The Village

Bonfires can be annoying, and bless the children’s school uniforms having to be washed again. I’m not sure why the laundry identity was important.   

Forgive me if I missed it, but in all the press/media hype over the forthcoming royal wedding, has anyone thought to mention to William and Kate, that the Treaty of Rome, signed by Edward Heath in 1972, and the Lisbon Treaty, signed by Gordon Brown in 2009, removed our Head of State and the Royal Family from any official position that they once held under our evolved constitution.

Sir -  I was in interested to read your piece entitled “Lickey Hills wind turbine rejected”.

Alvechurch resident Janet Reading has asked us to print this picture in the hope that someone may recognise the black cat with bald patches on his shoulders, who is regularly seen crossing the Birmingham Road towards the cricket club.

Every time I take my baby out in the pram I return home to find dog faeces over the tyres of my pram.  

JUNE 2011

It is 100 years this month since Birmingham took a giant leap south and annexed a large chunk of Worcestershire.

Following your article in the July/August edition about Bromsgrove Rural Rides, I would just like to add a few comments as a volunteer driver in the hope of encouraging others to join us.

Hats off to the members of Alvechurch Village Society’s footpath group, who do so much physical work to ensure that the footpath network through our delightful countryside is in a usable state.

I would like to respond to the letter in the September edition of The Village that called for an end to the Morris tradition.