Kingsway Villagers

Re: Broken Double glazed window frame (which did have a 10 year guarantee).

Due to the (very heavy) lorries still using Thatcham Avenue, one of our windows has developed a crack in the frame!

I have contacted Taylor Wimpey who said you need to contact "Windows Build". I telephoned and e/mailed pictures as requested, but their reply was "Sorry we cannot help as your windows were fitted by N.B.W. Windows who have stopped trading"!

They thenn told us to try N.H.B.S. I ‘phoned them with all the details, plot number, policy number etc, only to be told "it’s not covered you will have to fix them yourself"!

Can you tell me who to contact at QUVL? (I understand they have insurance to cover for things like this).

We now have more heavy lorries than ever using Thatcham Avenue and last week I ‘phoned Smiths Transport when a low-loader (so large it had to mount the islands in the middle of the road to get by), spoke to a gentleman called Ben from Smith’s Transport, who said they had been instructed to carry on using Thatcham as there was a bung in the road!

We have had to replace our front window sill – which developed a large crack in it – at our own expense.

Every time a large lorry comes down here the whole house shakes…
Please – please QUVL: You have it in your power to stop them and make them use the Naas Lane road.

Tog
(One very frustrated and fed up house owner here in Kingsway).

Have you seen this Man?

A mother and her daughter suffered a nasty ordeal in between Marham Drive and Bodiam Avenue in Kingsway yesterday.

Information from Gloucester Neighbourhood watch is as follows:

On Tuesday 4th October 2011 at approximately 14:45 hours a female was walking with her two year old child on a public footpath leading across open ground, between Bodium Avenue and Marham Drive, Kingsway Gloucester. At this time she was subjected to a robbery where a purse containing £400 was stolen and a black Sony Ericsson mobile phone.

Please pay particular to the following and see if it rings any bells

The offender is described as:

• IC3 male, dark complexion
• Early 20′s
• 5’2″–5’4″
• Short black hair with a single line cut horizontally along the left hand side of his head just above the ear
• Wearing a large diamante ear stud in the left ear
• Slim Build
• Wearing a black hooded top, black jeans with a silver logo on the back pocket

Police are appealing for witnesses and asking anyone with any information to contact them on the non-emergency 101 but if you see the possible offender, do not approach as he may be violent, ring on 999 and quote incident number 266 of 4th October.

If you do see him, please pick up the phone and call the Police!

On Sunday 14th August as we were walking down by the Charles Church homes in the vicinity of Fylingdale Gardens we could hear children making quite a noise. On investigating we found – to our horror – four children, the eldest would be about six and the youngest about three or four, floating about in the middle of the balancing ponds!

The eldest boy and girl were sat astride a large white sack (these are what contractors use in case someone falls off a building), the other two were floating about on a wooden pallet, but what alarmed me was that these children were totally unsupervised!

Where are the parents to these children don’t they realise building sites are potential death traps to young children?

We did speak to the children and told them about the danger they were in, to which the replied "it’s OK, we can swim", and just carried on!
We went into the Sales Office opposite and showed the Sales Lady the pictures (taken on mobile phone), to which she replied she was appalled and she would get onto the security man and speak to The Foreman on the site today.

There are several questions that need to be answered here:
1. Why are the balancing ponds by the underpass and the one on the unopened road to Naas Lane surrounded by metal railings and all the other ponds left open? Surely this is a MASSIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEM or does the cost come into it?
2. Why didn’t the building contractors clear there things from the ponds and lock them in there compounds away from the children?
3. Who is to blame? Probably Severn Trent will blame the contractors or maybe Gloucester council or the QUVL, (if we wait for them to investigate anything it could be to late… My advice to them is get out of your office and come and speak to the people on this Estate).

One more thing: Someone has broken 2 of those beautiful young trees planted on the green area just below the turn for Marham; they would have matured into beautiful trees. Why do we have to have so much mindless vandalism? Just look at all those reflectors on the posts (to stop people on bikes from going onto the road), all scratched and broken… Their motto must be "it’s there to be destroyed at all costs".

Tog

Hi Folks,

The Police have highlighted that there has been an increased number of thefts, both from houses and from the building sites. This has been highlighted in this post by chumly.

Please do ensure you secure your sheds to deprive the opportunity of theft, and also if you do see suspicious behaviour from people around your neighbour’s houses, do report it to the Police. I’m sure they would appreciate it if you save their bikes from being stolen.

Cheers,
Barry

Hi All,

Update from QUVL on the next few weeks

Please see the update below from QUVL on upcoming activities:

Earthworks: We are starting a large scale earthworks operation next week, which will involve a large number of dump truck movements across the remaining undeveloped areas of the site. There will be a temporary crossing of the recently opened Local Centre Link Road installed, and this will be traffic controlled by our contractor to ensure uninterrupted access to the Local Centre. These works are programme to be completed in 16 weeks time. These works will be followed by the sports pitches construction in early 2012 – football, bowling green, tennis courts.

Sports Park: In the area to the South of the completed Lioncourt and Taylor Wimpey homes, we are constructing the sports park required by our s.106 agreement. This includes tennis courts, NEAP play area and a MUGA and is expected to be completed in 12 weeks time.

Finishing Works To Carriageways: We will be completing the replacement of damaged kerbs etc and surfacing to Valley Gardens and Woodvale, starting in October. These works should be completed in a period of around 5 weeks.

I hope to get more detailed information in the near future and will keep you updated accordingly.

Cheers,
Barry

Hello,

We are holding a Pamper Evening on Saturday 3 December at the Quedgeley Community Centre from 7:30pm-10:30pm (with setting up from around 6pm).

Tables will cost £10. All funds raised will go to the MU32U group, which run a number of family groups in the Quedgeley area (see http://www.mu32u.btck.co.uk/Home)

Please let me know if you would be interested in having a stall at the event, or pass on this information to anyone who may be interested.

Tickets for the event will go on sale mid-October – watch this space for further details!

Please email me at: mu32u_pamperevening@yahoo.co.uk for further information and a booking form.

Many Thanks,
Charlotte