Out and About in Quinton with Deirdre and Jane

I spent the morning with fellow Quinton Councillor Jane James and our Parliamentary Spokesman Deirdre Alden weeding, collecting litter and cleaning graffiti. Here's what we've been up to...

White Road: Trimmed back a hedge and cleared up the litter inside it, which unfortunately included a lot of undelivered Air Ambulance charity bags.

Lower White Road: Cut back the worst of the overgrowth in this alleyway and cleared away litter.

Simmons Drive and Moat Meadows: Got stuck in and cleared away lots of litter.

Moat Meadows: Removed graffiti from a cable TV box.

Corner of White Road and Ridgacre Road: Same again. Except this one already had the green anti-graffiti paint treatment, so we needed less elbow grease!

Post box at the same location.

Right, I'm off for a cuppa!

Street Lights in Simmons Drive Area

We were recently informed that some street lights, including the two above, were out of order on the pathway that runs behind Simmons Drive. Street lighting is important to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour and I am pleased to report that these lights are now working again. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Pitching in at Pitt's Wood!

Believe it or not, Pitt's Wood is an ancient piece of woodland in the middle of Quinton, off Overdale Road. I joined local volunteers, fellow Quinton Councillors Jane James and Len Clark and our Parliamentary spokesman Deirdre Alden for a session of weeding, chopping and general tidying.

It was fun and everyone was very pleased with the results.

Police PACT (Partners and Communities Together) Meetings

Please find below a list, in chronological order, of all of the forthcoming Police PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meetings that are relevant to Quinton ward. There are quite a few of them, but I'll do my best to attend as many as possible.

Eagle-eyed readers will notice that two different meetings are on the same date - I'll try to get hold of a TARDIS!

Also please remember that you don't have to wait for a PACT meeting to let me know about a problem. You can come to a Ward Committee meeting, a surgery, call me (07502 102 617) or email me (peter@petersmallbone.com)

Quinton East
10/08/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton East
07/09/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton West
21/09/2009
19:30
Quinborne Centre, Overdale Road, Quinton

Harborne West
24/09/2009
19:00
Onnelly House, Court Oak Road, Harborne

Quinton East
05/10/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton East
02/11/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton West
09/11/2009
19:30
Quinborne Centre, Overdale Road, Quinton

Quinton East
30/11/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton East
21/12/2009
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton East
11/01/2010
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton West
11/01/2010
19:30
Quinborne Centre, Overdale Road, Quinton

Quinton East
08/02/2010
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton East
08/03/2010
19:00
Welsh House Farm School, Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton

Quinton Ward Committee

The next Quinton Ward Committee meeting will be held on Thursday 3rd September at 7pm, at the Forum building, Four Dwellings High School, Highfield Lane, Quinton.

It's an open meeting and as usual we'll be discussing some very important issues, not least how the Building Schools for the Future programme may affect the facilities at Four Dwellings School itself.