Village News
Villager solves dog bin bother
A BARNT Green resident who com- plained about dog mess being dumped
Pic/ Edwin Gumbley
in the village has taken the initiative by arranging the installation of a new bin. The resident told parish councillors she had witnessed a London Midland rubbish collector removing bagged dog waste from an ordinary bin at the railway station and leaving it by the walkway leading into the Lickey Hills. He told her this was because London Midland operatives were not allowed to handle dog mess, which should not be placed in a normal bin. The council asked London Midland
to investigate, but in the meantime the resident contacted the Lickey Rangers and arranged the installation of a specific dog waste bin at the site – paid for by the Baron Davenport’s Charity, of which she is a trustee. The trust was set up by the Davenport brewery family and supports organisa- tions within 60 miles of Birmingham. London Midland told the parish
council they had raised the matter with their cleaning contractors.
Help parish pick play equipment
A
lvechurch villagers are to be asked to help their parish coun- cil choose new equipment for
The Meadows. The council has £72,000 to spend on the installation of equipment at the playing fields from the payment of “106” money by the developers of new homes at Rectory Gardens in the village. Coun Julie Turley, who is leading
the project for the parish, told col- leagues she was planning to display information about the various equip- ment options at public places around the village. The list of ideas under considera- tion include: a skate ramp, outdoor gym equipment, a composting toilet,
a double zip wire and risky play equipment. Villagers will be asked to rate in
order of preference which ones they would like to see at The Meadows. The council has emphasised that the £72,000 also covers the cost of site preparation and installation, which will reduce the amount avail- able to spend on the actual equip- ment. Meanwhile, new chickenwire is
to be fitted along the length of the boardwalk at The Meadows after the council received reports of dogs catching their paws in the current chickenwire, installed more than ten years ago to provide a non-slip surface on the wooden walkway.
Morris tradition challenge
THE ALVECHURCH Morris opted to maintain a low profile after they were forced to abandon a New Year dance in Birmingham city centre. After a small number of onlook- ers mistook the dancers’ traditional Border Morris blacked faces for a form of racism, the dancers chose
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BARNT GREEN now boasts a village bike rack, located outside the Happy Valley takeaway on Hewell Road. District councillor Charlie Hotham suggested to parish councillors that if it didn’t get much use by cyclists, it could always be used as the village stocks!
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to leave the scene to avoid the confrontation turning ugly. They told The Village they didn’t
want to comment on the incident, which brought many messages of support for their traditions and was even discussed on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show. See Pages 32–33
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