Nervous Moseley residents were waiting to find out today whether or not their homes will be destroyed in order to create the much needed fire break between Kings Heath and Moseley. The proposed break, to run up through Queensbridge Road and along Valentine Road, is widely considered to be our last best hope to not go on fire with the rest of Kings Heath. Over the next couple of weeks it is expected that a number of properties on the B13/14 boundary will be sacrificed for the wider good.
A representative from Moseley Forum told us yesterday “The people of Kings Heath are a primitive people and whilst their fascination with their so called fire god has long been a source of amusement to us it now poses a very real problem. Scientists tell us that at any given point in a day as much as 30% of Kings Heath can be on fire. It’s nice that it gives the Firemen something fun to do other than playing pool and washing cars but it also means that some quite expensive houses might also burn down. We can’t have that. So we’re creating a fire break between our two communities.”
Some in Kings Heath were dismissive of the many of the claims coming from Moseley. Kings Heath forum told us “It’s ridiculous to believe we are burning down our community as a tribute to a deity. The reality is we live in a harsh economic climate with a planning committee that’s not exactly sympathetic to our aspiration to create a new exciting shopping experience. If the Council don’t let us redevelop some of these horrible old buildings then it’s not really surprising if we have to use them to store petrol and fireworks. It makes economic sense.”
We give thanks to those brave people of Moseley that are sacrificing their homes in order to keep the rest of us becoming crispy and possibly dead.
At least the people of Kings Heath can spell Kings Heath (although I’m also clever enough to realise that you can correct the spelling in the article which then makes this comment look ridiculous – d’oh)!
What are you talking about?
The odd numbers on Springfield Road can go because they are mostly eyesores and they don’t keep their front lawns in shape.
I have watched You Tube contributions by residents and visitors to KHB14. There are some other disturbing issues that we Moselians need to take into consideration in our overwhelming evidence to justly create the firewall. I witnessed some of those people actually videoing fast-time on the upper deck the 11A route in its entirety; I witnessed some of those people singing a folk song ditty about ALL the bus stops on the 11A; I witnessed an in-car video of a journey from B14 to Trieste Italy; I witnessed Monkey Man; I witnessed strange people creating a road block for the sheer hell of it.
I can think of no reason why these people act as they do. I could go on but You Tube is freely available with no censorship [ not suitable for the delightful children of Moseley] for all to see why the fire wall becomes a significant issue for Birmingham Labour Party’s manifesto for the next local elections. It may well be that the leaders of this movement will wish to take on a stall at Moseley Village Market and upcoming street food days to warn of the folly of not committing to such a barrier. China did it, Hadrian did it, the Communists did it. Let us follow suit and make our lands safe for future generations
Further temporary developments could be afoot. Residents of Mark House, Moseley threatened to BLOCKADE Wake Green Road with black bin bags following an extensive period of non-collection of the polythene sacks by Birmingham City Council.
A Moseley Councillor said, “Whilst we agree that there were delays in rubbish collection, the Refuse Depot were under orders to ignore the residents demands for collection. The intention to be to allow the blockade as a test bed for the much delayed Moseley – Kings Heath Barrier. Moving on, with modern technology superseding placcy bags a.k.a. wheelie bins this will give us a further opportunity to work with B13 residents to create a temporary Moseley Wall by blockading major B13/B14 boundary roads with wheelie bins before the 6 metre high permanent brick wall with look-outs is built subject to Sir Albert’s budgetary agreement.”
The Council is in discussion with local residents along Alcester Road, seen as a major feed road to the horrors reported in B14, so that each Thursday night they can leave their “wheelies” chained across the horse road to ensure maximum impact in discouraging KH people crossing beyond their boundaries. Details of contracts to supply the metal chaining can be found on Find It in Birmingham website, we are led to believe.