Kingsway Villagers

Hi Barry & Clive

Back at the Residents meeting before last we had a gentleman (sorry can’t remember his name) from QUVL talking to us.

We were told that the pavements along Thatcham Ave were being resurfaced, and true to his word they were done and if I’m not mistaken we were told that the roads would not be surfaced until the roads were to be adopted. I understand this, but we also told that all of the pot-holes in this road were to be filled in.

I’m not sure that with the somewhat heated debate that followed if this pot hole problem had been forgotten, but the pot holes seem to be getting worse as the months pass by! Especially as we are now on our way to the time of year that we all begin to dread with the frosts and icy mornings coming our way, which will only make a bad job even worse. It must be hell with the noise of  all those pot holes and traffic travelling over them for people living on Thatcham Ave.

Barry would it be possible for us to get in touch with QUVL, and ask if and when these pot holes will get filled in or our vehicles start to suffer from damage caused from constantly driving over these holes?

kevgee

Hi Everyone,

I’ve had this information from the ‘Play Rangers’ team (they came to the Big Lunch with games and crafts for the children). It is in Tewkesbury, which is a shame, but for those of you who are happy to venture out in the half term, it may well suits your needs – and it’s free (again)!

You are warmly invited to attend our exciting Play Ranger Showcase event during the forthcoming October half term.

Play at The Park – a free, outdoor family play day featuring Play Gloucestershire’s Play Rangers – is on Thursday 28th October between 11am and 3pm at The Vineyards Playing Fields, Tewkesbury GL20 5PG (behind the Abbey).

You will be able to see our Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury Play Ranger Teams in action and take part in outdoor play, sports, arts and crafts, cooking on fires, den building and much, much more.

The response to our countywide Big Lottery Fund funded Play Ranger programme has been overwhelming with over 26,000 play visits now recorded. Please come and see why our unique brand of free, active outdoor play is so popular!

Warm outdoor clothes and waterproofs are advisable. Light refreshments will be served all day. Please invite your family and friends to come along with you. Of course, children are particularly welcome!

I really hope you can join us for this exciting event.

I was wondering if anyone else had noticed that a burglar alarm at the old farm building has being going off a great number of times over the last few months?

My house is not the nearest (by a long shot) but I do wonder if something about the geometry of the trees and buildings means that some of the nearer houses are shielded to some extent. From my place the noise level of the alarm is not extreme, but you can definitely hear it indoors, and it is loud enough to cause problems sleeping. Now obviously alarms do go off (false positive) from time to time but usually someone is on hand to reset them. If not, modern alarms are supposed to comply with a code of practive that limits how long they will sound for and they are not supposed to re-arm themselves. Nevertheless the Farm alarm seems to sound for 40 minutes or more, silence itself for 10 minutes, and then go off again.

I’ve made a formal noise complaint to the council which thus far has not really made much progress. Apparently the farm is now unoccupied and the developers are responsible for it. They are apparently concerned at the level of antisocial behaviour in the area, hence the need for the alarm. I have made the observation that since it is going off so often it serves no purpose; I’m sure if it was linked to a central station and a key holder was getting called out every 45 minutes they would get the picture; but if no one is responding to it then what’s the point in it going off? Anyway, it’s not being triggered by criminals, the frequency and times of the alarms are such that it is obviously false positives.

So, is anyone else hearing this? You’d need to be close to the side of the park or near the primary school I’d reckon, and does anyone else consider it a problem or am I just being a git?

Bill

Hi,

I am new to Kingsway and so far I love it here. I am a stay at home mum at the moment and I have a 14 month old boy (who is amazing)
I have a fiancé who works in Gloucester and that is why we moved here.

We are looking for groups / people to meet up with and make friends with
We are very social and need to get out and about.

I am happy to do play days at my house and swap etc.
Please contact me if you would like to meet up and play – lol – I don’t bite, I promise

Hope to see you soon,

Gemma
Gemma@amooki.com

I was coming home this morning along the A38 behind a car, which was following a Park and Ride bus. The traffic lights turned red in the usual fashion, and the bus driver drove straight through the red light!

He wasn’t driving fast along the road, but made no effort to stop.

Now I know he’s a heavy vehicle and takes longer to stop than a car, but the lights were red before he’d even got there and he most certainly could’ve and should have stopped!

He was either not watching the road, or just thought ‘stuff it’ and drove through.

With the thought of the number of accidents we’ve had at these lights and the fact that my wife uses the P&R, I was furious at this lack of respect for the safety of others, and so drove to the park and ride to confront him.

He was very dismissive of the whole episode and tried to justify why he went through the red light. Giving reasons like “they just changed suddenly” and “we’ve complained about those lights so many times” and “I had 15 passengers on board, and couldnt stop”.

Lights don’t suddenly change! If you think there is a problem, slow down in that area, so you have enough time to stop.

It was 9:00am – 15 passengers returning to the park and ride at that time of the morning? I think not; in fact I witnessed only two getting off the bus.

Whatever the reasons, I’ve no doubt in my mind he could’ve stopped without an issue, just chose not to, and in the process endangered the lives of others. This, from a supposedly professional driver.

I thought I read on here somewhere that there was talk of putting cameras up on the lights to catch people like this.

It gets my support…

Hello.

I am looking for a baby sitter for occasional Friday and Saturday nights, for my son of 3 years.

Would suit a six form or college student.

I would like someone over the age of 16 with experience. I would also like whoever maybe interested to meet and get to know my son first, as I wouldn’t leave him with someone he doesn’t know and I’m sure any one interested would like to meet myself and my son before taking on any babysitting.

Pay can be spoken about before hand and I am happy to pay over the standard rate for the correct person.

Please reply if interested.

Thank you.