B13 An eclectic suburb of Birmingham

2010-03-06T12:00:00.002Z

Lost & Found! Brown hair clip

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Found on Tuesday 23rd Feb. Brown hair clip.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:59 +0000

Need some business advice…?

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Business advisor Marion Taggart will be available for anyone who is either thinking of starting up a business, or has recently become self-employed or started up in business. Come along for an introductory one-to-one session to discuss your current situation and ways to progress. Marion will be here at the Moseley Exchange between 10am and 1pm on the following [...]

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:20 +0000

New Contender: Gerrard

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Name: Gerrard (Identity confirmed) We, of course, know Gerrard very well. We remember him running away. We remember him coming home again. We’re very pleased to have the opportunity to welcome Gerrard into the Meowseley family. Not that we’re related to cats. Nor are many of the cats related to each other. It’s a figurative family. Agility [...]

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:08:24 +0000

Planning Ap resubmitted for Tescos on old Ford site

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Planning Ap resubmitted for Tescos on old Ford site

2010-02-27T11:00:00.000Z

Wake Green Park's (hyper) local shop

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I'd like to introduce you to Abdul. Abdul is the proprietor of United News on the Showell Green Road, which is the closest shop to Wake Green Park.






I have to admit to living in the park a couple of years before I realised that there was a shop so nearby! It was only through talking to a neighbour that I found out about United News.



Abdul's shop is only about a 5 minute walk from the park. Really handy if you are pushed for time! He stocks all the basic essentials; bread, milk, soft drinks, canned and frozen food, sweet & savoury snacks, baby things, cigarettes, newspapers and lots of other goods too.



I had a chat with Abdul about his customers and keeping his local shop going against the supermarket giants.















Next time you run out of a kitchen essential, why not try United News which is open until 9pm.



Thank you Abdul. I'll be popping in again soon! :)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:09:13 +0000

Great start for the website workshops

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There was a brilliant take-up for the first website workshop by Pete Ashton, so good that we already have a waiting list for the next one… If you are interested in attending a similar event in future, please get in touch and watch this space!

2010-02-24T20:21:00.010Z

The last (snow) man standing

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He cuts a lonely figure, but at least he's still standing. Well, he was yesterday!

I'm sure he cut a dash in previous bitter cold days, and held his head up proudly. Now we can only imagine......





Sadly, as well as being about to loose his head, he has already lost an arm which lies forlornly at his feet/base. I don't think his other arm will help break his fall should he tumble over. He could perhaps try to catch his head with it, but I wish him luck with that one!







Some other snowmen popped up over the last month or two around the park, and there was even a snow angle!



We are lucky, with all the grounds of the park, we can embrace the big kid in us and make snow men and snow angles....but I've yet to see a snow ball fight! How about next winter we have some snow filled fun. I'm imagining a big community built snowman greeting folks at the main entrance! ;)


But big doesn't always mean better, as I hope to demonstrate with my snow figure.







It is technically meant to be a snowman, but I've been told that he looks like a duck. You don't have to venture further than your balcony to have your own little snow person!

2010-02-23T21:20:00.009Z

Love blossoms in Wake Green Park!

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I bumped into one of Wake Green Park's residents yesterday; Alan Hartley.

Alan has lived on the park for 5 years. He met the lady who lived above his flat, they fell in love and they are now married! The Birmingham Mail even reported on the romance!


What a heart warming story. Alan tells his story better than I can.....






Thank you for the chat Alan and thank you for sharing your story.

PS. Alan and Martin the gardener have the same boots! Can you guess which boots are Martin's? ;)

2010-02-23T11:53:00.008Z

Tuesday is bin day at Wake Green Park

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Every Tuesday morning at about 10 o'clock you will hear the 'beep beep beep' of the bin men's lorry, along with the the electronic message 'Warning, vehicle reversing'. You could almost set your clock by them.

When I heard the beeping of the lorry this morning I popped out with my camera. I haven't really spoken to the bin men before, perhaps just smiled at them or said hello.

It's very, very cold today and I didn't want to keep them long, so I introduce myself and asked if I could take a quick photo, and told them that I am writing a blog on Wake Green Park.

They kindly agreed to having their photo taken. Meet Brian and Jamie, our bin men!




When the weather is a bit better I'll see if I can do a quick interview with them and ask them about their work and what they think of the bins of Wake Green Park.


Brian and Jamie empty the big communal bins, but we also recycle here at the park! I think the recycling scheme was introduced about a year ago. We have 8 bins altogether which are housed by the garages outside of James Court.



We have 4 bins for recycling paper and cardboard.





Don't forget to remove your personal details from any correspondence!

And we have another 4 bins for plastic, bottles and cans. Though they don't appear to want yoghurt post, margarine tubes, plastic toys, plastic bags, polystyrene, returnable milk bottles, pryex cookware, window or mirror glass or drinking glasses!

All the green bins for glass, bottles and cans were full! We are really embracing recycling here!

Next blog post: Love blossoms on Wake Green Park!

2010-02-22T18:08:00.005Z

Wake Green Park, Moseley, Birmingham B13

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Welcome to the blog of Wake Green Park!


I'm Karen Strunks and I've been a resident of Wake Green Park for 6 years. Inspired by hyperlocal blogger Nicky Getgood of Digbeth Is Good, and the work of Talk About Local, this blog will be used to write about events in Wake Green Park, however big or small!


I'd like this to be a place for the community and residents of Wake Green Park, and invite contributions. Just drop me an email hello@karenstrunks.com.


As residents will have noticed in recent days, there has been a flurry of snow! And of course there was more than a flurry a few weeks ago. I popped out with my camera to see the white landscape of the park.




Some little fox prints. I put a little bit of food out for them (not for the rats!) as I felt they needed a little bit of sustenance during the cold snap.


The gritters soon sprung into action, clearing the drives and the pathways.


And here is our wonderful gardener, Martin (left) with a snow gritting colleague. Sorry, not the best picture - it looks like Martin is trying to poke his colleague with the end of his shovel!

And here is Martin in fairer weather. I think he will be making a regular appearance on this blog. I'll try and do a video interview with him. He always has a friendly smile and a hello and is a real asset to the park.

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:10:20 +0000

If you like The Wire and need a washing machine in Moseley

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If you like The Wire and need a washing machine in Moseley

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:20:21 +0000

Moselele

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Moselele:

Welcome to Moselele, the home of the previously non-existent Moseley Ukulele Group. This is a group for beginners and people experienced in the ukulele. In fact very much focussed on beginners at the moment though getting people who can play would be handy.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:20:07 +0000

Launch Event for Moseley Road Baths History Project

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Please find attached details of the official launch of the Friends of Moseley Road Baths Group 3-year long Pool of Memories Project for which the organisation was recently awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £48,000. We do hope that you will be able to attend and/or publicise this event Jenny Austin Project Co-ordinator

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:58:20 +0000

Hello

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Welcome to Moselele, the home of the previously non-existent Moseley Ukulele Group. This is a group for beginners and people experienced in the ukulele. In fact very much focussed on beginners at the moment though getting people who can play would be handy. In the coming months I will be arranging a time and place for people [...]

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:18:43 +0000

Website Workshop 2-5pm Tues 23 Feb

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The 12 spaces below this notice filled up pretty quickly! Next job was to find an expert… Pete Ashton will be here at the Exchange from 2pm on Tuesday 23 February to enlighten us on the various options for getting a presence on the web. He’s explained his plans in more detail on his blog. The cost [...]

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:36:57 +0000

Our next Exhibition: Photography… Opening night 7-9pm Tues 2 March

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We are very excited to be able to announce the line-up for our next exhibition, which this time, will be all things photographic… First of all, we’ll have Pete Ashton’s new work, through the viewfinder. Pete will also be joining the Moseley Arts Market on Saturday 27 March, so look out for him there as well. Next [...]

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:39:29 +0000

Booze Busters

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The news that a local trader would roll over like puppy, when faced with the wrath of the Moseley Society has not received universal support. The decision to change the name of the off licence on St Mary’s Row to Moseley Booze was greeted with typical consternation. Well heeled residents mobilised in the way that only [...]

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:43:40 +0000

"AN OFF-licence owner has agreed to drop the word ‘booze’ after well-heeled Birmingham residents..."

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“AN OFF-licence owner has agreed to drop the word ‘booze’ after well-heeled Birmingham residents decided it was too tacky for their leafy neighbourhood. Mandeep Bohgal accepted a request to call his shop Moseley Wines after members of the city’s licensing committee expressed concern that Moseley Booze sent out the wrong message.”

- Birmingham Mail - News - Birmingham News - Moseley off-licence owner agrees to drop ‘Booze’ name

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:45:30 +0000

Emergency: Doctor

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We feel quite guilty about this. We don’t know where he is or anything like that, oh no. Someone did mention to us a while ago that Doctor had gone missing but we completely forgot about it. As you can see from the poster Doctor is quite young so natural curiosity might have encouraged him to go [...]

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:34:38 +0000

Hold Me Now

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:32:36 +0000

Folsom Prison Blues

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:31:11 +0000

I Wanna Be Like You

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:30:08 +0000

Eight Days a Week

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Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0000

Career resolutions for the New Year…

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January; a great time for taking stock and setting goals for the year ahead! This interesting article from the latest Creative Choices newsletter gives a useful 10 point list of ideas for focusing your energies and achieving more from your career… Karin

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:26:59 +0000

The Cube in Shoreditch

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The latest addition to our ever-growing list of co-working spaces around the world is The Cube in Shoreditch, London. Looks lovely – looking forward to checking it out next time I’m in London! Links to the other spaces on our list are on the right hand side…

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:42:05 +0000

New Contender: Ollie

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Name: Ollie (Identity confirmed) Agility – 8/10 Ok what have we got? Ollie can jump on to the top of a fridge freezer. According to Currys that seems to be a height of around 1.7 meters. That’s a good height, taller than a man but smaller than a house (for those of you that need a [...]

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:28:29 +0000

Yay: Gerrard

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Good news. Gerrard has come home. Yay. It turns out he got stuck in a neighbours house. That’s proper cat burglary. He came home this afternoon and ate THREE pouches of cat food. Thanks to everyone that helped to spread the word on the Twitter. It’s nice to have a happy ending. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meowseley.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D161'; [...]

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:45:27 +0000

Emergency: Gerrard

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We don’t want to worry you but another cat has gone missing. Gerrard was last seen outside his house in Moseley Gate. He’s a small and tame black cat. It’s obviously very cold at the moment so it would be great to get him back home. If you live close by or even if you’re just passing, keep your [...]

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:17:28 +0000

Next Business Advice Session…

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Marion’s first day of one-to-one business advice appointments here earlier this month went so well that we have arranged another date for early in the new year. Business advisor Marion Taggart will be available for anyone who is either thinking of starting up a business, or has recently become self-employed or started up in business. Come along for [...]

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:02:13 +0000

Venturing into the business jungle…

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Hailed as ‘without doubt the biggest step that you will take on your journey towards self employment‘, I recently booked myself onto a Thursday evening Business Awareness seminar held at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. The seminar programmed by the BCT Business Venture Scheme is ‘a chance to hear what the experts in business start-up [...]