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The upcicle!

Cofton
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An 'upward icicle' spotted and photographed by Village reader Geoff Franklin in Cofton Chuch Lane, Cofton Hackett during the freeze of February 2021. Geoff ...
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Dean’s Sahara trek in memory of Sarah

Alvechurch
Alvechurch villager Dean Marsh is planning to trek across the Sahara in memory of his partner Sarah Quiney and to raise money for Macmillan...

‘No decision made’ about Quaker hall 

Barnt Green
Central England Quakers have told The Village that no decision has been made about the future of their Barnt Green meeting house. They were responding...

Independent vote hope

Alvechurch
Alvechurch district and parish councillor Kate Van Der Plank is to carry the independent torch into the upcoming county council elections. She has decided to...

Friends of the station

Alvechurch
A group of villagers have volunteered to adopt their local station to make it better for everyone.The Alvechurch residents have now been given a...

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Bordesley fights back

Bordesley
Residents of Bordesley, who already suffer constant heavy traffic between Redditch and the bottom of the Alvechurch bypass, are now facing the consequences of...

Market garden dream

Alvechurch
A group of villagers is hoping to launch a market garden to provide people with fresh, locally grown organic fruit and vegetables. Incredible Edible Alvechurch,...

Nativity attraction

art and craft
The beautiful church of St Michael’s, Cofton Hackett, celebrated Christmas with a life size nativity scene in the church porch (above). The figures and scenery...

history
Richard Peach tees up the 50-year-old story of a city corporation hungry for housing land . . . and an exodus of golfers seeking...

NIGHTMARE ON SWAN STREET . . .

Home Page Pic
Freddie and The Trumpkin . . . Alvechurch villagers have responded in style to a fundraising Scarecrow Festival over half term – and at...

Barnt Green Scout leader plea

Alvechurch
Barnt Green Scouts have issued an urgent plea for a new Scout leader to enable the section to continue its 78-year tradition in the...

Home Page Pic
The £1 million footbridge over the railway line between Barnt Green and Cofton Hackett rising into the sky. While, this picture (above), taken by Barnt...

Village Features

Friends of the station

Alvechurch
A group of villagers have volunteered to adopt their local station to make it better for everyone.The Alvechurch residents have now been given a...

Bordesley fights back

Bordesley
Residents of Bordesley, who already suffer constant heavy traffic between Redditch and the bottom of the Alvechurch bypass, are now facing the consequences of...

Market garden dream

Alvechurch
A group of villagers is hoping to launch a market garden to provide people with fresh, locally grown organic fruit and vegetables. Incredible Edible Alvechurch,...

Nativity attraction

art and craft
The beautiful church of St Michael’s, Cofton Hackett, celebrated Christmas with a life size nativity scene in the church porch (above). The figures and scenery...

history
Richard Peach tees up the 50-year-old story of a city corporation hungry for housing land . . . and an exodus of golfers seeking...

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?...

I’m sorry, but the Village Hall can’t deliver a Post Office

Dear Editor – I am writing in response to the letter from Mrs M R Gardner that appeared in last month’s Village, in which...

Cofton is no longer a village

Dear Editor – I’m afraid Steve and Judy Hewitt (Village Views, March 2020) aren’t the only Cofton residents saying “Spend our money on Cofton”.The...

Pictures give tacit consent to offence

Dear Editor – I was perturbed to see the opening page of the March edition of The Village magazine devoted to Morris dancers in...

Why are the trees being felled?

Dear Editor – As daily walkers to the Lickey Country Park, we are surprised at the drastic cutting down of hundreds of healthy looking...

20 Years of VILLAGE VIEWS

An advance into Green Belt?

What is happening at Forhill? We followed the new signs indicating “Forhill House” and “Forhill Manor” to discover two prospective building sites.

How to slow the traffic

I read with interest your August Village View concerning the “rat run” through Alvechurch, and would like to make the following comments and suggestions. 1)...

Lawton’s View

SEPTEMBER 2017

Lawton's View September 2017

THE VILLAGE VIEW

Whoa! Hold on . . . don’t go away! We won’t even use the “P” word, if you prefer.  But how about the “D” word? Yes, that’s the one: “Disenfranchised.”

Two-hour mystery

I am curious to know who has decided that the two long lay-bys near Hopwood services have been designated for two-hour parking only, and what the reasons are.

Quality required

I noted with alarm the item under the heading “Lawns celebrates plans victory” in the April edition of The Village.

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