Crime Map of Moseley

Hello!

In a previous post I wrote about Police.uk which is a local crime and policing website for England and Wales.

Well, I've got an update for you!

With big thanks to Mike Cummins from B13.org (a great resource for all things Moseley!), who has cleverly pulled in all the data, we now have a map showing crime data within 1 mile radius of Wake Green Park!

You can find the interactive map here, and you can select the month you wish to view from the drop down box on the top right hand corner. The data covers from December 2010 to Jan 2012.

Now that the Police are making all this data public, it's a great chance to stay informed about what's going on in and around where we live. 

Fortunately, here in Wake Green Park, we have an extremely low crime rate compared to other areas. With the security measures in place here, and with use of common sense, this keeps the crime rate low

As the police remind us (you can follow West Midlands Police on twitter @wmpolice), keep valuables out of sight in your car, and keep doors and windows locked when you are out. Don't forget to lock your garage too, just in case you have any valuables in there (thought we are advised not to keep any valuables in our garages at all). 

Did you know about the Police's 101 phone number? 

You can use it to:

Report crime or anti-social behaviour

To contact your local police station

To get police assistance in a non-emergency

For general enquiries. 

You can find more about the 101 number on the Police's website. 

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John Madin - RIP

There's some sad news to announce I'm afraid. John Madin, the famous English architect who was born in Moseley and designed our flats in Wake Green Park, passed away last Sunday evening.

John designed many the the buildings in Birmingham, including the Central Library, BBC Pebble Mill, The Birmingham Post and Mail Building, and the Chamber of Commerce. And our flats!

"Not far from the Calthorpe Estate and close to his parents' house in Moseley, on land at Belle Walk, Bromford Warden Housing Association appointed Madin to plan and design a block of 30 elderly persons' dwellings together with warden's accommodation and communal facilities. On the same site, Bromford Park, 249 two and three person flats and bedsitters with garages for the Bromford Housing Association were constructed in phases between 1967 and 1974. These schemes have since been incorporated into a gated community called Wake Green Park, which is managed commercially by Metro PM.


You can read a bit more about John designing our Wake Green Park flats in a previous blog post. You can also view a gallery of some of the buildings John designed here. 


As always, if you have any news or views you wish to share on this blog, just send your blog post to hello@karenstrunks.com. 

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New Carpets to be fitted in low rise blocks

The rolling out of new carpets (excuse the pun!) has already begun in low rise blocks. If your block hasn't got it's new carpet yet, then it will be done by the end of March 2012.



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It's scrumping season!

Check out nature's windfall in the park!

Did you know we had an apple tree?

I tried one, and I'm pretty sure they are cooking apples (unless you like your eating apples really, really sharp!)

Where is this apple tree?

Here's a little map.

There are still a few apples left on it, so it's not too late to gather a few up and make a Wake Green Park apple pie or crumble!

I wonder if there's any blackberry bushes in the park?

 They would go nicely with the apples!

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A reunion story: Missing Cat and Missing Parcel

A little while ago I blogged about a missing cat that was found on the park, and also a missing parcel (the parcel had been delivered to my address but I couldn't trace the owner).

We'll both the cat and the parcel have been reunited with their rightful owners!

The cat's owner left a comment on the blog (thank you Lynn).

Hi she is my cat and has been wandering about Moseley for the past 15 years or so - not a kitten at all but a rather old lady. Now has new collar with my phone number on it

In the case of the parcel, it's owner and resident of the park, was doing a search for 'Wake Green Park' on google in relation to a work matter, so it was quite by chance that she found this blog, started to read it and much to her surprise discovered I had her missing parcel!

This is a very small hyperlocal blog covering a very small area, but it usually comes up on a google search for 'wake green park' at the top of the first page (over all the estate agents websites) - hence the parcel's owner was able to solve the missing parcel mystery.

As always, if you have any stories or news you wish to share, or have lost an item in the park, or anything park related at all that you wish to have mentioned on the blog, please drop me a line at hello@karenstrunks.com :)

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Missing tabby female kitten in Moseley

Found in Wake Green Park!

From the poster:

Have you lost this Kitty?

Found wandering and currently being fed and looked after.

Tabby, female, friendly, in very good general health, distinctive collar and features, unchipped.

Call 07518 796 959 for immediate return.

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Wake Pink Park

Wake Pink Green Park is in full bloom this summer!

You can't have missed the new additions of these blooming lovely Geraniums. They add a cheery dash of colour to our flowerbeds.

They arrived last Friday. I think keeping them watered will keep out brilliant gardener, Martin, very busy!

I don't think we've had a poem on the blog before...

Red Geraniums

by Theresa Ann Moore

Geraniums...crimson spheres

Attached to broad leaf greenery

Red Sizzles with jubilant cheers

Stealing attention from the scenery

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