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THE VILLAGE VIEW

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.

The VILLAGE VIEW

DECEMBER 2010
George Lord’s political demise means Alvechurch’s new representative in Worcester can focus entirely on fighting for her electors free from the demands of leadership of the county council.

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November 2010

Goodbye, Bromsgrove, hello. . .Redditch? Barnt Green, Cofton Hackett and Lickey inextricably linked to a distant new town rather than our historic market town?

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October 2010

PACT is reborn in Alvechurch – rejoice! Well, let’s hope so. Readers will be aware of our support for grassroots forums and our fear that the people of a large community would be left with little or no voice after the demise of the previous incarnation of Partners And Communities Together . . .

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September 2010

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it would seem, if the goings-on at the boundary between Blackwell and Burcot are anything to go by.

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July/August 2010

So now we know . . . the MUGA play area in Alvechurch is a much-used facility and appreciated by many young families in the village. In the past we had only heard from those who opposed it; just didn’t want it anywhere near them, even before it had been built.

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June 2010

It’s refreshing to watch the birth of something so positive in our village lives. The need for some sort of youth club in a settlement as large as Alvechurch has been glaringly obvious for a very long time, but no individual or organisation was able to get beyond flirting with the idea.

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May 2010

You’ll probably be reading this just before or after casting your vote in what has become an interesting time for the Bromsgrove constituency.

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April 2010

So, the green shoots of the grass roots have been condemned as too exotic a growth in these straitened times and the brief lives of our neighbourhood groups in Alvechurch and Rubery are over. What a shame.

A few words. . .

Continuing our theme from last month, we’d just like to thank everyone who has contributed towards this magazine over the past year. It means The...