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Monthly Archives: January, 2016

Lecture celebrates Longbridge legend

The 30th Bromsgrove Lecture will take place on Tuesday March 22 at 7.30pm at Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School.

Love your local businesses . . .

Whether you’re planning a small, intimate wedding or the party of the year, it pays to stay local – the businesses on your doorstep are in the perfect position to offer a friendly and personalised service.

Vintage village wedding!

A village bride tells how local businesses helped to make her 1940s-style wedding a reality.

Wreathing the rewards

Lickey resident Verity Smith has raised £1,134 for charity by running a series of festive wreath-making workshops.

Puppets pop in for show

Residents at The Lawns care home in Alvechurch were kept well entertained in the run-up to Christmas.

Get ready for spring

Hannah Genders suggests jobs that need doing in February.

Layers of tradition

Whether you need to keep livestock corralled or just want your boundary to look tidier, a traditionally-laid hedge provides a sturdy and natural-looking solution – and this is the ideal time of year to call in the expert.

Tale of two Jeremys

The New Year’s Day mummers play in Alvechurch offered topical characters to cheer or boo, before the Morris dancers took the floor.

Mini Vinny winner

Sue Gould of Lickey End was the first competition winner to receive a “Mini Vinny”, a smaller replica of our office mascot!

Parish pathfinders

Ray Yarnell, of Alvechurch Village Society’s footpaths group, pays tribute to a stalwart member and calls for new volunteers.