Friday, March 29, 2024

Deep breaths . . .

The news in your last issue of a fat-bellied flasher in Rowney Green has made all male residents walk around with their stomachs sucked in!

Celebrating 40 years

The Lickey Hills Local History Society is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Many Cofton residents still on the look-out

I always look forward to my copy of The Village which is read from cover to cover. It was good for Cofton Hackett to...

Bonfires have the potential to kill

I agree entirely with the view expressed by Michael Lewis, (Village Views, March 2019), with regard to the selfish menace of bonfires. No sooner...

Post Office is essential

I wonder when we will discover the fate of Alvechurch Post Office? The building has been sold, but nobody seems to know what’s happening. It...

Devastated by the loss

As retired Scout and Guide leaders, we are devastated by the loss of the Scout Headquarters in Barnt Green. Over the years this building had...

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...

This will make trains reliable

Regarding the letter in the September issue of The Village, “Reliable trains the priority”,  the problem with the Redditch branch is that it is a siding without passing opportunities between Barnt Green and Redditch and as it takes more than 20 minutes to do this trip, delays are common on a 30-minute interval service.

Graffiti culprit must come clean

Despite the best endeavours of Lickey & Blackwell Parish Council, graffiti remains steadfast on street furniture including road signs, Virgin boxes and our weather...

Remembering Robin

I read with interest an article written in 2012 in your publication about an Alvechurch resident, Robin Walden. It explained that he died in December...