Friends of Red House Park - Press Cuttings and Reports
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underlined)
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clippings.
where
available. Some are now links to online articles that open in a new window.
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be located
at
local
libraries.
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2015
13th
February 2015 - Express and Star (online) - Protesters lose fight to save
Sandwell's Red House
12th
February 2015 - Great Barr Observer (online) - End of an era in Great
Barr as Red House Park housing plan is approved
6th
February 2015 - Express and Star (online) - Gloom in Red House campaign
4th
February 2015 - Great Barr Observer (online) - Site visit
proposed for planned development at Red House Park, Great Barr
2014
23rd
December 2014 - Great Barr Observer (online) - Great Barr residents
given more time to have say on Red House Park flats plans
21st
December 2014 - Great Barr Observer (online) -Tom Watson MP offers
backing to residents over Red House, Great Barr housing plan
8th
December 2014 - Express and Star (online) - Red House will be
transformed into homes
25th
July 2014 - Great Barr Observer (online) - Great Barr's Red
House could be turned into apartments
9th
April 2014 - Sutton Observer (online) - Red House Park volunteers
award for making Great Barr clean and green
2013
2nd March 2013 - Birmingham Mail (online) - Walk in the Park: Graham Young visits Red House Park in Great Barr
2011
18th
February 2011 - Historic house is for sale after Friends' fight
fails to save it
15th
February 2011- Express and Star - Homes proposal for Great
Barr’s
Red House back on
2009
28th August 2009 - Great Barr Observer - "Restored obelisk
is unveiled"
27th August 2009 - Great Barr Chronicle - "Walking with bats"
30th May 2009 - Evening Mail - Vandal target Great Barr park again
19th March 2009 - Great Barr Chronicle - "Revamp
for Red House"
19th March 2009 - Great Barr Chronicle - "Memorial monument
to princess will be restored during the summer"
19th March 2009 - Express & Star - £50,000 work starts on lead-theft
building"
January 2009
1st January 2009 - Great Barr Chronicle - "Monument to be restored"
December 2008
30th December 2008 - Express & Star - "Tennis court revamp is hit with friends"
November 2008
14th November 2008 - Great Barr Observer - "Major opposition to
mosque plans"
8th November 2008 - Express & Star - "Historic house
in £5m
mosque plan"
7th November 2008 - Great Barr Observer
- "Could Red House become mosque?" (front page)
August 2008
29th August 2008 - Great Barr Observer - "Red House overdue for cash boost"
22nd
August 2008 - Great Barr Observer - "Campaign group is facing the
axe" (No it wasn't)
14th
August 2008 - Express and Star - "Historic Red House hit by
metal thieves"
April 2008
10th April 2008 - Great Barr Chronicle -" Red House is Under Attack"
May 2007
11th May 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "Campaigners meet to discuss Red House"
April 2007
30th April 2007 - Express & Star - "Councillor gets stuck in" -
Tree marks mayor's year
20th April 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "Views on Red House heard
loud and clear"
February 2007
20th
February 2007 -" RED HOUSE - BRICK WALL" - The Stirrer Online
here,,,
20th
February 2007 - Express & Star - "Cost to Revamp Red House
rises to £1.7m"
9th February 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "The rich and varied history
of the house YOU want to save"
9th February 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "Developers 'are not interested'
in buying threatened Red House"
8th February 2007 - Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle - "Hundreds
backing campaign to save mansion"
8th February 2007 - Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle - "Friends
of Red House are meeting councillor"
7th February 2007 - Express & Star - "Showdown on bid to close park
mansion"
5th February 2007 - Express & Star - "Hundreds in effort to save Red
House"
January 2007
26th January 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "It's OUR house - let's have
our say" / "Red House - Have your say"
25th January 2007 - Great Barr & Erdington Chronicle - "MP backs campaign
to save Red House"
20th January 2007 - Express & Star - "Campaigners' anger over future
of house"
19th
January 2007 - Great Barr Observer - "Red House to be sold off
as flats?"
2006
Please note that due to shortage of web server space articles have not been able to be included for a while - these will be uploaded when time allows
October 2005
7th October 2005 - Tom Watson - MP West Bromwich East - Red House Park Meeting Note (web site)
September 2005
13th September 2005 - Express and Star - "Plea for
sporting facility at park" (to be uploaded)
10th September 2005 - Express and Star - "Park plan
for teens is lacking £10,000" (to be
uploaded)
3rd September 2005 - Express and Star - "Historic
building petition at 1,000" (to be uploaded)
2nd September 2005 - Great Barr Observer - "Simple
to save it!" (to be uploaded)
August 2005
19th August 2005 - Great Barr Observer - "Fury after
hall is left off priority list " (to be
uploaded
18th August 2005 - Chronicle - "House won't be
demolished - pledge" - online article
15th August 2005 - Express and Star - "Historic
building will stay"
12th August 2005 - Express and Star - "Fight for
historic house in booster"
6th August 2005 - Express and Star -"Talks over
future historic site backed"
5th August 2005 - Express and Star - "Protest at
sale of park history"
4th August 2005 - Express and Star - "Petition bid
to save historic park house"
August 2005 - Focus 200 - "Sandwell Council is
planning to sell off one of Great Barr's greatest
assets"
July 2005
1st July 2005 - Great Barr Observer - "Red House safe
for two months"
June 2005
24th June 2005 - Express and Star - "Park plea for
games area cash"
24th June 2005 - Great Barr Observer - "MP joins
fight to save historic Red House"
23rd June 2005 - The Great Barr & Erdington
Chronicle - "Historic home under threat says
councillor" online copy
17th June 2005 - The Great Barr Observer - "Future of
Historic House under threat"
October 2004
21st October 2004 - The Great Barr & Erdington
Chronicle - "Appeal to replace historic park
gates"
July 2004
9th July 2004 -
Great Barr Observer - "Residents called on to help
clean-up"
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