Picnic to celebrate VE Day anniversary
This year’s Alvechurch Picnic in the Park will take place on Saturday May 9 to coincide with the Bank Holiday weekend for the 75th...
Cleaning up the canal
The long-awaited programme of dredging on the Worcester–Birmingham Canal around Hopwood, Alvechurch and Tardebigge took place towards the end of last year.
The base for contractors...
Sisters win a Vinny!
Alvechurch sisters Evie and Georgia Price, aged nine and eight, were the latest winners of a Mini Vinny in our monthly competition. If you...
Acting out the year
The annual Mummers Play and Morris dancing extravaganza in Alvechurch kept villagers entertained.
Characters from the past year’s headlines – including a cowardly Boris Johnson,...
High spirits at Lickey Wassail
Revellers enjoyed music, poetry, dancing and a topical Mummers Play.
Despite the slightly damp weather, spirits were high as around 150 people attended this year’s...
Music & merriment in the orchard
Barnt Green Parish Council held their annual Wassail Walk between Christmas and New Year, with around 130 people walking from Millennium Park to Fruitfields...
Hats off (or on!)
The "public gallery" at Lickey & Blackwell’s December parish council meeting (district councillor Richard Deeming, Ron Smith, Keith Woolford, Sue and Roy Hughes, Angus...
Window winner
Barnt Green Parish Council’s Best Shop Window competition was won by Bliss Estate Agents.
Parish chairman Robert Cholmondeley presented the prize to owner Katie Cartwright...
Lighting up Finstall
The well-known spectacular light display in Finstall attracted hordes of visitors as usual.
Owners Molly and Wendy Molloy, who raise funds for Primrose Hospice via...
Council says thanks
Barnt Green Parish Council held a pre-Christmas buffet at the Social Club to thank villagers who had contributed to the community during the year.
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