Get your Car Pass for Bands on the Beacon

Full credit to the organisers of the ‘Bands on the Beacon’. This is a great event, innovative, local and of course FREE !!! You can now get FREE car park passes for the event on the 8th July and can apply HERE Further information can be found on this WEBSITE and this FACEBOOK page.

The Beacon lit for the Queen

I should state I am a republican but I do not begrudge at all the last few days of celebrations. So at 22:30 last night a Beacon was lit at the top Barr Beacon to celebrate this occasion. Unfortunately the numbers were limited to just 200 (no real idea why, health and safety according to…

Phone Mast to Stay

The Great Barr Observer has just said on FB that the legal battle to remove the Waverley Avenue phone mast has been lost. A High Court bid to remove a mobile phone mast, which was erected at the junction of Waverley Avenue and Beacon Road without planning permission, has failed. Walsall Council brought action against…

Headmaster leaves Pheasey Park Farm

I am sad to hear of Paul Purser leaving Pheasey Park Farm School. The board of governors announced the news today due to personal reasons. In dealings with Paul I have always found him very approachable and with good ideas for the future of the school and thus the kids of Pheasey. I know the…

Great Barr Hall has been sold

We have been aware for some time that Great Barr Hall has been up for sale and it seems we have two pieces of news the first comes from a favourite blog of mine – The Ruin of Great Barr Hall – LINK and a comment from Martin They just sold it by auction barnard…

Tories hold Pheasey Park Farm

As usual Walsall council throws up a strange result. For Pheasey the results are Pheasey Park Farm Candidate Party Votes received Andrew, Adrian John Austin Conservative Party 1351** 47% Lane, Patricia Susan Labour Party 967 34% Grey, Steven George UK Independence Party (UK IP) 517 19% total votes 2835 Well done to Adrian Andrew in…

18K spent so far on the mast controversy

After a Freedom of Information request I have found out the following points regarding the phone mast on Beacon Road The original rejection letter the mast company said they did not receive was sent by second class letter So far £18,415 has been spent on legal fees alone and this is not including Planning Department…