Joggers should alert dog-walkers
I’m writing to tell you about a problem my friend and I have met on several occasions in the Lickey woods and the spinney...
From Pits to Joy
In answer to Morris Jephcott’s question regarding a burial site somewhere in Pestilence Lane for victims of the Black Death: As a child growing...
Please leave bottle banks tidy
It is most pleasing to see the facility of the Alvechurch bottle banks, located at the rear of the Red Lion pub, being used....
All the fun of the festival
I thought Alvechurch Alight was great. It was the most fun I’d had in ages and I smiled all the way through – but...
What about the wheeled bins?
Turning to the subject of wheeled bins, I wonder if Bromsgrove District Council has the courage to reconsider the apparently hugely unpopular scheme? Reading...
More cash for road cleaning?
I read the letter from Les Bailey in your October issue and would like to update you on events. Mr Bailey contacted me by...
Plagued by this persistent myth
I was interested to see the letter from Morris Jephcott in the last issue of The Village as I am fascinated by the length of...
We want the Co-op, but not these lorries
A successful and busy Co-operative store in Alvechurch is of benefit to both local residents and the other village shops. That said, the stocking and...
Not a lot of allotments!
For the last year, I have tried unsuccessfully to obtain an allotment and it would appear that there is no official provision in Alvechurch...
At least we have a decent loo!
There are so many troubling issues affecting Alvechurch at present. There are plans to move our village school to a site close to a...