A Taste of What Villagers are Saying . . .

THE VILLAGE VIEW

Posted on April 23 2012 at 12:45:00 0 comments

MAY 2012

Councillors in Alvechurch are giving serious consideration to a request for more street lighting around the village.

Lawton’s View

Posted on April 22 2012 at 12:49:00 0 comments

MAY 2012

The trail ends here

Posted on April 22 2012 at 12:41:00 0 comments

Anyone still wondering what the strange, green patterns published in the last issue of The Village were may be interested to see tthe full picture.

All in this together?

Posted on April 21 2012 at 12:37:00 0 comments

Britain is facing its biggest financial crisis for a generation. The banking crisis of 2008, the credit crunch, the harshest austerity measures for many years, cuts in public expenditure and services, job losses in both the private and public sectors, rising youth unemployment, the closure of large and small business and freezing and actual cuts in wages and salaries.

Nature on show

Posted on April 20 2012 at 12:38:00 0 comments

A sparrowhawk crashed into our patio doors with a wood pigeon in its claws, so it probably forgot to use its brakes at the bottom of the swoop to kill the pigeon.

Well done, Hopwood!

Posted on April 20 2012 at 12:36:00 0 comments

As Chairman of Hopwood Residents Association it was good to see 12 volunteers, including our ward parish councillor Adrian Smith, take part in a last-minute community-arranged litter pick.

Thank you for a special day

Posted on April 19 2012 at 12:33:00 0 comments

I was at the Barnt Green Mile with three of my children. We completed the Mile, and I just wanted to let you know what a special day it was for us.

Lawton’s View

Posted on March 22 2012 at 12:22:31 0 comments

APRIL 2012

THE VILLAGE VIEW

Posted on March 22 2012 at 11:54:31 0 comments

APRIL 2012

When the offer of money to finally drain The Meadows in Alvechurch disappeared in a quagmire of mysterious last-minute conditions last year, you could have forgiven those left disappointed if they had just given in.

Why not try the car park?

Posted on March 20 2012 at 11:51:10 0 comments

In response to Mr Carrington’s question “Where will we park?” (Village Views March 2012), there are two ideal car parks in Alvechurch, one at the Alvechurch club and the other, the council car park in Tanyard Lane.

‘Affordable’ is not ‘easy’

Posted on March 20 2012 at 11:48:10 0 comments

In response to the letter “Overrun by affordable homes”, I too am disgusted – at the author’s ignorance towards the people who need “affordable” housing.

Perspective, please!

Posted on March 19 2012 at 11:50:10 0 comments

In reply to “Overrun by affordable homes.”  I understand your desire to live in a “nice house in a good area” but please keep things in perspective – the percentage of affordable housing in the area is tiny and, while not a gated mansion estate, it’s not going to be a tower block.

Any ideas?

Posted on March 18 2012 at 12:07:38 0 comments

This picture was taken close to the centre of Alvechurch by Alan Ogden, of Hopwood. Can any reader figure out what it is and how the intricate patterns have been formed?

The Tories are alienating our community

Posted on March 17 2012 at 11:46:10 0 comments

To be frank, I salute Ruth Sault’s honesty last month (Village Views “Overrun by affordable homes”).

You can’t have it both ways

Posted on March 16 2012 at 12:33:56 0 comments

The recent tragedY that struck Alvechurch Middle School attracted much media attention. I am an ITV news cameraman and reporter who has lived in the village for many years and was disappointed to hear of some complaints on Facebook recently complaining of the ‘intrusion’ of the media at both the school and St Laurence’s Church.

Bridge 63 lives on

Posted on February 28 2012 at 4:49:59 0 comments

Further to your article about Bridge 63 on the Worcester Birmingham canal, I thought readers may just be interested to know that one part of the bridge still remains in use.

Good causes miss out

Posted on February 22 2012 at 1:11:16 0 comments

Some of your readers may be wondering what has happened to the Lickey Villages Peel2Save fundraising initiative that I co-ordinate and was featured in The Village magazine last September.

Goodbye, Mr Rip . . .

Posted on February 21 2012 at 10:33:27 0 comments

The blackberry brambles will have a lot more fruit on them this autumn.
  Our friend Rip, who has died in a school coach crash in France, would spend days stripping the bushes and filling up old ice cream containers with berries . . .

Overrun by affordable homes

Posted on February 20 2012 at 1:12:37 0 comments

You may say Lickey End is nowhere near Barnt Green, but I believe anyone who currently lives in Barnt Green has worked hard to afford nice houses in a good area and wants their children to go to good schools, so why can you allow a company to build affordable housing her

Where will we park?

Posted on February 19 2012 at 3:53:59 0 comments

I read with interest that the local council is to put double yellow lines outside Crown Meadow School in Alvechurch. Can they tell us old grandparents where we should park our cars?

A bit of a bells up!

Posted on February 19 2012 at 1:14:37 0 comments

Regarding “Ringers’ show of strength” (The Village, February 2012), it’s nice to have fame at last but we’re not quite as strong as we’re made out to be.

Lawton’s View

Posted on February 19 2012 at 12:22:22 0 comments

MARCH 2012

Turbine a symptom of ‘green malaise’

Posted on February 19 2012 at 12:33:23 0 comments

How joyfully the “Barnt Greenistas” must have breathed a collective sigh of relief, when you reported in the last edition that the proposed wind turbine for electricity, the size of Big Ben, had been stymied for now.

Country path delight

Posted on February 18 2012 at 1:17:37 0 comments

Worcestershire County Council countryside services has improved the footpath at the back of The Meadows, Alvechurch, now and made a superb job of it.

It’s all your fault

Posted on February 17 2012 at 3:54:59 0 comments

I have followed the reports and articles concerning Marlbrook Tip and local housing planning applications with great interest.

Hopwood needs dog bins

Posted on February 17 2012 at 3:49:59 0 comments

Hopwood Residents’ Association has received a large number of complaints with regards to dog owners not clearing up after their dogs on the footpath that runs off Ash Lane between Woodpecker Close and the Rugby field, and actually on the playing field.

Lawton’s View

Posted on January 23 2012 at 9:37:22 0 comments

FEBRUARY 2012

THE VILLAGE VIEW

Posted on January 22 2012 at 11:46:05 0 comments

FEBRUARY 2012

It might seem that this space has become the “knock Bromsgrove District Council” column. We don’t mean to, of course, but there seems to be such a disconnect between what we, the people who pay for the council’s services, want and what we get.

32 homes is a minimum

Posted on January 17 2012 at 11:43:22 0 comments

Regarding “Village homes surprise” (The Village December 2011/January 2012), perhaps this now allows Bromsgrove District Council to pass any plan that comes along for site at the corner of Old Rectory Lane on the other side of the Birmingham Road, Alvechurch.

Thank you - and a plea . . .

Posted on January 16 2012 at 11:45:22 0 comments

I am writing to congratulate and thank you for such a wonderful magazine. We are so fortunate to receive such an excellent publication – and for free, too!