Bus Stop changes for Pheasey Buses

In preparation for the Midland Metro to run through the streets of Birmingham the bus stops are being moved around. So from the 16th February the bus stops will move from the central location of Carrs Lane to the more isolated location of Albert Street. This LINK on the centro website shows the moves over…

Pheasey Vicar leaves the BBC Pointless

Hope everyone in Pheasey had a great Xmas and New Year and from going down the Cat it appeared many enjoyed themselves. It has been a great start to the year for Beacon Church Reverend David Weller, £1000 from the BBC show pointless. I came home from work today 10 minutes from the end and…

New Car Parking at the Cat and Fiddle

I have not been to the ‘Cat’ since the refurb and from the outside it looks much better than this ! However it seems the new car parking arrangements have caused problems. For those that do not know, the pub car park is now a pay and display (if you use the pub it is…

Meet Jean Baggott at Pheasey Library

Coming this Tuesday (8th September) you can meet highly acclaimed Black Country writer Jean Baggott at Pheasey library on Thursday 8th Sept at 10.00. Free admission. For details please phone 01922 654865 Jean wrote the book ‘The Girl on the Wall’ which has received glowing reports – Telegraph Judging by a most extraordinary new book,…

Old Maps of Pheasey

Hope everyone has had a good summer (weather permitting !!) and looking forward to the hues of Autumn. after a bit of a break (not much happening really) thought I would share this with you as it is fascinating. On a site called VISION of BRITAIN you can see the very old maps for this…

Phone Mast Update from Valerie Vaz

Well the mast is finished and it is a total eyesore on Beacon Road. Our local councillors have not replied to a further E-Mail sent by myself asking for clarification for the readers of this blog. I did see Andrian Andrew’s comments in the Great Barr Observer and I understand a Conservative leaflet has been…

The OUTRAGE of the phone mast

The mast is finally finished and it looks horrendous as these pictures show below. Adrian Andrew did not get back with further details as he promised so I have sent a further email to the councillors asking for their thoughts. I have also contacted Valerie Vaz MP for her thoughts as well and if she…

Details of Pheasey Neighbourhood Watch

Alan Crudden the co-ordinator of the Neighbourhood watch as written this piece for Pheasey News. If you are interested in helping out please contact Alan at Pheasey@acrunden.wanadoo.co.uk. =================================================================== Three years ago, Neighbourhood Watch in the Pheasey Park Farm Area had slumped from over 1500 members to zero. As the Chair in an adjacent area, I…