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Monthly Archives: October, 2004

Re-live the railway age

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE What better time than the Christmas season to experience the romance and nostalgia of a great railway adventure? Past-Time Rail, a family-run company that...

Please leave bottle banks tidy

It is most pleasing to see the facility of the Alvechurch bottle banks, located at the rear of the Red Lion pub, being used....

The alternative approach

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE The recent opening of Alvechurch Chiropractic Clinic has unearthed a wide variety of complementary therapists in the area. Who would have thought that...

All the fun of the festival

I thought Alvechurch Alight was great. It was the most fun I’d had in ages and I smiled all the way through – but...

Who wouldn’t be ready for this?

Trinity could be just what Village diners have been waiting for, writes Richard Peach. Apparently, the verdict of one “expert” on the new Trinity restaurant was:...

Daily bread

Blackwell quadruplets (from left) Gabriel, Kitty, Charlie and Star Bonner  join fellow pupils at Blackwell School in celebrating Harvest Festival by learning all about bread. Local...

A few words. . .

There is nothing more likely to cheer an editor than a lively array of reader’s letters. That’s what this magazine is all about –...

What about the wheeled bins?

Turning to the subject of wheeled bins, I wonder if Bromsgrove District Council has the courage to reconsider the apparently hugely unpopular scheme?  Reading...

More cash for road cleaning?

I read the letter from Les Bailey in your October issue and would like to update you on events.  Mr Bailey contacted me by...

Plagued by this persistent myth

I was interested to see the letter from Morris Jephcott in the last issue of The Village as I am fascinated by the length of...