“I could have ignored the request to do so seeing as it’s all to easy to remain anonymous when posting on forums and things, I wanted to be enlightened, I wanted to have my pre-conceptions and opinions changed by hard facts rather than gossip and rumour and I’m pleased to say that they have been.

As far as I am concerned this topic for me no longer has any bearing as my concerns have been addressed by the people in the know.”

To me this is exactly what this site is for. Nicely put TonyG

I could have ignored the request to do so seeing as it’s all to easy to remain anonymous when posting on forums and things, I wanted to be enlightened, I wanted to have my pre-conceptions and opinions changed by hard facts rather than gossip and rumour and I’m pleased to say that they have been.

As far as I am concerned this topic for me no longer has any bearing as my concerns have been addressed by the people in the know.

TG

Not once do I mention anything stereotypical about HA tenants or indeed anybody, in fact I’m at pains to point that out in subsequent posts. My issues and worries are directed at the crime and the state of the estate in general (no pavements or roads, dog mess, no new facilities to be built as previously promised etc) which is the same situation I found myself in in former residences albeit with far more serious crime.

If you were a police officer surely you should have read everything closely before commenting clearly you have not done that.

As for the school side of things, again I pointed out in my initial posts that these were the views of someone else not me and I was asking people for their comments and thoughts on this to re-assure myself and my family who are in the process of looking for a school for my daughter.

I posted on this forum without knowing anyone, using it as a means to share my concerns about the direction of the estate and to provoke a response. I’ve been impressed with the information and comments I’ve received from a number of people who have set my mind at rest and improved my outlook in general on the estate.

Tarnishing me with the same brush as those who have commented in a negative fashion about all HA people is discriminatory as I am sure when you re-read all of the above you’ll see that I don’t .

I look forward to your apology.

TG

It is sad to see in this day and age that people still get what for from those who are better off.

I live in H.A housing so I must be scum, the dirt you have to scrape off your shoe, a drug addict/dealer and an alcoholic! Well sorry to disappoint you I am none of the above.

TONY G, you need to grow up and take your head from out the clouds! Just because you grew up in Birmingham and did not have a great time there, does that mean everyone in Birmingham is bad and does that mean those who live in Kingsway in Social Housing are one of the above? I think not!

I for one have witnessed residents from the private housing letting their dogs foul on the nearby grass verge without thinking of cleaning it up; a resident from a private home telling her cat, (yes – her cat) not to come on to the Social Housing gardens because she would not get her back! What a weird world we live in!

Also Tony G, as for your “friend of a friend”, maybe you should tell them to tell the “teacher” who has high opinions of her students to go “on record”. So what if a child has free school meals, did you never have free school meals? I bet you did!.
BTW – I am an Ex-Police Officer and – in my opinion – what you and your friends are saying is no more than discrimination – Plain and Simple!

Thanks for that, I’m glad to hear they were able to help you

It may be that many people have joined the blog just to read this thread and haven’t browsed much more of the site; if so it may be relevant to check this post, where you’ll find the same link as TonyG posted above, as well as information about how you can directly influence Community Police operations in Kingsway.
Note: When I first built this site, the Police were going to link to it from theirs; but – at the time it was being rebuilt and things have moved on since then… I am hopeful that we can encourage the Police to contribute directly to the site, as that’s something I have been trying to achieve for a long time.

There is also a link in the site menu above to a Community Police Report Form which is available on this site.

I have (repeatedly) asked residents to make use of this form not as an alternative to contacting the Police but as a means of helping us to collate information which will allow us to get a clearer picture of the areas where the (Community) Police need to concentrate their activities… I also have paper forms which I can supply to those without internet access, so – if you hear of any local incidents at all – please do approach neighbours and ask them if they have filed a report… If they aren’t able to get online they can get a form from me (my name, address and telephone number are all available here).