The Village

To the people of our village: a very special thank you from the members of Alvechurch Village Hall.

The decision giving the go-ahead to the controversial Ash Lane development in Hopwood was a prominent feature of your last issue and one correspondent clearly expressed dismay with local representatives.

To be frank, I salute Ruth Sault’s honesty last month (Village Views “Overrun by affordable homes”).

The experience of road bumps in Barnt Green has not been all positive and should be taken into account when planning for Alvechurch.

The Marlbrook Tip debacle already beggars belief, so long-suffering residents could be forgiven for thinking that things couldn’t get any more farcical. . . but the latest twist in the 15-year saga has scaled new heights of absurdity.

I have just read a clipping from The Village magazine stating that an award has been granted regarding the so-called management of the Lickey cemetery.

To a most irresponsible dog owner using Branden Road’s footpaths and residents’ gardens in Alvechurch as a toilet. You are disgusting!

I am a resident of Cherry Hill Road, so I am enduring the heavy flow of traffic taking the shortest route around the Barnt Green road closure.

We returned from Alvechurch Village Society’s meeting on Wednes­day June 23 about the new schools, charged up with cynicism provoked by the general tenor of the meeting.