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Monthly Archives: January, 2008

Cleaving to tradition

Warwick’s lets the quality of its goods and service do the talking.

Golfers raise cash

Christine Henderson, the lady Captain of Kings Norton Golf Club, Weatheroak, hands over a cheque for £2,224 to Graham Clarke, general manager of the Redditch-based Where Next? charity, watched by golf committee members Janet Mitchell (left) and Margaret Jelfs.

Decision a wake-up call

To all the residents of rural or semi-rural Britain who feel safe in the knowledge that our Prime Minister has assured us that any use of green belt for housing will only be considered after brown belt and greenfield sites (yes, there is a difference) have been found unsuitable or unsustainable, this is a wake up call!

Ontrack to the rescue

Local IT expert Mike Nash is on-hand to help if your computer misbehaves.

School’s friendly spirit

Tardebigge First School has achieved the top grade in all categories during an OFSTED inspection.

Village speed trap nets a big surprise

Police who set up a speed trap to crack down on motorists using our villages as a rat-run issued five tickets in 90 minutes – all to Alvechurch residents.

Opening booked

As the countdown begins to the opening of the new school site in Alvechurch, Worcestershire County Council has released details of the new community library based there.

Novice runners ready for Marathon

Two mums are juggling childcare five days a week so they can train for the London Marathon and raise money for Children with Leukaemia.

Village Review: Carry On Canterbury in the Village Hall

It must be a long time – give or take the odd teenage birthday party – since Alvechurch Village Hall has hosted such bawdy scenes.

Queen of punctuation opens Words’ season

Words, the Bromsgrove literary group, meets five times yearly to enjoy talks and performances on all aspects of the written and spoken word.