Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Ideas requested for future of village buses

Independent district councillors are aiming to solve the public transport riddle affecting village areas. Lack of a convenient way to travel to work and school...

Battle of the Santas and planters . . . 2

A parish council has relaunched its light-hearted “battle of the Santas and planters” with a neighbouring parish after coming second last year. Barnt Green councillors...

Calagate: What is going on?

Frustration is growing over the lack of action to enforce access to public open space on a village housing estate. In the long-running saga now...

The Baron of Barnt Green

A new life peer has chosen Barnt Green as his territorial title in recognition of his love for the village. Charles Banner (below), a leading...

More Village News

Fresh ideas for motorway nature reserve

When Hopwood Park motorway service station was being built 25 years ago, one of its main selling points to the village community was the...

Kitchen delight

Pinnies at the ready! (from the left) Emma Westwood, Naomi Pauley and Janet Millward enjoy the new kitchen at Blackwell Community Hall. The unveiling of...

Green Belt preserved

Beoley parish has seen three major planning decisions made to protect the Green Belt over the past month. In the largest, Bromsgrove District Council’s planning...

Rowney Green fields vote

An impasse over who should manage the playing fields and facilities at Rowney Green is closer to being resolved.Trustees of the neighbouring Rowney Green...

Bordesley’s creative side

Bordesley is fighting back to demonstrate that it is a residential area that really matters to the people who live there.They were stung into...

Eggcellent fun in Blackwell

Blackwell Club hopped into action when lockdown meant they couldn’t open up to members and guests over Easter.A group of “bunnies” toured the village...

Four Chaps brew up a business

A nano-brewery in Wythall is in the process of registering a premises licence with Bromsgrove Council to start operating commercially.  Four Chaps Brewery, on Littleshaw Lane, will be brewing a...

Village Features

Welcome to the Fieldson Orchard

The legacy of Rob Fieldson’s work will live on in many ways, but there will now be a lasting tribute in his name, thanks...

FARMING WITH NATURE

Hannah Genders visits a village farmer whose philosophy is to ‘give something back’ and to enhance the land. During lockdown earlier this year, many of...

WARM, WET AND NOISY

Village weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes August was a warmer than average month in The Village area, with a mean temperature of...

‘Selfies’ in space

Village astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the night sky . . . . Here we are in the middle of October already and the nights...

BACK TO THE ROOTS

Mary Green visits the farm where she grew up to see the benefits of organic methods. What an odd year it has been. It was...

25 years of Village Views

Bromsgrove wanted Brexit

I agree with the part of your January Village View that welcomes the “new blood” that has invigorated our local councils, but must strongly disagree with your wish that “Brexit reality will topple the current Government”.

Generosity helps Nepal

I’d like to thank all those who gave so generously to the collection for the Nepal Earthquake Disaster Appeal, organised by the Rotary Club of North Worcestershire.

Baskets brighten up village

It was good to see Nick Houghton and his two helpers from Where Next? Redditch planting out containers and putting up the hanging baskets...

Bench has pride of place by the canal

When my father passed away last year he left instructions that he would like a bench installed on the canal in memory of him and my late mother.

Prayers answered

The Ark is a magnificent building – the answer to years of prayer for this need to be fulfilled.

THE VILLAGE VIEW

On a September Saturday evening in 1997, as the warmth of the sunny afternoon was replaced by an early autumn chill, hundreds of villagers gathered in Withybed Green, Alvechurch.

Lawton’s View

February 2011

Lawton's View February 2011

 

Keep on dancing

When I first read last month’s letter, I thought it might be a spoof letter written by a mischievous local intending to provoke a storm of outrage from “Patriotic and Proud” from Tutnall. Perhaps not, though. 

Coffee thanks

Could I offer many thanks to all the lovely people who came along and supported our Macmillan coffee morning.

A few words . . . 

We’re always banging on in this magazine about community; about people getting together for the common good against those with more money or power...

Latest VILLAGE VIEWS

Dog danger plea after ewe plunge

Dear Editor – They say that sheep are only good at doing three things:- Limping, escaping and dying. My smallholding includes a bridle-path that is...

Watch out for Birmingham!

Dear Editor – I read with interest the articles on planning in the last issue. It appears this Government wants to change the planning laws...

Half a century of nothing

Dear Editor – I share Councillor Hotham’s frustration and despair (Take this lottery win, The Village, December 2020/January 2021). This is yet again a typical...

What good apples you are!

Dear Editor – Last October/November we had so many cooking apples I decided to put some in a tray at the roadside to see if...

Average speed cameras would slow traffic

Dear Editor – Having recently returned to Hopwood and having been born in Alvechurch, I can agree that drivers need to be more respectful...

How can we slow down the Swan Street morons?

Dear Editor – Is there anything that can be done about the speeding after the pinch-point heading towards Redditch, on Swan Street in Alvechurch?...

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