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‘Nightmare’ of village traffic
Dear Editor – As a long-standing resident of Barnt Green (22 years) I’ve noticed so many changes, from a lovely village location with a fabulous village school to an over- populated, car-ridden nightmare. We live close to the railway bridge,
and now that the notorious Cala Homes roadworks have started, it is taking my sons an hour to get home from Bromsgrove, as the small bridge off Fiery Hill has turned into a dangerous cut-through for HGV lor- ries and people commuting. Today we have no wi-fi or broadband – and that’s on top of all the noise. Please tell me why the council let this happen to this lovely quiet area. On another note, which does go hand in hand, our drive has
Have your say . . . about
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turned into a car park for the local school as there is not enough room for the amount of vehicles coming and going to the school. This is a terrible situation at the moment in our village. P.S. I’ve just noticed a spotlight outside our house which is shining straight through our hall. Great! Barnt Green resident
No regrets over
Brexit and Trump Dear Editor – You will not be sur- prised to receive a response to the comment in the Village View in your January issue. It touched on the electorate’s “no” to staying part of the EU on June 23,
Heartfelt thanks Dear Editor – I would like to sincerely thank all the wonder- ful people of Rowney Green and Alvechurch for the beautiful cards, letters and warm wishes received on the sudden tragic loss of my beloved son Julian. I was overwhelmed by the love
and warmth shown at his funeral; such a great comfort in the sad and dark days. We certainly will miss him. Thank you and God bless you all. June Border, Rowney Green
by mentioning: “the disarray caused by the UK’s anti-Europe vote.” This should have read: “anti-EU vote”, as the majority are not anti-Europe, just anti-EU, and the two are not synonymous. The paragraph followed up with:
“the imminent arrival of a disruptive figure in the White House”, mischie- vously implying that the American electorate’s democratic decision was wrong. We will always be part
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