Pheasey’s own Brewery

As a member of CAMRA this story of a new Micro brewery interests me a lot. Jez Couzens has started up his own brewery on our estate !! I wish him well in this venture and hope the local pubs may look at taking on his brews ! Jez can be contacted on breezypheaseybrewery@gmail.com This…

Phone Mast Update

As you have read recently in the Gt Barr Observer the owners of the Phone mast at the Cat and Fiddle wish to replace it one with 20cm higher. Valerie Vaz MP and the local councillors have been quoted as against this move but I have to say that the issue has moved on now.…

Barr Beacon Sunday Swimming Closure Reason

Mike Bird kindly replied a few days ago to my open mail about the Sunday closure at Barr Beacon. I have actually been on holiday so explained to Mike I would post up his reply ASAP. Thanks Mike for the prompt reply. Please find below my response with regard to your enquiry in relation to…

Withdrawal of Swimming sessions at Barr Beacon

Last week in the Great Barr Observer and mentioned by ‘DJ’ on here, I have been asked about the proposals to close the Sunday Morning public swimming sessions at Barr Beacon. This as the letter writer confirms is the withdrawal of a facility on a Sunday Morning I know many used. It will mean on…

Bands on the Beacon and even Eastenders !

Bands on the Beacon is a fantastic FREE event and great to see Aziz the former Stone Roses guitarist on the bill It is this Sunday and the weather forecast is looking promising for this weekend so thats good !!  So please try and support this great local and unique event. On the THIS Twitter…

Planning questions outstanding – UPDATED

When you run a blog and are very interested in local events you notice that planning disputes are often the number one cause of disputes. Whether it is between neighbours, over a phone mast or the large issues over the future of NetherHall, residents will always be highly animated by these issues. Every week I…