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32 homes is a minimum
Posted on January 17 2012 0 comments

Regarding “Village homes surprise” (The Village December 2011/January 2012), perhaps this now allows Bromsgrove District Council to pass any plan that comes along for site at the corner of Old Rectory Lane on the other side of the Birmingham Road, Alvechurch.

Thank you - and a plea . . .
Posted on January 16 2012 0 comments

I am writing to congratulate and thank you for such a wonderful magazine. We are so fortunate to receive such an excellent publication – and for free, too!

Pinch-point calming winds up motorists
Posted on January 16 2012 0 comments

Dare I speak the truth about the traffic pinch-points in Alvechurch?

Barbed wire danger to walkers
Posted on October 22 2011 0 comments

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. 

Well, we did ask…
Posted on October 21 2011 0 comments

In answer to your questions:
Should Alvechurch become part of Redditch? NO

The Uplands’ downside
Posted on October 19 2011 0 comments

In the October edition of The Village you give an upbeat account of plans to restore The Uplands. According to your source “many people welcomed the proposals”.

Snobbery on a piffling matter
Posted on October 16 2011 0 comments

Before we came to live here 30 years ago I had never come across such parochial snobbery as exists in this area, so well illustrated in the last issue of The Village.

Shoppers won’t use car park
Posted on October 16 2011 1 comments

Your report that using a piece of land to provide parking in Linehouse Lane, Marlbrook, to ease the dangerous parking outside Tesco is, I regret, a waste of money, whether it be council tax payers or Tesco who pay for the work.

Conservatives are still failing to conserve
Posted on September 15 2011 0 comments

The current controversy and confusion caused by this Government’s proposals to give free rein to the less principled elements of the construction industry is highly undemocratic, and grossly unfair to those currently involved with planning issues.

This will make trains reliable
Posted on September 15 2011 0 comments

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.

Thank you, Mary!
Posted on September 14 2011 0 comments

I just wanted to say a big thank you to Mary and The Village magazine.

It isn’t all so rosy
Posted on September 14 2011 0 comments

I was reading Sarah Rees`s article titled “Oakalls’ Park-Land” (The Village, September 2011) which was extremely glowing in regards to this park. I was wondering if she visited this same park after dark?

Who says The Oakalls wants a shop?
Posted on September 13 2011 0 comments

I am writing in response to your article entitled “People 3000: Shops 0” (The Village July/August 2011).

Council must put things right
Posted on August 23 2011 0 comments

I must comment on Coun Kit Taylor’s remarks implying that the residents’ concerns have been addressed through the Marlbrook Tip Monitoring Group. 

City’s expansion
Posted on August 22 2011 0 comments

So, Birmingham is building a “town centre” on the Bromsgrove border. That, and they are building, I believe, 1,400 homes – most, if not all, of which will be inside the Bromsgrove boundary and yet count against Birmingham’s housing targets.

Happy to be a Parklandian
Posted on August 21 2011 0 comments

I have lived on Parklands for nearly 20 years. In the time since Oakalls has been built I have seen it degenerate considerably.

Reliable trains the priority
Posted on August 20 2011 0 comments

I am writing in response to the article “Extra trains for village” in the last issue of The Village.

Thanks for a laugh
Posted on August 19 2011 0 comments

I am writing in response to a letter that appeared in the last issue of the village. I just wanted to thank J Rowan of Barnt Green for giving me the biggest laugh I’ve had in a long time!

District’s mess
Posted on August 18 2011 0 comments

I’ll tell Coun Kit Taylor what I want the district council to do about Marlbrook Tip (Page 5, The Village July/August 2011): the council should apologise for their appalling lack of monitoring and the treatment of the residents who complained.

Build in their backyard!
Posted on August 18 2011 0 comments

According to its latest newsletter, Alvechurch Parish Council is supporting the local authority plan to provide 42 houses over the next ten years on various sites within Alvechurch.

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