Warwick’s to close

I am distraught after just reading this from Warwick. I have been using them since I moved out of parents so what, 25 years ? Meat quality has always been brilliant and continues to be so and always got my turkey from there. Likes of Asda is just trash in comparison and yet this fabulous…

Walsall Council Ward Reviews

Every 20 years or so we have ward reviews. These are meant to keep representation fair and if you have say large number of new homes built etc. Of course here we have had a fairly static population with Nether Hall the only growth area. At the last review in 2004 or so our ward…

Mcdonalds App in for the Trees/Queslett island

So McDonald’s did their own consultation as I posted before and no idea what the results of this were. But now they are pressing forward with the full application HERE application number 23/0669 Let me quite clear my concern for this development is not NIMBYISM at all. It is all about the location proposed and…

Trees on fire

Just drove past it on the Queslett and a small fire appliance outside. thought, well I had expected it and as I drove up Collingwood there was smoke coming out from the back of it. No shock is it and one could be cynical but best not to is it … it would be ‘convient’…

Walsall Council elections 2023 – Pheasey

So it is that time of year again when the public get a chance to have their say on local and national policies. Statement of Persons Nominated for Pheasey is as below and Daniel Barker is an ex councillor for Willenhall and Steve Wade ex councillor for Brownhills and defending for the Tories is again…

Yet another crash on the Queslett

I guess you could have predicted this after using the proposals for here. I did cycle past here about an hour ago and saw no obvious here, so a bit weird but must have cleared it quickly. However this shows totally this location is so totally unsuited for their plans. Further details and this must…

Can’t believe it’s McDonalds

Well hello again, thought done with this but now. A decade ago I wrote this and what has come in today ?? Yep you guessed it an application … The trees has been given permission to knock it down but we thought for an old folks home but nope its a McDonalds app. So I…

More patrols around Pheasey

After the recent spate of car theft etc around the estate then it seems that WMP have stepped up their patrols @WSTaskforce and @Trafficwmp are continuing our targeted reassurance patrols throughout streetly, Pheasey and Aldridge this evening @AldridgeWMP — Walsall Taskforce (@WSTaskforce) November 7, 2018 This has led to an arrest recently on Skip lane.…

Crimewave in Pheasey and surrounding areas

You may have been reading recently about the spate of crime in Pheasey and especially car thefts. Just locally to me we have seen one on Hillingford, Collingwood and Tyndale. Same modus operandi, same result. There has been a local group set up for this – LINK on facebook and is full of interesting debate.…

Final Boundary Review for Pheasey

The boundary review concluded today and we are in the seat of Walsall and Oscott as below This includes the following wards So from the old Walsall South Wards we have lost Darlaston and Bentley, Darlaston South and Pleck and gained Blakenhall, Birchills and Oscott from Birmingham. First lets state these plans were based on…