Friday, April 19, 2024

No place to park

As a small business owner who pays towards the upkeep of this part of The Square in Alvechurch and who cares about the safety of my customers, who are mainly the elderly and moms with young children, I find this sort of behaviour outrageous.

Suggestions for improving The Square welcome

Re: The Square, Alvechurch – “Village Eyesore”: It may be helpful to your readers to have a clearer picture relating to the past, present and future of The Square than has so far been expressed by the article in your June issue.

Patients’ views

I’d like to let Village readers who use the Alvechurch GP practice know about the new Patients’ Participation Group.

Barbed wire danger to walkers

As a resident of Old Rectory Lane, Alvechurch, and a bed and breakfast proprietor, I am writing to express my serious concerns over the footpath that runs from Old Rectory Lane into The Meadows. 

Law is clear and must be upheld

Your picture of one of the six identical road signs sited at the entrances to Ten Ashes Lane, Cofton Hackett, clearly shows a red...

THE VILLAGE VIEW

The line-up for polling day on May 7 is starting to look quite interesting, both in the battle for the Bromsgrove seat in Parliament and among those competing to represent wards in the Bromsgrove District Council elections.

We want a peaceful life

On the Alvechurch Neighbourhood Plan website, I have just read the “shared vision” for Alvechurch and found it bears no relation to what is really happening to the fabric of our so-called rural area and Green Belt.

Gone to the dogs

I wonder if I can get you to highlight a little area of concern for me and my husband, about inconsiderate neighbours who let their dogs bark incessantly. 

English Heritage had it right

You ask for views on the church extension. I can do no better than reproduce the views expressed by English Heritage on the original design – basically what we see now:

THE VILLAGE VIEW

Every other week, usually on a Thursday afternoon, I run my near-nonagenarian father from Barnt Green over to the library in Alvechurch. If I’ve...