Piles of rubbish and people stripping off in street at 'nightmare' clothes bank

A CLOTHES bank in Cardiff which locals say is poorly placed is leading to people stripping off in the street, according to one resident.

- TED PESKETT

The clothes bank outside the Salvation Army centre in Avondale Road in Grangetown has been there for about three years.

A resident who lives on the street said piles of clothing had continuously built up outside the clothes bank, sometimes encroaching onto the pavement, for as long as they had known it to be there.

According to the resident, who did not want to be named, the bags of clothing were eventually collected in the week but this was only for the pile to build up again.

They said: "The last 12 months to 18 months have been an absolute nightmare, especially in the winter when it is heavy rain at night.

"You can imagine, this clothing doesn't just stay put.

"It gets blown out onto the roads."

It's not just bags of old T-shirts, trousers and jumpers that build up outside the clothes bank. It also reportedly attracts "junk" and other rubbish.

The resident who spoke with us about the problem in Avondale Road, said it got worse on the weekend and on bank holidays.

They said: "On a Sunday evening or a Saturday evening when people are off work it is just one car after the other. It is like a supermarket retail car park over there."