The Village

At the rear of our estate there has been a long-running planning application debate: residents in Lickey Square wish to build five houses in their back gardens which will then tower over three or four houses on our estate.

I read your article in November’s edition concerning the disabled lifts at Barnt Green station with a feeling of frustration and disappointment.

FEBRUARY 2014

I would like to bring attention through your magazine to the mindless acts of dog owners who pick up their dog mess in the little plastic bags provided by the parish council, then proceed to throw it in the nearest field or hedge.

You ask for views on the church extension. I can do no better than reproduce the views expressed by English Heritage on the original design – basically what we see now:

It’s not something we ever expected to see: someone dying cold and hungry in an Alvechurch bus shelter while we slept, well fed, in our warm houses.

NOVEMBER 2015

The village of Alvechurch is renowned for its gossips and we certainly get plenty going on for them to talk about!

In response to “How do we feel?” in your December issue, I read with interest the fact that the gentleman classifies himself as an “ethnic minority” and continues to be offended by the blackened faces even though he understand the history behind it, which in no way represents any sort of racism whatsoever and is steeped in hundreds of years of history.

May I, through your columns, thank Patrick Maddox for his generosity in passing on £100, given to him by his friends to mark a very special birthday, to “Save the Children”.