Monthly Archives: July 2007

Tomorrow marks the one hundred year anniversary of the first ever Scout Association camp at Brownsea Island. In this part of the world most of the Scout Camps seem to take place at Blackwell Court and I remember going there … Continue reading →

Conservative newsletters are going out in all four wards of the constituency at the moment – In Touch with Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton. Each newsletter has stories about the latest goings on in the relevant ward – from … Continue reading →

I was pleased to see a copy of the Harborne Society’s latest newsletter yesterday as they have an article about Harborne Swimming Pool – headlined “Harborne Swimming Pool – Genuine Progress At Last!” The article goes on to welcome the … Continue reading →

Gordon Brown’s been making all sorts of annoucements recently – but he hasn’t announced one really important thing, a referendum on the new European Treaty. Why not? After all, it’s pretty similar to the old European Constitution which got killed … Continue reading →

Edgbaston Constituency has spearheaded the Tri-Golf initiative in Birmingham and has received national acclaim for the ground-breaking work which has been done in the development of an exciting alternative to mainstream sports. Today the Council unveiled the sixth and newest … Continue reading →

It poured with rain most of today. The picture shows a rather wet Woodgate Valley Country Park, but at least we are not under water. The scenes we have witnessed on our televisions this week have been horrific and I … Continue reading →

Today I was at Harborne Swimming Pool to open the constituency’s latest sports facility – an ICE Gym for young people. The ICE Gym is specially for 8-16 year olds and comes complete with bright decor, plasma screens and funky … Continue reading →

Great fun at the Community Fun Day held at Newman College in Bartley Green today. Despite rain yesterday and a bad forecast for tomorrow, today was bathed in sunshine and local people came out in force to support the event. … Continue reading →

Today I visited Grove Park (Harborne) with Council officials, to discuss the latest improvements we have planned for the park. Grove Park has a lake. The picture above is not of the lake. It is a flood that has happened … Continue reading →

Lots of events have been cancelled because of the weather. I noticed a police event at the Tally Ho! in Edgbaston was cancelled this morning when I passed there, and on Friday evening I should have been at Birmingham University’s … Continue reading →