As reported in the Great Barr Observer tonight and here on FACEBOOK that the Lottery funding was received for the Barr Beacon memorial. BREAKING NEWS: Barr Beacon War Memorial is to be restored to its former glory after securing a £440,000 Lottery grant. The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced that the owners of the historic…

A few months ago I reported that Gt Barr Hall was up in an auction for £2.2M. The Express and Star kindly took the post and created THIS STORY . We was told that Walsall Council was looking for Lottery Money to try and buy the place, However a year on and nothing has been…

On the 3rd and 4th November the Boundary Review Commission came to Birmingham and heard submissions regarding the first draft of their proposals. The whole submissions can be read HERE but make sure you put hours aside to read them ! However this was my submission which was on behalf of myself and I attended…

Sad news I received today from David Weller the vicar of Beacon Chruch. He brought a new vision to the estate and after just a year he has made an impression on all of us. Good Luck in the future David. Resignation as Priest in Charge of the Beacon Church Pheasey I am today announcing…

Some nice snow today, I must admit I love it and so does my daughter 🙂 However clearly on the Estate many roads have steep inclines and especially Collingwood and Hillingford that they need to be gritted. So simple question for the council, where we you ? Now credit where credit is due, last year…

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…

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…

Martin is a local author based in Pheasey and he has sent me details on his new book which I am happy to do and as you can see, it is a very local book ! ======================================== Hi everyone You may be interested to know that I am a local author and my debut novel…

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…

I am not ashamed to make a pitch for myself using this blog. Pheasey school needs a new parent governor and I have put my name forward for the vote by parents this week. Unfortunately I can not ask for support at the school gate during the school day but I can put my case…