Since I have lived at Harrison Road there has always been an unsightly dumping ground towards the top end near the High street. It was an unkempt area of land that contained a dead bush, thousands of weeds, trash, rolls of carpet, discarded white goods and the odd used condom. Why anyone would want to use this particular heap of junk as their sexual habitat is beyond me. The area was also used as a cut through to the car-park opposite Erdington Abbey, currently under repair after an arson attack from local firework wielding youths (painting a pretty picture of my home town here aren’t I?!).
On a brighter note, the good council of Erdington has decided to extend the car park towards Harrison Road, covering the dirty mess that once stood. I am not going to get too excited by a car park, but as far as it goes it is a pretty well designed one, has some nice brickwork at the Harrison Road end and is a vast improvement on what I used to have to pass. I would’ve preferred a nice area of grassland, some new shrubs or a flower bed but with the potential for all this to be trampled from people remaining to use it as a short cut then extending the car park is probably the best option.
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