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Happy birthday, Temptations!
Posted on October 21 2008 at 1:54:22
Temptations in Barnt Green celebrated its first year in business with champagne and birthday cake.
Creative thinking
Posted on October 21 2008 at 11:42:12
Children at Bear Hill Pre-School, Alvechurch, enjoyed a morning of creative thinking as part of a new partnership with a community artist.
The Lickeywood Hills
Posted on October 21 2008 at 11:11:12
The Lickey Hills hosted a movie set for a week when acting stars arrived from around Britain to help create a charity movie.
Bowls champion
Posted on October 20 2008 at 1:35:22
Fifteen-year-old Greg Smith of Withybed Green, Alvechurch, has become the British Crown Green Bowls Association Junior Champion.
In the pink
Posted on October 20 2008 at 11:53:12
Children from Alvechurch and Bordesley Nursery School dressed in pink to visit residents at The Lawns in Alvechurch.
Oh, yes he is . . .
Posted on October 20 2008 at 11:18:12
Jack Montgomery, of Alvechurch, is to star as Peter Pan in this year’s big pantomime at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.
Impressive artwork
Posted on October 19 2008 at 2:39:22
Alvechurch artist Luke Harkus-Jefferies impressed the public and experts alike with his entry in Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s Open West Midlands Exhibition, winning the People’s Prize Award and £100 prize money.
Music & merriment
Posted on October 19 2008 at 2:29:22
The recent Bromsgrove Arts Alive ‘Fun Day’, postponed from June and run as a joint event with North Bromsgrove High School’s October ‘Community Day’, was very well attended.
News round-up
Posted on October 19 2008 at 11:33:12
The latest happenings in our villages.
Operation Cofton relaunched
Posted on October 19 2008 at 11:31:34
Police have relaunched Operation Cofton after a spate of burglaries in Barnt Green and Cofton Hackett.
Sporting celebrity
Posted on October 18 2008 at 11:38:12
The Deedar Indian restaurant in Barnt Green was the venue for an evening of sporting celebrity which raised £3,000.
From Marlbrook to Mito
Posted on October 17 2008 at 1:14:22
Former Marlbrook resident and Waseley Hills pupil Daniel Acton married Mayumi Kurashina at the Shinto Temple in Mito, Japan, in July.
Little bookworms
Posted on October 17 2008 at 11:46:12
Alvechurch Crown Meadow First School pupils celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as favourite literary characters.
Many hands make light bulb work
Posted on October 17 2008 at 11:20:12
Volunteer planters got involved with two daffodil planting sessions last month, organised by Alvechurch Village Society.
Putting parish on the map
Posted on October 15 2008 at 11:58:12
MP Julie Kirkbride joined Lickey and Blackwell parish councillors and volunteers at the launch of an initiative to create a record of habitat, species and archaeology in the parish.
The ‘least bad’ homes plan
Posted on October 15 2008 at 11:26:12
Fears that the fields between Redditch and Alvechurch could be filled with new houses have been increased by proposals contained in a new study.
Sporting a brand new kit
Posted on October 14 2008 at 1:19:22
Alvechurch Lions Under-7s have a brand new kit, sponsored by Butterflies Nursery Northfield.
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