Monthly Archives: January, 2011

Village weatherman Phil Thomas counted the different birds he saw in his Alvechurch garden over 2010 and compiled the list below, with a total of 44 species.
  We wonder if anyone can count more in their garden over this year – or if anyone sees any unusual birds. Let us know.

Cricketer Dougie Brown and his singer wife Amelia are hosting two charity fundraisers at village venues. The Finstall couple, already training hard for this year’s London Marathon in April, are holding a curry night in Barnt Green and a karaoke night in Lickey.

A second sex attack in Bromsgrove – this time on a teenager – has led to a new warning from police for women take extra care.

A Bromsgrove business owner was blinded by pepper spray in a robbery of what police say was a “large quantity of cash” in the town centre

The Barnt Green Scout and Guide appeal has passed the £300,000 mark with the announcement of the latest £10,000 grant.

A 20-year-old West Heath man has appeared before Worcester Crown Court charged with murder following an incident at a pub in Alvechurch.

Rowney Green surgeon Keith Porter is to be knighted for his services to the armed forces.

FEBRUARY 2011

We have been berated for suggesting in our last issue that the voters of this area will always be blue – and have even been told that we helped June Griffiths to get elected as the county councillor for Alvechurch division by suggesting that the outcome was a foregone conclusion.

Sir – Immediately before the snowfall in December the County Council removed the grit bin at the junction of Ten Ashes and Groveley Lane, Cofton Hackett, along with the bin at the end of Chestnut Drive.

A number of Villagers have contacted British Waterways expressing concern over the effect on fish of the new walkway at the dead arm of the canal in Alvechurch.