Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Issue 52
Taylor Sheldon
Page 6
on New WOMAN
Caitlyn Jenner
Meet
Maria
Drug Den
Car Park
Readers
Letters
Page 4
Chivenor head
resigns
Page 19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
JOBS:
Kays
History
Page10
The 1975
Music
with
Brookly:
Page 8
Harry to go
PAGE 21
Four candidates for the job of public representative on the regions Police Force
Conrad Ashe
Court last week. Their
thefts included Audi A6,
an Insignia and a Peugeot
RCZ.
Arsonists parents to
pay up for burnt cars
A 16 year-old arsonist
who destroyed cars and
property in Castle Vale
has been told by the court
that his parents must pay
1,188 in compensation,
just a fraction of the total
damage.
The teenager from Nechells, who cannot be named, set fire to several cars
in Turnhouse Road last November. He
also broke into Tiggywinkles nursery
CURSE OF
THE CARER
Opinion
Parents of children at St
Barnabas School in Erdington are still in the dark
about the schools headteacher, eight months after she was suspended.
Heather Powell
is also headteacher of St Francis Primary School in Bournville.
She may have to juggle for longer
yet, because there is still no news
about the investigation into Heather
Powell. Governors are staying tightlipped. Chair of Governors Reverend
Freda Evans has dismissed Tyburn
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MY PLEDGES
TO YOU:
1
- I will continue to
support the most
vulnerable in society
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comments
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Hi there,
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by email
Trolleys
-aaargh
There seem to be lazy people (two
different people on cctv) who intend
on bringing home their shopping using trolleys from Sainsburys mainly,
and occasionally from B&M.
The residents in question that live
on Halfpenny Field Walk and Round
Moor Walk then dump the trolleys out
the back of their houses in Bond Drive
which then accumulate.
Instead of naming and shaming them,
I hope that the Tyburn Mail could
publicise this issue that my parents
and probably other residents have to
deal with on a regular basis.
Surprise
I dreamt Death came the other night
And Heavens Gate swung wide
An angel with a halo bright
Ushered me inside
And there to my astonishment
Stood folks Id judged and labelled
As qute unfit, of little worth,
And spiritually disabled.
Indignant words rose to my lips
But never were set free
For every face showed stunned surprise;
Not one expected ME
Tom Walker, aged 80+
Castle Vale
Page 4 Tyburn Mail April 2016
LIP SERVICE
A celebrity who has fathered six
children is now modelling lipstick
for one of the worlds top brands
Taylor Sheldon
Castle Vales Generations Choir are rehearsing for two shows, says organiser Bob Brueton.
The first will be on Saturday May 14th
when they will be in a special show
raising awareness in a fun and musical way of what is in the food we eat!
Called Crime Food it will take place
outside St Martins Church in the Bull
Ring.
Performances are free and at 12.00
midday and again at 2.00pm.
The second show will be on Saturday
28th May at the caf in St Barnabas
Church in Erdington High St. This commemorates Mothers Night Club which
was in the building opposite the church
( look for the blue plaque on the wall).
There will be a wide range of songs but
including ones which would have been
performed at the club. Times are 12.30
and 2pm and entry is free.
Also in the church building will be
memorabilia, clothing, CDs and posters from the era.
The choir meets Thursdays 5.30 -7.30
at Greenwood Academy and welcomes
new members of all ages.
Tyburn Mails
award winning
fashion journalist
MAC have again teamed
up with another celebrity to design and launch
a new lipstick
shade for their
Viva Glam collection!
MAC often collaborate
with very talked about
celebrities, in the past
it has been the likes
of Miley Cyrus, Ariana
Grande and Rihanna,
but now its Caitlyn Jenners turn.
Caitlyns new shade is a
rosy nude shade which
she explains is great for
every day wear.
Caitlyn said that she wanted an every
Food Heaven
or Food Hell
Greener, Healthier
Brum Awards
Once described as the worlds greatest athlete, Bruce Jenner won the Olympic gold medal for the
decathlon. He fathered six children before becoming a woman, and is now Caitlyn Jenner, transgender
celebrity glamour model. Top US/Canadian make-up company MAC, part of the Esthe Lauder group,
has taken the controversial and brave step of using Jenner to promote their products.
Council officers give a hygiene rating when they inspect a food business.
FIVE STAR
Ahmeds Spice
Kingsbury School
Bagot Arms
Yenton School
Birches Green J and I Schools
Butterfly Day Nursery
Cafe Pausa
Cape Race Hotel
Gunter Childrens Centre and
Primary School
Conservative Club
Costa Coffee at Fort
Dixy Chicken Kingsbury Rd
Erdington Hall Primary School
Erdington Leisure Centre
Gala Bingo
Greggs two shops on KIngsbury
Rd
Entries are welcome from all, or a selection, of the following five categories
Energy Efficiency Scheme; Waste
& Recycling Scheme; Greener &
Healthier Lifestyles (Food); Sustainable Travel; Naturally Green
(Biophilic) Scheme
The closing date: Tuesday 31 May.
Applications to: sustainabilityteam@
birmingham.gov.uk or posted to: Barbara Street, Climate Change & Environment Team, Birmingham City Council, PO Box 14439, Birmingham, B2
2JE. Tel: 0121 464 9166
Sainsburys
Spitfire Cafe
St Cuthberts Church
Hall St Gerards Church
Centre
Ridings Care Home
Tyburn House
Super Whippy Trader
Rye Grass Walk) St
Gerards School
Tiggy Winkles
TK Maxx
FOUR STAR
Brooks Newsagent
Vale Stores (Quix)
THREE STAR
ONE STAR
Castle Vale Fish Bar
Chilli Spice
ZERO STAR
Chicks
Farnborough Rd
(January 2016)
The Digby
Little Ripley Day Nursery
The Range Coffee House
Travelodge (Fort)
Uper Crust
Wheewright News
Winnies Cafe
Yenton School
FOUR STAR
Bennetts
Buffet Island
Chung Ying Takeaway
Erdington Foodbank
Hastingwood Cafe
Hollywood Rest Home
Hollywood Social Club
McDonalds (1151 Chester Rd)
Ocean Blue
THREE STAR
Blue Lagoon
Erdington Baptist Church
George Express
Polish Shop, Wood End Rd
Qs and Sons Food Stores
TWO STAR
ONE STAR
ZERO STAR
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Clifton Welch
Working tirelessly for Tyburn Ward all year round
Clifton is
fighting Labours
plan to build on
parks across
Birmingham
Clifton helping at a
community clean up
Clifton WELCH
REMEMBER
REMEMBER JUST
JUST LOOK
LOOK FOR
FOR THE
THE TREE
TREE
The 1975
What does
minimum
wage mean?
The Governments new National Living Wage is now
law.
Tyburn Mails
music journalist
ADVERTISEMENT
Ann Holtom
A Record of Action
Tyburn
Ann has been calling for new stations to serve Castle Vale and The Fort
for many years and has been strongly supported by local people in their
fight to improve transport links.
Ann has supported local residents who petitioned the council over this
inappropriate proposal and campaigned against the school on
environmental and public health grounds.
Tyburn
Ann Holtom
Tel: 0121 384 4548 or 07956 964599
tyburnteam@holtom.me.uk
www.erdingtonlibdems.org.uk
www.facebook.com/SuttonErdingtonLibDems
Page 8 Tyburn Mail April 2016
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BACK
Competition
Winner of
the 40 cash
prize, A-level
student Taylor
Billings
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Love goes by haps, Some Cupid
Much Ado
Hero
Kills with arrows, some with traps
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thereby hangs a tale
As You Like it
Jacques
(used in 3 plays - any one would do)
Merry Wives of Windsor Hostess Quickly
Taming of the Shrew Grumio
Thereby hangs a tail occurs in Othello, spoken by the Clown
She doth teach the torches to burn
bright Romeo and Juliet
Romeo
Theres language in her lip, her cheek, Troilus and Cressida Ulysses
her eye
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Nothing will come of nothing
King Lear
Lear
Thanks to readers who entered. There were some very impressive performances.
Its television personality Alison Hammond, pictured here at Castle Vales Got
Talent in 2013. Shes coming back this year, to judge the finals on Wednesday 4th
May at Greenwood Academy
Page 9 Tyburn Mail April 2016
Factory makes
way for families
New homes offer bright prospects on derelict Cincinnati site
as Linden billboard sparks local interest for house hunters
KAYS HISTORY
JOSEPH
MERRICK
A Victorian
tragedy
An engraving of Merrick
He was exhibited as a curiosity, deprived of dignity, until Victorian sensibilities forbade it any longer.
Born in
Lee Street,
Leicester
in
1862,
J o s e p h
Merricks
insidious
condition
progressed
rapidly since
birth.
By
1883,
Merricks
Merricks condition in 1888
anomalies,
included:
congenital
extostoses of the skull, extensive
papillomatous growths, pendulous
masses of epidermis (resembling
cauliflower) multiple fibrous tumours,
hypertrophy ( thickening of skin) and
an alarming spinal curvature.
Befriended by surgeon Sir Fredrick
Treves(1853- 1923 who erroneously
called him John) and Governor of
the London Hospital Mr Carr Gomm.
Merrick was properly presented to
London society including: Alexandra
Princess of Wales, and celebrated actress Madge Kendal.
Treves on Merrick: smooth browed
and clean of limb, whose eyes flashed
undaunted courage.
industrial prime.
The end of Cincinnati is an emotional
time for some old workers.
But for many others, particularly the
younger generations, the need for
decent housing is far more pressing
than the urge to reminisce over bygone times.
The Linden homes will provide housing opportunities for social tenants
and for first-time buyers.
The local residents of Woodland Farm
Road in Pype Hayes are far from happy with the noise and mess being created by lorries that are clearing the
site.
The influx of families will have implications for school, health and transport services.
But for those who are looking to get
a decent roof over their heads, the
advertising billboard on the Kingsbury
Road signifies family comfort on the
site of a long derelict factory.
NEWS
and views from
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Castle Vale Community Housing: 11 High Street, Castle Vale, B35 7PR 0121 748 8100 repairs 0121 748 8101 (24 hrs) contactus@cvch.org.uk
Its
competition
time!
We are running a competition for a local resident to
design a mascot or character that represents
We have 3 prizes: 1st, 2nd and 3rd and the winners design will be used
for all digital promotion across the estate!
You can draw it, paint it, design it on a PC, build it however you feel is
the best way to get your character across.
The rules: it must incorporate the company logo and entrants must be
under 18 years old.
Entries can be handed in at CVCH High St Offices, The Sanctuary or The
Digital Hub @ Topcliffe House.
Prize Draw
Winners
Every year in partnership with Npower we
complete gas services on all of our properties; all residents who allow us access to their
property first time get entered in to a prize
draw to win 50 vouchers.
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in new activities.
The aim of the grant is
to provide opportunities
for one off activities to
take place that are organised by residents,
for residents of Castle
Hi Becki
North & East Birmingham
Phab provides activities
for children aged 3+ of all
abilities.
40% of phabs children
have some disability or
chronic health condition.
The majority of the children who attend are from
Castle Vale
The generous grant from
CVCH enabled us to hold
a Christmas Party for 68
Children including food, a
disco, a visit from Santa &
a present each!
Thank you so much from all
at N&E Birmingham Phab
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without
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Peter Houghton
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Susan Horrocks
for the last 16 years as a Senior Manager within the Housing Association
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A meeting of minds
Ageing Better Inter-generations Quiz
Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Abdul wants
Active Citizens
local communities.
PCSO Abdul Mannan, based at
Castle Vale Police Station, is helping to organise the project locally.
He wants volunteers who can
show lead or get involved in working with residents to improve their
community. It can involve a small
campaign to clean up streets, or
it can establishing larger projects
involving supporting young people.
Interested? Contact:
PCSO Abdul Mannan 30759 Castle Vale Police Station 101 ext
8446249
alternatively email: a.mannan@
west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
Goodbye
to Hilary
JLR boost
for families of
sick children
Kind-hearted Jaguar workers in Castle
Vale gave an Easter boost to a charity
that helps families of children who are in
hospital.
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biker
tactics
Better,
but still
the worst
Will it help if
I change my
name, boss?
A quarter (23%) of professional women in the UK with
non-white sounding names
have changed their name to
sound more traditionallyBritish in order to get a job,
according to a study by Nottx.
com.
Drayton Manor
jobs success
Hundreds of theme-park
fans applied for jobs recently at Drayton Manor
for the 2016 season.
The park is reporting that it received
close to 500 applications.
Bossess say they have filled 456 seasonal positions.
In total, 288 are returning staff from
previous years and 168 are new applicants.
Applications were received from those
as young as 16, to those who are already in their 60s.
Page 18 Tyburn Mail April 2016
GREENWOOD SITE
Work will
start in
early May
Carillion have confirmed that
they will start work on the new
site for Greenwood Academy
early next month.
Developers will be on the site in the first
week of May to start the new building which
should be ready for September 2017.
The paddock area designated for the school
site has already been partitioned off with a
wooden fence.
The new building on the Farnborough Road
paddock will have room for 1,104 pupils,
including 180 sixth form students and 24
places for children with special educational
needs.
Its bigger than the current site which has
room for 900 pupils.
Greenwood is currently undersubscribed,
partly because of a decline in its reputation
before it became an academy.
At the time of the planning application for
the new site, there were 680 pupils on roll.
There is speculation about the use of the
land currently occupied by Greenwood.
The land belongs to the Council and is specifically allocated to the education department.
But that can be transferred, and with the
shortage of housing in the city, the most
likely option is that the present Greenwood
site will, in future years, be used for a housing development.
Chivenor setback
as Darren departs
The immediate resignation of
Chivenor headteacher Darren Mann
came as a shock to parents of Castle
Vales biggest Primary School.
Last week, Griffin Trust announced in a brief
statement that they were sorry that he has decided to leave the Trust.
They thanked him, wished him well, and announced that Charlotte Watson-Nash will remain
Acting Head of Chivenor School until a substantive appointment is confirmed.
No explanation was offered for Mr Manns decision.
Darren Mann was appointed as headteacher of
Chivenor in July 2013, and came to the school
from Stirchley in the following September.
He had a tough job.
Chivenor had been on a downward spiral for several years under the leadership of Melissa Louca.
Ofsted reports had been damning. Inspectors
had put the school into special measures.
In the first year of Mr Manns headship.
Chivenors performance in SATs and the school
league tables was even more worrying.
In 2014, before the new headteachers policies
had chance to take effect, the school finished
bottom of the Birmingham league tables by a
considerable margin.
It was way behind the others. The Aston Villa of
primary schools in Birmingham.
Last year, Mr Mann was forced to close the
school before the end of summer term to deal
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Your councillors, campaigners and candidates
Elections belong to the people. Its their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and
burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Abraham Lincoln, US President
What a Conservative
Council would mean
for Tyburn
by Robert Alden
National drowning
prevention week
Who do you think is most
at risk from drowning?
McDonalds
stopped from 24
hour opening
This month has seen
licence application for
24 hour Macdonalds
the Chester Road, be
fused.
the
the
on
re-
by Clifton Welch
Conservative campaigner
dents against this I am delighted that
the Licencing department listened to
residents and me on this matter.
Over the last year I have been working to help tackle a number of different issues, from fighting the application to put a school on Eachelhurst
All schools to
be academies
Birmingham schools are
already self-governing.
Tory attack
on local
education
No party
whip for UKIP
councillors
Andrew Garcarz
UKIP Sutton Coldfield
& Erdington, Chair
Orchard
planting
by Siobhan
FitzPatrick
Fly tippers
dump 3ft dead
lizard days after
spot-fine threat
Two days after they threatened
spot fines for fly tippers, council
enforcement officers were called
out to deal with a dead, dumped
three-foot lizard.
PRODUCT REVIEW
Tony
Roche
Callaway Truvis
golf ball
Tyburn
Mails
golf writer
Stags are a friendly golf
society from our local
area.
The name derives from St
Thomas Association club in
Erdington, where they are
based.
The society was formed in February 2000, and now proudly boasts a
membership of over 40 players.
Plastic pitch
for stadium
A new artificial football pitch
is planned for Castle Vale Stadium.
local charities.
The new captain and vice captain for
2016, are Kevin Day and Brendan
Donnelly who have already posted
winning scores, at the first two outings of the year, with scores of 46
and 43 points respectably.
I bet those scores went down well at
the after-meal presentation.
If you are interested in becoming a
STAG, then contact the guys from
their website at WWW.stthomasassociationgolfsociety.co.uk
Players wanted
Sportsco FC are currently
looking for players across
many age groups.
The club has recently been awarded
charity status and are an FA Charter
Standard football club with FA qualified coaches playing in several different midland leagues.
After progressing past Harborne, Aston, Solihull, Dudley and Brierley Hill
in the group stage, they defeated
local rivals Sutton Coldfield in the
semi-finals to square up against Wolverhampton Schools in the final. Following a tight affair, it went all the way
to dreaded penalties.
Unlike the England football team, the
pupils of Erdington and Saltley had no
problems from the spot and defeated
Wolverhampton after Gunter pupil Rob
Robbo Callaghan made himself a hero
by saving two penalties during the
shootout.
The victory made it four cups for the
season, after the boys were crowned
winners of the Bath International Cup,
Birmingham Primary Schools FA 7-aside champions and Birmingham Primary Schools FA Futsal winners earlier
in the season.
It also means they progress to the national finals later in the season.
Club member Matt Meredith says that
Sportsco believe in player development and offer all committed players
game time on the pitch.
Interested players can arrange an invite to training at hello@sportscofc.
co.uk or contact Matt Meredith on
07740 027339 or Pete Morris 07513
800999 or visit our website at www.
sportscofc.co.uk
Mitchell holds
nerve to reach
Crucible dream
Snooker star Mitchell Mann
has shown that he is now
able to take the pressure of
big games.
His qualification for the World Championship series at The Crucible came because he held his nerve in two massive
matches. Twice he came back from behind to win the contests. In one frame,
he made a break of over 70 to win the
match.
In another, he needed to win the last
two frames to avoid defeat.
Mitchell has shown talent from a very
early age, since his days as a pupil at
Castle Vale School.
Now, he is showing a maturity that will
take him to the next level.
His televised interview after he won
through to the last 32 showed an articulate, calm and modest young man.
His Dad, Jeff, is rightly proud of him.
People have asked me what my dream
is for Mitchell, Jeff told Tyburn Mail.
I have always told them, my dream is
to see Mitchell walk out to the table at
The Crucible for the World Championships.
The World Snooker Championships is
broadcast live on BBC2, between 16th
April -2nd May.
Page 24 Tyburn Mail April 2016