Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Plenty to see in Penny’s garden

A charity garden party held in Bordesley attracted a host of visitors and raised money for three charities. Penny Disbury has been opening her garden, The...
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Swans walk

The family of swans featured in our June magazine, including our “cover cob”, have been on the move once more, seeking out fresh feeding...

Bordesley river

Bordesley has a “new natural feature”, according to parish councillor Steve Hornsby, who told colleagues that when it rains a river of brown water...

Car boot concern

The return of a car boot sale by Cobb’s Barn roundabout, Bordesley, has “caused a lot of anxiety”, district councillor Annette English told Alvechurch parish...

Bypass ‘ready by 2008’

The long-awaited Bordesley bypass could be ready for use as soon as March 2008, if plans revealed to the public last month progress smoothly.

Wanted: your photos of Bordesley

Bordesley Residents Association is asking residents to send in photographs of the area to illustrate its new website.

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New kids on the block

Village reader Paul Wilde sent us these pictures showing a new brood of cygnets that hatched in May near Abbey Meadows in Bordesley. He first photographed...

Traffic hopes thwarted by Abbey veto

Any chance of the long-awaited Bordesley bypass being built in the near future appears to be doomed by the Government’s veto of a major development at the Abbey Stadium, Redditch.

Trio of Vinny winners

Finding Vinny was a joint effort for the Marshall family of Bordesley: Eloise (aged 14), Drew (nine) and Lucia (four).

Green fun for whole family

An Eco-Community Energy Fun Day was held at Alvechurch Baptist Church Hall, with plenty of green activities to educate and entertain.