By FoMRB | January 24, 2012
Thanks so much for all your supportive comments in response to the reopening of the Baths being delayed once again. We thought that it was appropriate to share some of your thoughts – please do keep them coming via e-mail or using the comments section below. We know full well how passionate you all are [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Politics, Repairs, Swimming Groups, Thoughts | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Moseley Road, Swimming, Swimming Clubs, Tony Kennedy |
By FoMRB | January 21, 2012
We have received the following update from Cllr Martin Mullaney, BCC Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture: Update on Moseley Road Baths – 19th January 2012 The final phase of re-opening the baths began on Monday 16th January with contractors moving into the basement to begin work. They will be replacing temporary scaffolding that [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Meetings, Politics, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | December 27, 2011
‘Tis the season for good tidings, so it’s with heavy hearts that we have to share the news that Moseley Road Baths’ reopening has been put back once again until late February. It’s now over a year since the Baths closed, supposedly for five weeks, and we’re desperate to get back in the pool! The [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | November 21, 2011
We’ve received this update from Cllr Mullaney about work to Moseley Road Baths. It seems that despite the work to get the building back up and running that determined thieves have been working equally hard to steal lead and copper from the roof. This is not only a case of stealing a bit of metal, [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | November 2, 2011
Update from Cllr Martin Mullaney – it seems that the Baths may be due to reopen in January after all, despite a letter from Cllr Mullaney dated 18th October where the date for reopening was put at the end of February 2012! Images of the work being done on the Baths plus notes can be [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Politics, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | October 27, 2011
We have received an update on the work currently being done at Moseley Road Baths from Cllr Martin Mullaney. His letter addressed to our group puts the new date for completing work to remove asbestos in the basement, environmentally clean the area and erect new scaffolding at the end of February 2012. Work to remove [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Politics, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | October 3, 2011
Here is Cllr Mullaney’s latest update on work to the Baths, dated 29th September. I attended a meeting this afternoon with the contractors who will shortly start working on re-opening Moseley Road baths. The good news is that we are still on target to re-open the swimming baths in mid-January 2012. My last blog update [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Heritage Lottery Fund, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | August 25, 2011
Update on Moseley Road baths –25th August 2011 – just in from Cllr Mullaney The date for the re-opening of Moseley Road baths has been put back to the New Year, following the discovery of large amounts of loose asbestos in the basement area. My last blog update was on 25th July and can be [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Repairs | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Moseley Road, Swimming |
By FoMRB | August 9, 2011
This article originally appeared in TheBirminghamPress.com on 8th August Birmingham’s long quest for a 50-metre swimming pool appears to have taken a major step forward with the announcement today by the University of Birmingham of plans for a major redevelopment of sports facilities at its main Edgbaston campus. The University will construct a 50-metre pool [...]
As the six-week school summer holidays got underway a group of frustrated parents and children descended on Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath to complain about the ongoing closure of their favourite pool. The Baths shut for essential repairs at Christmas for what Birmingham City Council initially claimed would be just six weeks, but more [...]
Posted in Birmingham, Building, Campaign, Events, Politics, Repairs, Swimming Groups | Also tagged B12, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Campaign, Children's Swimming, closure, FoMRB, Friends of Moseley Road Baths, Moseley Road, Moseley Shoals, Schools, Sparkhill Pool, Swimming, Swimming Clubs, Swimming Groups |
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