Kingsway Villagers

Hi Folks,

Sorry for the lack of activity on here lately. Angelina (my wife) has been really ill since early October and has only just started back to work. I’ve been a little "below par" for some time now, having been awaiting a hospital procedure since March, which I had early last week. It hurt too – and it took me a while to recover fully (Thanks Karen for helping out with Phoenix’ school pick-ups during that week)

Anyway… a combination of nursing, childminding, housework, laying-around-groaning, a new (work) project, local meetings (Residents Association / Police SCT ) etc, have conspired to keep me really busy / preoccupied, and spoiled my plans to update the website.

And now (to add insult to injury), 3rd-party software problems have created issues with my Submissions Form, so it’s not possible to submit articles at the moment
The same software issue has caused some problems with site display – my apologies to those of you who are seeing a slightly "broken" version of the site right now. If you’re in Internet Explorer 8, the “compatibility view” button next to the site address bar at the top of the window (looks like a broken page), may help a little!

Also – my apologies to those who have sent in articles by email. They will be added soon

I’m working on it all, but – due to everything else (and Christmas preparations to boot) – it may take a "few days"

Meanwhile, I hope everyone else is having a good time… and I would like to wish a – very belated – Happy Birthday to Baz_k (for December 10th), and – to all of you – a Merry Christmas (may as well do one thing ahead of time this month/year)

Last Friday (27th November) I attended two local meetings, as follows:

Police SCT Meeting

Complaints have been received from Kingway residents, regarding youths bullying younger children in the big park, and cars speeding on Woodvale and Thatcham Avenue. Both of these issues will receive close Police attention in the immediate future.

In addition, the Police are clamping down on local cyclists riding without lights. Spot fines will be issued and unsafe bikes may even be confiscated.

In January 2010, a new local "Beat Manager" – Sam Jones – will be joining PCSO Debbie Brimfield in Kingsway.

Youth Pod

Sheila Golder (Equals Youth Centre) reported that planning permission has (finally) been received for placement of the Youth Pod in the car park at Kingsway Primary School. The pod is expected to be sited by February 2010 (half term) and will provide some badly needed facilities for local youths.

Residents Association Meeting

The first meeting since the new committee was formed was to have included elections for the committee, but since there were 10 places and only 10 volunteers, elections were not necessary.

The meeting minutes are available on our Residents Association Home Page.