Monthly Archives: May, 2009

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.

Fabulous fashion from the Hollywood boutique in Barnt Green was the centrepiece of a black tie charity event in Dorridge, which raised £1,500 for a Scout group.

Three sons of Barnt Green couple John and Jill Gittins completed the London Marathon.

Up to the time of writing, May has been quite cold, with the mean temperature to the 19th at 10.6C, which is -0.8C below average for the month. Rainfall, meanwhile, was already 51mm, which is 90% of the average for the entire month.

Parking mayhem outside a village school site could be alleviated after police reversed their advice over where parents can pull over.

A former Wythall resident tells the tale of her family’s Costa Rican adventure in a new book.

A locally brewed beer has achieved recognition from CAMRA.

Debt comes to people in all sorts of forms, such as extravagant spending on credit cards, but in Worcestershire it is estimated that 35 per cent of families are in debt through low income rather than overspending. Rural communities suffer as much from poverty as urban and, while often better hidden, financial instability of households is equally widespread.

Lickey resident Janey Hewitt set out some time ago to preserve memories of the area through a series of recorded interviews with village people.

Alvechurch Middle School’s Year 5 TAG rugby team played in front of 60,000 Twickenham spectators.