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Chelmsley Wood on the box.
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cookie273uk
master brummie
BazzM, Edna my sister in law will be watching that program with particular interest as some of the shots were taken from her 6th floor flat overlooking Asda and surrounds, (which they paid her a paltry amount). Eric
Well that was a good advert for Chelmsley,the area is huge so does have a few problems and a few characters but the producers must have really gone out of their way to find the subjects as they are not typical of any of my friends or neighbours and i have lived in Chelmsley for 45 years
One point is that many of the shots shown were not about Chelmsley, my husband does maintainance on council houses in Shard End, Lea village and Stechford
and recognised some of the streets and the people because he has done work in their houses.
The TV company were in the town centre asking people to take part many ,many people refused but the lure of easy money and 'fame'was obviously too much for some.
I loved the spirit of young Sade(Sharday) and would love to advise her to take up a Beautician and Nail technician course at the Chelmsley campus of Solihull
college, I think it would really suit her and maybe find her a job.
Bazz, you wouldn't recognise the place.
There is so much regeneration going on,the surgery you used is no longer there, but the wonderfully named Pomeroy Way in rememberance of Dr. Pomeroy (RIP) is the gateway to the beautiful new building housing Bishop wilson school, day nurseries and the St Andrews church.
The new medical centre will be built sometime early next year where the old shops in Craig croft used to be.(we use portacabins at the moment)
The area has been renamed Chelmunds Cross but will always be Craig croft to us old ones.
One point is that many of the shots shown were not about Chelmsley, my husband does maintainance on council houses in Shard End, Lea village and Stechford
and recognised some of the streets and the people because he has done work in their houses.
The TV company were in the town centre asking people to take part many ,many people refused but the lure of easy money and 'fame'was obviously too much for some.
I loved the spirit of young Sade(Sharday) and would love to advise her to take up a Beautician and Nail technician course at the Chelmsley campus of Solihull
college, I think it would really suit her and maybe find her a job.
Bazz, you wouldn't recognise the place.
There is so much regeneration going on,the surgery you used is no longer there, but the wonderfully named Pomeroy Way in rememberance of Dr. Pomeroy (RIP) is the gateway to the beautiful new building housing Bishop wilson school, day nurseries and the St Andrews church.
The new medical centre will be built sometime early next year where the old shops in Craig croft used to be.(we use portacabins at the moment)
The area has been renamed Chelmunds Cross but will always be Craig croft to us old ones.
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cookie273uk
master brummie
I watched the first 10 minutes then turned it off, to me it gave a completely distorted view, I have lived here 27 years and experienced very few problems apart from off road bikes. I have never met the sort of characters they were portraying and there is certainly no graffiti on that scale where I live. The only other complaint I have regarding where I live is litter, I have a habit of picking it up and depositing it in the nearest litter bin (plenty of them and dog litter bins) whilst walking my dog, but nowadays you see litter everywhere besides Chelmsley Wood. Plenty of open spaces, woods, playing fields plus the River Cole providing delightful walks, especially towards Coleshill. I doubt if they showed any of this. Eric
cookie273uk
master brummie
well that was the first of 4 parts, perhaps the remaining 3 parts will show a more balanced view but I very much doubt it ! Eric
BazzM
master brummie
I'm sure you are right Alberta. I have only been back 3 or 4 times in total since i moved out of the Wood in 1975. Plenty will have changed in the following years. Watching the programme last night i was very disappointed. I didn't expect to hear about a guy that thought the police was knicking his bin bags, or 2 girls that are looking for Mr Right. I expected to see some scenery. The shopping centre, library, parks etc. I hope we see some of this in the coming 3 shows.
cookie273uk
master brummie
BazzM, I have a choice of walking my dog 3 routes, down the river in direction of Coleshill, up river and across Cooks Lane to Babs Mill and York Woods and finally follow the stream, cross Bell Lane to the airport and Sheldon Country Park, each walk is about 2 or 3 miles but I love walking so does my dog. Eric
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Not watched it but cannot understand why they should do a programme about a specific place but do a lot of the filming elsewhere unless it is to distort the facts to suit their agenda. Whilst I can accept programmes such as Peaky Blinders will be more fiction that fact I do expect programmes such as this to be factually correct.
My husband worked on the building of the shopping centre and somewhere we have an old cine film of the Queen opening the shopping centre, I used to meet my husband at the shopping centre after I had finished work at Hawleys and caught a bus to the shopping centre, we used to shop there at Sainsburys and have our tea there at a fish and chip restaurant.
Yet another episode which had more positives than negatives.
The young man and his friends aiming to be wrestlers spending all their time in the Gym
The gardening charity brightening up bare spaces
The A level student off to University and refereeing football matches in his spare time.
The only negative was the young man who is an 'ex criminal reformed' apparently and his only link to Chelmsley is that his girlfriend and baby live here.
He was filmed in many locations which had nothing to do with Chelmsley but for viewers who do not know the area this is not clear.
He was filmed living in a hostel in Aston
visiting his mother in The Shardway, Shard End
congregating with mates in The Lea, Lea Hall
moving into a flat Kingspiece house , Bromford Bridge.
what on earth is this to do with People like us Chelmsley Wood.
Pity the TV company were not here on Sunday to watch the parade at Chelmsley Royal British Legion.
In the road I live in we have just seen the return of a young soldier in his twenties home from Afghanistan who was there with his wife and young daughter to watch
Veterans, Legion members,Army cadets, RAF cadets, scouts, guides , brownies and members of the public, including young couples explaining to their young children what it was all about, parade past the memorial outside the Legion club.
Wouldn't have made such good telly though would it, as I say pity.
Alberta.
The young man and his friends aiming to be wrestlers spending all their time in the Gym
The gardening charity brightening up bare spaces
The A level student off to University and refereeing football matches in his spare time.
The only negative was the young man who is an 'ex criminal reformed' apparently and his only link to Chelmsley is that his girlfriend and baby live here.
He was filmed in many locations which had nothing to do with Chelmsley but for viewers who do not know the area this is not clear.
He was filmed living in a hostel in Aston
visiting his mother in The Shardway, Shard End
congregating with mates in The Lea, Lea Hall
moving into a flat Kingspiece house , Bromford Bridge.
what on earth is this to do with People like us Chelmsley Wood.
Pity the TV company were not here on Sunday to watch the parade at Chelmsley Royal British Legion.
In the road I live in we have just seen the return of a young soldier in his twenties home from Afghanistan who was there with his wife and young daughter to watch
Veterans, Legion members,Army cadets, RAF cadets, scouts, guides , brownies and members of the public, including young couples explaining to their young children what it was all about, parade past the memorial outside the Legion club.
Wouldn't have made such good telly though would it, as I say pity.
Alberta.
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