Month: May 2022

Alongside community events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 37 street parties have been confirmed to be taking place between Wednesday 1 June and Sunday 4 June, 2022 in Walsall.

Some road closures will be in effect in the following places:

WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2022

• Old Rectory Gardens – Aldridge – 11am-6pm

THUESDAY 1 JUNE 2022

• Saddlers Brook/Cartbridge Lane South, Griffins Crescent/Penmire Grove – Rushall – 10am-8pm

 FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022

• Aldridge Street – Darlaston – 11am-8pm
• Blackwood Drive – Streetly – 9am-9pm
• Branchal Road – Aldridge – 12pm-8pm
• Brookland Road – Walsall Wood – 12pm-8pm
• Emery Street – Walsall – 1pm-8pm
• Fairfield Drive – Pelsall – 12pm-6pm
• Holden Crescent – Walsall – 12pm-8pm
• Lowlands Avenue – Streetly – 12pm-12am
• Park Road/Perry Hall Drive/Acre Rise/Fenn Rise/Eaton Rise – Short Heath – 10am-8pm
• Queens Road – Walsall – 1pm-5.30pm
• Severn Road – Walsall – 12pm-6.30pm
• Sunnybank Close/Nursery View Close – Aldridge – 1pm-8pm
• Tintern Way/Pershore Close – Bloxwich – 12pm – 8pm
• Wentworth Road – Bloxwich – 12pm – 8pm
• Wilkinson Road – Wednesbury – 2pm-8pm

SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2022

• Haley Street – Willenhall – 9am-11pm
• Jesson Road – Walsall – 10am-6pm
• Laurel Drive – Streetly – 2pm-10pm
• Park Farm Road – Pheasey – 12pm-12am
• Valley Road – Streetly – 11am-12am
• Victory Avenue – Darlaston – 1pm-6pm

SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2022

• Boscobel Road – Walsall – 10am-10pm
• Clare Road – Walsall – 1pm-5pm
• Edinburgh Lane – Bloxwich – 10.30am-8pm
• Egerton Road – Streetly – 2pm-10pm
• Fletcher Road – Willenhall – 1pm-3pm
• Highcroft – Pelsall – 11am-6pm
• Jesson Road – Walsall – 2pm-11pm
• Oswin Road – Walsall – 12pm-5.30pm
• Pershore Way – Bloxwich – 10am-10pm
• Stewart Road – Walsall Wood – 10am-4pm
• St.Matthew’s Close – Walsall – 10am-6pm
• Wrexham Avenue – Walsall – 3pm-7pm

If you’re looking for a great community event to celebrate, check out the Rushall Jubilee Celebrations, which take place on 3rd June from 1pm onwards on Park Road, Rushall.  Details below.

Over 40 roads in Walsall will be closed this weekend (June 3-5) as the UK gets ready to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with numerous street parties.

In addition, numerous community events are planned over the June Bank Holiday weekend, including family day at Walsall Art Gallery with Royalty-inspired creative activities for the children and the chance to grab a cuppa and a cupcake.

There are many other events being held at local churches and community venues, including St. Martin’s Church on the corner of Sutton Road, Pelsall Community Centre and St. Matthew’s Church.

An invite-only event is also planned at Barr Beacon on Thursday, 2 June where the skies will be lit up with the traditional lighting of the beacon to pay tribute to the Queen.

Councillor Garry Perry, the council’s deputy leader for resilient communities, said: “We have received an overwhelming response to place our communities at the forefront of the borough’s Jubilee celebrations. We extended the deadline for street closure applications which ended on Sunday, May 15, and officers are busy processing over 40 applications.

“While street parties are clearly for residents of the streets concerned, there are many other community events open to all we will be promoting in the next few weeks. Our communities are what makes Walsall a place of welcome.

“We offered limited financial support to our communities so they can plan to celebrate with their neighbours and I’m genuinely delighted that we’re supporting over 100 community-led events across the borough in their Jubilee celebrations.”

A full list of road closures has yet to be announced.

Junction 10 of the M6 in Walsall will be closed in both directions this weekend for the demolition of the old South bridge.

The busy carriageway will be shut from 8pm on Friday 20 May until 6am on Monday 23 May.

The M6 Junction 9 Northbound slip road will also be closed and diversion have been put in place.

Earlier this month, the old North bridge was demolished to make way for a new, wider bridge that will double the number of lanes at the busy junction.

The National Highways agency has said that the work will be very noisy and has apologised in advance to local residents.

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A Walsall pub licensee has offered an eye-browsing raising insight into the plight of pubs up and down the country.

With less people venturing out due to COVID restrictions over the last couple of years, it’s been tough enough for licensees. However, even with customers back in pubs, they are now facing high energy prices and increased costs from suppliers and breweries.

Posting on Facebook, the landlord of the Sir Robert Peel in Bloxwich revealed that they’re stepping away from the pub and say that they’ve been “priced out of making a living”.

 

Walsall  Landlord Discusses Rising Prices

“Unfortunately the powers above me have become extra greedy and with the governments new alcohol and utility rises and the brewery increasing their charges in April we have basically been priced out of making a living,” reads the post.

The post goes on to explain that they would need be charging £4.50/£5 pint to hit the same gross profit as they were six weeks ago in an area of the country where residents simply won’t pay those prices, when they can nip to the nearby Wetherspoons for a much cheaper pint at a time when counting the pennies is becoming even more crucial.

To put the costs into context, the Sir Robert Peel licensee gives the following explanation, offering an insight into the financial pressures of running a pub:

“The cost of just holding the keys is £2255 per week, rent, electric, gas and water and waste management but that’s without having a drop of alcohol in the building and without any staff,

Add 2 full time staff and 10 barrels of draught products and you’re not far off 4 grand, A WEEK!

and still, the fridges are empty, no pop, bottles or BIBs and you don’t have a bottle of spirits in the building,

You’ve stocked up, now you’re close to 7k in the red and don’t have a customer yet or sold a drink

Now you’ve done everything as you should with this new pricing malarkey and you’re ready to open, you can’t charge £5 a pint because we live in Bloxwich and you’ll get laughed at, so let’s assume you’re happy with making 30% GP on barrels, take in to account spirits are around 70% GP which brings your overall to around 40% GP overall given the ratio split of high and low GP Stock, you have about 5k in stock, so if, AND THIS IS A MASSIVE IF…

You sold absolutely every drop you had, you’d have £7000, but you started the week by putting out 7k, oh. And don’t forget the tax liability you need to save for your staff, and you best keep that 20% from your wet sales because the vat man will want his share too, payroll and accountant services are also due,so now you’ve worked 40+ hours yourself, kept the machine well oiled everyone’s been paid, bills are paid but now you can’t replace the stock you have sold and have earned absolutely ZERO income for yourself, and about £800 in debt after 7 days and a 7 grand outlay.

What happens to your rent/mortgage, cars/travel, shopping, kids, life?

Also £7000 is £1000 a day, to make £1000 a day you’d have to sell on overage 285 pints a day, over a solid 9 hour period that’s a pint every 2 minutes .

WELCOME TO OUR REALITY.”

Prior to leaving the Sir Robert Peel for good and handing over the keys, the licensees have decided to close Monday-Thursday as they reassess their future, which doesn’t look likely to be in the pub trade.

The new Walsall branch of Ninja Warrior UK opens its doors on Friday, May 27 with a special guest on hand to welcome in its first customers.

Based on the TV show, Ninja Warrior UK is situated on the Crown Wharf Retail Park in Walsall and features 22,000 square feet of obstacles designed for fitness and fun for the family.

All you need to know about Ninja Warrior UK

Football pundit and ex-professional footballer Chris Kamara will be there on the opening day, alongside some of the previous winners of the show.

Chris Kamara said: “I really look forward to the opening of a new Ninja Warrior UK Adventure Park, and Walsall will be no exception. The reaction we get from guests attending is just unbelievable!

“It’s such a great family show that everyone now has the opportunity to come down and have a go for themselves. And, I still get to do the best bit of the job which is to watch on – it’s equally as entertaining, trust me!”

Tickets to attend the opening night are selling out fast. Check the official website for the latest availability and to book future sessions: www.ninjawarrioruk.co.uk/walsall

The Black Country Living Museum is promising visitors a right royal treat during May half-term with a Bostin’ Jubilee Bash.

Taking place between 28 May-5 June, visitors are encouraged to wear red, white and blue outfits for a historic celebration of the monarchy.

This includes a street party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee, alongside a Jubilee parade that takes place at 1.30pm each day and ends with a rendition of God Save The Queen.

The museum also plans to make changes to the school as they catapult it forward to the 1950’s when the Queen was coronated.

For more information, including booking, check out: https://bclm.com/may-half-term/