Archive | Environment

12 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Travellers leave Wednesfield site, clean up begins…

As reported by Wv11.co.uk last night, the travellers who have occupied the Colman Avenue / Ellards Fields site in Wednesfield for the past 10 days have now vacated the area.

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10 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

More travellers in Coppice Farm / New Invention

It seems just across the border in WV12, Walsall residents are having similar problems as us in WV11.  The Yam Yam is reporting travellers have moved moved onto open land off Coppice Farm Way.  The field, which is located at the bottom of the “Black Path” and divides Ashmore Park from Coppice Farm/New [...]

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09 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Wednesfield Traveller site update

Wolverhampton City Council are due in court to get an eviction notice served on the group who have set up camp on the playing fields near the Lichfield Road.
They have already ignored one request made by the council for them to leave so now the council will proceed with legal action through the appropriate [...]

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06 August 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Playground equipment removed from Wednesfield traveller site

The District Manager for Wolverhampton Parks & Green Spaces has informed Wednesfield & Fallings Park LNP that they are dismantling swings and any items that can be vandalised or stolen from the natural play area equipment and play park on the Coleman Avenue open space area (known as the Ellards Open space, Perry Hall Park) [...]

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04 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Ashmore Park garages saga drags on

Six months after WV11.co.uk first raised the issue, the fate of a set of derelict garages in Ashmore Park continues to drag on after the local Tenants and Residents Association launched a petition against demolition.

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21 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Pick-your-own season starts at Essington Fruit Farm

We’ve just spotted in the Essington Fruit Farm Newsletter:
At last the pick-your-own season has started!
We have lots of lovely strawberries, the recent rains have swollen them nicely and plenty are now ripening up. Other fruit crops will soon follow: gooseberries may be picked now but will benefit from a week or two to grow some [...]

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13 May 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Tidy Garden Scheme Launched

Older tenants of Wolverhampton Homes are being urged to take advantage of a new gardening service, called the Tidy Garden Scheme, launched this week.
The new gardening service is launched in partnership with grounds maintenance supplier Continental Landscapes and will cost £7 a week.
In the spring and summer, the service will include fortnightly lawn mowing [...]

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