It is disappointing that I just saw this being tweeted. Barr Beacon School @barrbeaconsch School is closed tomorrow (Monday 25th). Help your child revise evening will be rescheduled. I really believe with some effort and an appeal to parents that it could and should have been kept open. Will update with Pheasey and Meadowview if…

I will admit, I love this weather. It makes the estate seem so clean and special. When you walk around as I do crunching in the snow and looking around it is so peaceful from normal. I have actually seen some community spirit, some of the roads and paths have actually be swept away. I…

Unfortunately Valerie Vaz has bad news on the mast appeal. It has been refused as the court ruled it has no jurisdiction to allow an appeal. Valerie is awaiting to see a transcript of the case but her understanding is that the appeal judges were unsympathetic to the Council’s case. Valerie will now look into…

The last episode about the phone mast on Waverely Avenue is due tomorrow. I have been informed by Valerie Vaz MP the following This is to let you know that the first stage of Walsall MBC’s appeal against the Secretary of State’s decision will be heard at the Court of Appeal tomorrow at 10.30am before…

Weather is getting better now in that no further snow forecast. Been out and the roads are passable on the estate but not great. Take care out there and especially tonight with temperatures predicted to be -5C. Walsall Council finally got back about the gritting and pointed me towards THIS SITE run by volunteers. Go…

Another large snowfall today and just went for a walk and the place looks really beautiful in white. We have heard that Meadowview and Barr Beacon schools are closed, no news on Pheasey Paark Farm. However looking around every other local school, Sandwell, Birmingham and Aldridge are closed so expect Pheasey to follow. However the…

Apologies for the lack of updates recently but I am now working in London so my time is now rather limited. I obviously still take a close interest in the ongoing discussion about Great Barr Hall and note with interest the piece in last week’s Observer. We do have a comment from a local Councillor…

As I posted a couple of days as I was not able to go so grateful to Margaret for this reply on another thread. Attended this evenings consultation@ Collingwood centre. A slick presentation by the architects. Good luck to the owners & developers in their endeavours to make ‘a silk purse from a sow’s ear’…

It was buried away a bit in the Great Barr Observer but the promised consultation by Lapworth are this week. There is one showing on Monday 12th at the Colingwood Centre 16:30 – 20:00 A second showing on November 15th at the Holiday Inn Hotel from 09:00 – 13:00 I would have loved to have…

Anyone who has seen today’s Great Barr Observer will have seen the vision of the ‘NEW’ Great Barr Hall. We now know the new company to be running this project is called BCG Lakes and they seem to be proposing a Hotel and conference centre. They will run roadshows in November to present plans and…