Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

Its Strange, When I look at Business trying to make a living, I really don’t blame them for exploring all avenues. What disappoints me is the total lack of respect for their residential neighbours and how their actions and ideas will affect our life style, I really do think there is a need to promote Rural local Business and not just say no every time they have a bright idea.   I do think rural Business  as do residents have a responsibility to work together and come up with the right solutions  for the majority. We shouldn’t just railroad each other, call it a strange thought but isn’t it just common sense. Business wants to make money (Simple) people want to live quietly get home from their place of work and forget (Simple) mean while we have Business making money whilst we try to live quietly. Just throwing a few thoughts about randomly ;-) Carrie

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As I watch Mike Downes go Global I can’t help but admire him and wish him the best of luck. Unlike so many of us Mike appeared to reach a point and then left Local alone. However on the other hand he has guided some of us to become Hyper Local with his skills knowledge alongside the determination to persuaded others to go Global. As my local community leaders start to wake up and realise there is a need for their presence on the web, for content to be updated on a regular basis in order to keep people up to date. I find myself reflecting on why I started blogging and now what I want to do next.        So I sort of understand why Mike went Global but I still don’t think it is the right place for me. I think I am going to go Micro Local and move on down instead of move on up. I always was different.  However I would Like to say to Mike Downes Thank you so much for your tips and advice and well done for your ach...

Well here is a bit of news and I am really pleased to see Tanworth In Arden Parish Council now has a Twitter Account, I must admit they haven’t used it a lot but its good to see and hopefully in the future they will use it for quick updates and messages. Their Tweet account is @Tanworthpc Also its good to see we have the Arden Community Forum on Twitter @ArdenForum Why not give them a follow and keep in touch and informed with your local community. I must admit it took me a while to find a use for Twitter however once I had sat down and worked out what interested me and found those organisations and people Tweeting away. I have really found it very useful. I have to say I am still a Twitter fan rather than a Facebook Fan but am very slowly getting to grips with Facebook.

Like most of us I don’t like crime however my attention has been drawn to a telegraph article, naming and shaming criminals even showing mug shots. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9606771/Criminals-to-be-named-and-shamed-by-Home-Office.html OK I think it is fine if you are looking for someone connected with a crime to publish a mug shot, However I think publishing photos of those who have already been convicted of a crime which I assume means they may be in prison or serving a sentence is slightly counter productive. My reason for thinking this is there are so many organisations trying to rehabilitate those that have committed crimes and settle them back in to society as law abiding citizens is all very commendable however all the work is undone by naming and shaming all over the web. It means they won’t get a job which means they won’t have money which means they will fall back into crime in order to survive. As I say I can understand it if...

Well with all this talk about the PCC elections obviously it go me to thinking about crime. I have always with permission posted our Police Messages however realised they were scattered all over the place and easily lost within the blog, as on the whole I post them as and when I receive them. I decided to collate all of the 2012 ones I had received and put them all in one place for ease of reference. So I have added a new page to the blog dedicated to our Police Messages.  You will find the link on the first tab at the top of the page or on the link below http://earlswoodlakes.blogspot.co.uk/p/police-messages-2012.html I will still post them on the home page of the blog as and when I receive them however I thought an archive would be interesting.  Whilst I was looking at the ever growing list I noticed it is not a comprehensive list as I know of at least three incident that is not listed.

Police Message Burglary Dwelling Poolhead Lane Tanworth Posted With Permission Thursday  11th October Inc 164 11/10/12 Between 1115-1415 offenders have forced the locks on a set of patio doors to gain entry to a property on Poolhead Lane Tanworth. Once inside they have conducted an untidy search of the property and removed numerous electrical items from within. Also taken were spare keys to both the property and vehicles which were not at the property at the time. A TV set was left in hallway having been removed from bracket in living area, indicating possibly being disturbed by occupant returning at 1415. If anybody has seen or heard anything in relation to this crime please call 101 and quote the above inc number. Crime can be reported anonymously to Crime Stoppers 0800 555111 Home security risk assessments are available on request, please contact myself by any of the contact methods listed below. David Martin       ...

Refuse and recycling collection calendar & Zone  Finder Your collection day for  EARLSWOOD  is  Monday You are located in  Zone 1 Please ensure your bins are available from 6.00am on the morning of your collection. Please note that your bins will be  collected as normal over bank holidays  (with the exception of Christmas & New Year). Your Collections      Rubbish Collected (Grey Bin)      Recycling & Green Waste Collected (Blue Lid & Green Bin) Calendar October 2012 M T W Th F 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31     November 2012 M T W Th F       1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 Download your personalised calendar as a PDF, perfect for printing. Missed bins If your bin was not collected on your collection day then please report it using our online report form. V...

Whilst catching up with what is happening around Earlswood & Forshaw Heath something has really niggled me.  I am beginning to think we have one or two new Residents Associations. Probably just a couple of typos but all the same it niggles me. Firstly I see Earlswood and Forshaw Heath Residents Association referred to As Earlswood Residents Association in the Community Forum Leaflets. Then in the Portfolio meeting for speed I see the Association referred to as Earlswood Common Residents Association. Folks it is Earlswood & Forshaw Heath Residents Association. Anyone would think there weren't any Residents living in  Forshaw Heath If no one can get the basics right ie names titles of organisations or even the Right Spelling of somewhere they represent what hope have we all got  It brings in to question the accuracy  of everything else!!!! It is shameful that the basics are not correct.

Oh well we tried to get it down to 40 MPH like the Top end and the soon to be bottom(Rumbush Lane Solihull) Full portfolio meeting can be found on the following link. Click Here to read full minutes Portfolio Holders Meeting 21st September 2012   Reference 7 – Forshaw Heath Road / Forshaw Heath Lane / Mill Lane / Poolhead Lane. Jo Edwards advised that all objectors would prefer the proposed 50mph speed limit to be reduced to a 40mph speed limit. However, the Department for Transport issued strict criteria in respect of the setting of speed limits and any further reduction than the proposed 50mph would also be contrary to County Council policy. Councillor Perry reported that he had been on a site visit to the area and had also undertaken consultation with local residents. Within the current 60mph speed limit, drivers’ mean speed along the road was recorded at 45mph; therefore it was anticipated that a reduction to 50mph would also r...

These are not minutes Parish Report September 2012

Work This One Out I went into a shop to buy a coat. I didn't try it on because I had already tried one on exactly the same size make and design colour, from the same shop earlier in the day. I went back and purchased the coat. I didn't just rely on the size on the coat hanger I checked the label attached to the coat. and trotted off quite happily with my purchase confident it would be OK. When I got to the office I tried the coat on. The confusion starts it fitted but there was not enough room to wear an additional layer under it if needed. I checked the label again it was the size I wanted and the size I had tried on earlier. I laughed when I checked the sewn in tag Said XL as opposed the  sale label of Large. Well yes I could be classed as a bit dumpy but I am not XL. The only reason I wanted a Large coat was so as I could comfortably fit a woolly pully under it if it got cold. I took it back to the shop where I explained th...