive.

If you believe, like us, that the development at Slessor Square, Newmarket is TOO BIG, and inappropriate developments elsewhere are being given the go-ahead through amendments to the Town's Official Plan, then please sign our petition.

We need your address to show the Council that respondents live in Newmarket. Your e mail address allows us to keep you informed of developments. If you do not want your name to appear here you can sign a paper petition. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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This website started life as the vehicle for publicizing a monster development - Slessor Square - and the adverse impact it would have on the local neighbourhood and on the wider town. The development has now, for whatever reasons, stalled.

Since then, other inappropriate and out-of-place developments have been proposed for the Town. This website, run by Gordon Prentice, offers a commentary.

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