I do love the snow, it is an inconvenience but makes everything look really good. Pictures took as night falls, lovely. Well done to the council for getting the gritters out the main roads are passable with care.
Good news for Pheasey residents as we finally get new dispersal orders from Dec 22nd to June 22nd 2011. This story from ‘This is Walsall‘ RESIDENTS living on a Great Barr estate are set for a quieter Christmas thanks to a new police intervention scheme. A dispersal order aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour across Pheasey,…
This weekend sees Barr Beacon hosting the 5KM Turkey Trot and also the Beacon Wonderland. Associated with this is also a Christmas Fayre at the Collingwood Centre. Funds raised will go towards Walsall Hospice. Further details are HERE Councillor Adrian Andrew, Barr Beacon Trust chairman, said: “This is an important community event that highlights and…
We all know in this area the sad story of Great Barr Hall and KES has submitted the following story and some of his own pictures and off other places he has found, the latest pictures were took this summer. ======================================================================== As a keen angler I stumbled across gb hall when checking out the lakes…
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
News and Views about Pheasey Park Farm 