When you go down into the woods today…

Hello Litterpickers, 
for the 28th time, the elements failed to keep the group indoors, a blustery wind on what was a mild January Afternoon was all we had to deal with on Sunday 22nd January.

The team met at The Queensway Inn in Wollescote for the 3rd time in 12 months and headed straight for the copse at the side of The Wychbury Medical Centre at the top of the hill. We still have the video of this very area on the website from 12 months ago and little or nothing had improved since then. 

The Team working hard in the copse

Items found in the copse included, dumbells, brake disks, Tyre’s, a kiddies car, and lots of medicine bottles. Just ninety minutes of hard work later……

The rubbish was inches deep and rotting under leaves

It was almost a pleasant place to be again when we finished.

The team had to endure lots of unknown underfoot risks such as thorns, steep banks and broken glass to achieve such a result and none of the team were from the Wollescote area. Everybody looked very self satisfied and tired over their pint of cider in the Queensway but it was well worth it.

Over 20 sacks of general rubbish was collected and 2 sacks of tins for our cancer charity.

A lots of rubbish from an area no bigger than 1/4 of a football pitch!

Dudley MBC will be collecting this rubbish today.

We next meet on Sunday February 12th at 2pm at the site of the Formula 1 Autocentre next to The Forge Industrial Estate, Dudley Road Lye. We will head for The River Stour from there armed again with rakes, and clippers. Please ensure you wear good footwear and well protective clothing for this task. We will head for the Windsor Castle Inn for our pint afterwards.

Thanks for listening
Dave Colley

2pm Sunday 26th February 2012 
The Crispin Inn Church Street Stourbridge 
(The Angel Triangle) Rachel to Organise
2pm Sunday 11th March 2012 
The Samson and Lion Brierley Hill Road Wordsley Stourbridge
(Nine Locks Buckpool) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 25th March 2012
River Stour at Bagleys Street Lye.
(River Stour) Pat and Helen V to Organise

8pm Sunday 18th March 2012
The New Inn Cherry Street Stourbridge
Summer 2012 Planning Meeting

Video Produced for Tidy Stourbridge

Bob Sanderson of Vox Vision Video Production has kindly made a video for the group after he was inspired by the groups activities

Click Here to see the video

12th February Change of Plan

Hello Litterpickers,

Please note that the litter pick on Sunday 12nd February will now meet at…. Formula 1

Autocente Old Forge Trading Estate

Off Dudley Road

Lye

DY9 8EL

See Map Here http://g.co/maps/aytx6

We will finish up in The Windsor Castle The Litterpick on 25th March will cover from Bagleys Street in a westerly direction.

Sorry for the confusion, see you a week on Sunday at The Queensway from 2pm.

Thanks for listening

Dave Colley 2pm

Sunday 22nd January 2012 The Queensway Gauden Road Wollescote Stourbridge (The Queensway Estate) Gary to Organise 2pm

2pm Sunday 12th February 2012 Formula 1 Autocentre Old Forge Industrial Estate Dudley Road Lye (River Stour) 2pm

2pm Sunday 26th February 2012 The Crispin Inn Church Street Stourbridge (The Angel Triangle) Rachel to Organise

2pm Sunday 11th March 2012 The Samson and Lion Brierley Hill Road Wordsley Stourbridge (Nine Locks Buckpool) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 25th March 2012 To Be Confirmed (River Stour) Pat and Helen V to Organise

8pm Sunday 18th March 2012 The New Inn Cherry Street Stourbridge Summer 2012 Planning Meeting

Different year, same rubbish

Hello Litterpickers,

The weather gods were with us yet again for the 27th Tidy Stourbridge Litterpick. Thanks to The Stourbridge News our numbers were boosted to 12 volunteers for what was going to be a difficult couple of hours.

3 teams headed off from The Exchange in Enville Street to cover an area from Bath Road to the East and Lowndes Road to the West, Bradley Road to the North and Enville Street to the South. Tidy Stourbridge tackled a similar area back in July 2010, it was unpleasant back then and little has changed. Lowndes Road and Bradley Street continue to be a blight on the town and what we believe to be Severn Trent owned property opposite Katie Fitzgeralds hadnt seen a litterpicker since we were there last.

Bags of poo hang in the trees

This is land opposite Katie Fitzgeralds

The main A458 runs behind these bushes

After a bit of Tidy Stourbridge Magic

The group call it a day in the fading light

25 sacks of rubbish

The group collected 20 general sacks of rubbish and 5 sacks of tins for our cancer charity. Amongst the rubbish was a cassette stereo, a plant trough, 2 broken traffic cones, 2 roadwork bollards, part of a traffic light and a cats collar with a telephone number on it.

The group were unable to complete the clean up on the land opposite Katie Fitzgeralds due to the shear scale of the mess but we will return there over the summer months.

We have now decided where to go on Sunday 12th February, Bagley’s Street Lye and The River Stour at that point are in a real mess according to one of our volunteers. There is no pub nearby so we are meeting on the little car park that sits between Lawrence Street and Waterfall Road on the Left if you were travelling towards Thorns Road. We will meet in The Windsor Castle, Lye afterwards.

Please note that our planned Summer 2012 planning meeting has also been brought forward to discuss the River Stour litterpick taking place on Sunday 25th March. This meeting has changed from Wednesday 28th March to Sunday 18th March from 730pm at The New Inn, Cherry Street. Norton.

Next up is the old stomping ground of The Queensway in Gauden Road Wollescote. Sunday 22nd January at 2pm on The Queensway Pub car park is where we will be meeting.

Thanks for listening
Dave Colley

2pm Sunday 22nd January 2012

The Queensway Gauden Road Wollescote Stourbridge
(The Queensway Estate) Gary to Organise

2pm Sunday 12th February 2012
Bagley’s Street Lye (On the carpark between Lawrence Street and Waterfall Lane)

2pm Sunday 26th February 2012 
The Crispin Inn Church Street Stourbridge 
(The Angel Triangle) Rachel to Organise

2pm Sunday 11th March 2012 
The Samson and Lion Brierley Hill Road Wordsley Stourbridge
(Nine Locks Buckpool) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 25th March 2012
To Be Confirmed
(River Stour) Pat and Helen V to Organise

730pm Sunday 18th March 2012
The New Inn Cherry Street Stourbridge
Summer 2012 Planning Meeting

 

Pick’n'Pint Today

Join us for a litterpick and a pint at The Exchange, Enville Street Stourbridge, 2pm today. All kit supplied. http://post.ly/4kTtL

The Stourbridge Litter League

Hello Litterpickers, We have compiled a non-scientific league table of the of the dirtiest and the cleanest areas of Stourbridge based on 26 litterpicks the group has held since it’s inception. Number 1 represents the biggest grotspot……… 1. 85 Bags Stourbridge East (Mill Race Lane/Birmingham St) 2. 84 Bags Amblecote 3. 58 Bags Norton 4. 40 Bags Wollescote 5. 38 Bags Wollaston 6. 26 Bags Stourbridge West (Old Quarter/Mary Stevens Park) 7. 21 Bags Lye 8.= 12 Bags Wordsley and Pedmore As we say, this is not scientific, but to the East of The Town Centre and Amblecote seem to be by far the most littered part of Stourbridge. We will continue to help put this right in the long term, but it’s MPs, Governments and Councils who can make the changes needed in legislation to put an end to this vandalism and not a small group of community minded people. See you on Sunday at 2pm, The Exchange, Enville Street, Stourbridge. Litter remains a massive problem at Corbett Hospital

16,000 Tin cans are put to good use

2011 proved to be a busy year for Tidy Stourbridge. Separating the waste materials where practical to do so, they collected in excess of 420 large sacks of general litter over the year, endless numbers of glass bottles which went to recycling bins and an astounding 320 Kg of drinks cans. To put scale onto that final figure, with an average 50 cans per kilogram that is some 16,000 individual cans! These cans were crushed, sorted into steel and aluminium and then ‘weighed in’ for cash. As a consequence, a three figure sum has been donated to a cancer care charity which has been benefitting from similar income generated from street picked cans by one of the volunteers 86 year old Mother and her friends for many years. Grateful thanks is given to H A Mason, Metal Merchants who added £10 to the total after the end of year ‘weigh in’.

:checking the weights of crushed and sorted cans prior to weighing them in

Tidy Stourbridge is a group of volunteers of all ages and social background, who every fortnight or so convene and spend an hour, sometimes more, picking litter from the streets and public areas of the greater Stourbridge area; additional volunteers are always welcomed; refuse sacks, litter pickers, gloves and high visibility vests supplied. All equipment has been provided by various corporate sponsors and Dudley Council.

Next litter pick Sunday 08 January 2012 at 2pm meeting at the car park opposite Royal Exchange, Enville Street, Stourbridge

sincerely

Alun R Nicholas RIBA

Tidy Stourbridge comes to Facebook

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Litter Horror at Corbett Hospital

See the Video Click Here

Winter 2010 Pick’n'Pint dates announced

2pm Sunday 25th September 2011
The Ten Arches Inn Penfields Road Stourbridge
(The Cycle Path in Amblecote) Helen C to Organise

2pm Sunday 9th October 2011
The Duke William Coventry Street Stourbridge
(Mill Race Lane and Surrounds) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 23rd October 2011
The Robin Hood Collis Street Amblecote Stourbridge
(Trinity Park) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 13th November 2011
Stourbridge Tennis Club (TBC) Sugar Loaf Lane Iverley Nr Stourbridge
(Sugar Loaf Lane) Russell to Organise

2pm Sunday 27th November 2011
The Malt Shovel Inn Pedmore Road Lye Stourbridge 
(Cross Walks) Helen V to Organise

We are taking a Christmas break in December (Merry Christmas)

2pm Sunday 8th January 2012
The Exchange Inn Bridgnorth Road Wollaston Stourbridge
(Bradley Road / Lowndes Road) Alun to Organise

2pm Sunday 22nd January 2012
The Queensway Gauden Road Wollescote Stourbridge
(The Queensway Estate) Gary to Organise

2pm Sunday 12th February 2012
To Be Confirmed
Russell to Organise

2pm Sunday 26th February 2012 
The Crispin Inn Church Street Stourbridge 
(The Angel Triangle) Rachel to Organise

2pm Sunday 11th March 2012 
The Samson and Lion Brierley Hill Road Wordsley Stourbridge
(Nine Locks Buckpool) David to Organise

2pm Sunday 25th March 2012
To Be Confirmed
(River Stour) Pat and Helen V to Organise

8pm Wednesday 28th March 2012
The New Inn Cherry Street Stourbridge
Summer 2012 Planning Meeting