Now, it’s probably not a place many of heard about. But Rookery House (Rookery Park, Erdington) is believed to be closing. I know the council are moving Parks staff about (I know some (if not all) Manor Farm staff are now at Kings Heath park), Rookery being an old house which is probably not high on the councils agenda to repair seems the be a prime candidate to be mothballed.
When I say mothballed, I mean the usual council way of being left to rot and accidentally being burnt down. Once it’s burnt down no doubt a small tea room will be built.
It would be nice if the council saved some of these old buildings, but Shitby and his pals seem intent on removing all old building and replacing them with ‘state of the art’ open plan shit offices with hot desking that doesn’t really work.
I’ll try to get a bit more info about Rookery from my mate who has been involved locally to keep it open. Pity the short sighted councillors don’t look at the heritage going down the pan.
