The Village

Faceless bureaucrats in their Whitehall ivory towers, drawing lines on maps without a care for how they will affect us in our villages 100 miles away from the capital . . . where have we read those words before?

Thanks to all those who supported the reopening of The Meadows in Alvechurch as a football facility and in particular, a very big thank you to the efforts of Alvechurch Parish Council for the many hours they have spent making this happen.

I do so agree with Coun Hollingsworth’s views on what should happen between the councils (The Village, February 2007).

Thank you for putting the June and July/August issues online. We had been missing our fix of The Village.

This lovely picture of bluebells in the Lickeys was taken by 15-year-old Marcus Mason-Williams and sent in by his mum, Tina.

I have recently discovered some interesting facts about the humble hedgehog that I would like to share with readers of The Village magazine.

Last Sunday (June 2) I told my great-grandsons, aged six and three, to kick their football about on the playing field in what was the Black Paddock, Alvechurch, but they came back saying the grass was knee high and so impossible.