10years Ago From TheVillage archive


OUR COMBINED July/August 2007 magazine featured dancers at Barnt


Green Festival on its cover. Inside were more photos from the bi-annual event, which raised £1,500 for village Scouts and Guides and Acorns Hospice.


September 2013 – the dig- gers arrive


IN THE NEWS: A plan to build 20 affordable homes at Hopwood had run into stiff opposition from villagers, who claimed the chosen site was unsuitable for the development due to dangerous roads and lack of facilities. Elsewhere, Rednal filmmaker Martin Nigel Davey


Grass in need of attention


stand that some residents feel passionate about this. “However, I would like to reassure residents that we understand and share your frustrations. “Our Place Teams take immense pride in their work and


we remain committed to providing the very best possible service we can and hope to be achieving a high standard of service again soon.”


Please contact me with your views and concerns about any aspect of life on the estate. Email: oakalls@villageonline.co.uk


wash dolly, shaping butter with butter pats, scrubbing pots and pans with rags and sand, and beating a rug. Pupils also experienced Victorian-style lessons, sitting in rows with lots of chanting and repetition. Eight-year-old Mia said: “I liked making the butter balls and beating the carpet. I learnt what housemaids did and had a really good day.” Year 3 pupil Hector added: “I enjoyed beating the


carpet to get the dust off it. It made a big bang!” Matt Mason, deputy head teacher at Finstall School,


said: “Learning isn’t just about sitting at a desk in a classroom. Children really enjoy an opportunity to dress up and take part in a range of activities relating to a topic. They had a fabulous day trying out all the different chores and taking part in Victorian lessons but they were glad to return to 2017!”


AS ALVECHURCH Middle School pupils enjoyed an “African Safari”-themed Arts Week, the school learned it had been awarded an Arts Council England Gold Artsmark Award. Meanwhile, pupils from Crown Meadow First School in Alvechurch took part in a nationwide Walking Bus record attempt.


MARION THOMPSON, of Alvechurch, raised more than £1,000 for Redditch’s Where Next charity by doing a tandem skydive. She is pictured ahead of the leap with Where Next’s general manager, Graham Clark.


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had put the Waseley Hills on the movie map by choos- ing it as the location for a short film – and bringing stars including Norman Wisdom along to appear in it.


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