The details of the budget cuts in Walsall have been published and if you wish to read them in full the this is the LINK. The biggest cuts are in HR, social care and leisure with it being in general what are termed efficiency savings. The one area that would directly impact Pheasey is in…

The excellent blog – The Bookworm Turns has for the past few weeks tracked the progress of the discussions over the future of the libraries in Walsall. At the cabinet meeting tomorrow (17th November) the future of these libraries will be finally decided. At the moment we have 16 libraries in Walsall and some think…

With the spending cuts upon us there is mixed news about the swimming pools in Pheasey at Barr Beacon and Pheasey school. The Express and Star have reported that only 6 of the 21 schools with polls will keep them with the one at Barr Beacon recommend to stay. LINK However for Pheasey school it…

It is inevitable that the the government will get their way and redraw the boundaries and there will be massive changes (unless a large rebellion) that I think in Pheasey will have large political repercussions on the Estate. You can see that effect in the Pheasey to Birmingham thread I started and the strong debate…

As you may have noticed last week the council removed the totally pointless Yellow lines that were placed on Collingwood Drive some months if not years ago. Why they were placed there in the first place is a mystery and now spending even more cash (not a lot of that about) to remove them, great…

A long time without a post, summer really not much happening. A news story that Walsall are shaking up their bin rounds into zones and we may get a different day, GOOD !! Hate Monday collections as always falls on Bank holiday’s and a nightmare over Xmas Express and Star Link

Well of course it should be football school 🙂 I do not remember Villa holding one before at Barr Beacon and it is an ideal opportunity for four to 14 year olds to experience a good time in the summer with a Premier League club and qualified coaches. There are some posters around the estate…

The list of local councillors expenses have been released on the Express and Star. As all our councillors are cabinet members then they receive cabinet allowances as well Mike Bird – £29,390.37 Adrian Andrew – £18,680.40 Chris Towe – £18,688.53 I have made a political comment on this on the Pheasey Labour Blogspot If the…

Rev. David Weller has been appointed the new Vicar of the Beacon Church. He will start in January 2011. As a teenager David grew up in Birmingham, his father was a Vicar in West Heath – near the old BL works at Longbridge. David attended George Dixon School in Edgbaston, before going to Cardiff University.…

It has been confirmed last Friday that Barr Beacon has applied to become an academy under the new governments proposals BBC LINK However as a ‘non outstanding’ school it will have to wait behind the ‘outstanding’ schools like the grammer ones at Queen’s Mary as obviously they need the more help under Michael Gove’s plans.…