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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From ‘pestilence’ to anthrax
I read with interest the letter from Morris Jephcott regarding the “plague pit” episode at Alvechurch in 1984. Perhaps I can shed some light...
THE VILLAGE VIEW
Climate change has rarely, if ever, been the focus of this column over the past 20 or so years – perhaps because it always...
THE VILLAGE VIEW
How often have we or someone else said: “At least we’ll be able to make our voices heard at the ballot box”? Well, it’s...