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ways welcome; annual subscription £7.50. More details from membership secretary Betty Millward on 01527 523805 or email bettymilllward36@hotmail.co.uk


REDDITCH ROTARY Club meets Monday lunchtimes at the Abbey Hotel, Hither Green Lane, Redditch, B98 9BE. You would be very welcome to join in. Want to be involved, hear interesting speakers, and serve your community? Want to know more? Contact Peter Williams on 01527 60277.


COFFEE BREAK meets every Friday morning from 10.30am–12noon, in the Parish Centre behind St Andrew’s Church, Sandhills Road, Barnt Green. You will find a friendly and warm welcome – see you soon! For enquiries ring 0121 445 4278.


BROMSGROVE PHOTOGRAPHIC Society is a friendly, active and mutually supportive club for those interested in photography and digital imaging. The growing mem- bership includes those with interests in both film and digital techniques, wide- ranging subjects and from highly-skilled photographers to novices. The club meets on Tuesday nights, 8–10pm at the Avoncroft Arts Centre. New members and visitors welcome. For more information, please visit www.bromsgroveps.co.uk


CONTACT THE Elderly aims to help iso- lated elderly people in the village area by offering monthly tea parties where they can reconnect or make new friends in their own community. If you know of an elderly person who could benefit, please get in touch on 07539 276054. Guests need to be aged over 75 and living alone, and must be mobile enough to walk to a driver’s car with assistance. You can find general information at www.contact-the-elderly. org.uk and details of the local group by searching for ‘Contact the Elderly Redditch’ on Facebook.


ROTARY CLUB OF BROMSGROVE meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday every month at 7pm for 7.30pm at Rosado’s Restaurant, 2 Finstall Road, Bromsgrove, B60 2DZ. New members welcome. For more information visit www.bromsgroverotary.org.uk or contact Ron Pearce on 07703 567982.


ALVECHURCH SPORTS & Social Club has a large Function Room available for hire. It has a bar, choice of two stages, plenty of seating, a dance floor and a capacity of 140. CHARITY fund raising events enjoy FREE room hire. Please book early; for more details contact the Club on 0121 445


Village war history on display


TWO LOCAL history societies are in- viting the public to FREE open events this month. Alvechurch Historical Society


holds Open Days on Saturdays Sep 8 and 15 at the Museum in School Lane, Alvechurch. From 2.30 to 4.30pm both days, there’s a special exhibition on Alvechurch soldiers who died in the First World War. Lickey Hills Local History Society hosts an Open Weekend on Sat Sep 15 and Sun Sep 16 at the Visitor Cen-


2121, visit the Facebook page and leave a message, or email alvechurchssc2015@ hotmail.com


BURCOT NIDDIE Noddies spinning group meets on the 3rd Sat each month, 10am– 1pm at Burcot Garden Centre, B60 1PW. Open to all crafters, not just spinners. Bring your own chair. Phone Kim Neale on 0121 445 1677, or drop by, for more de- tails. Cost £3 to include a drink and cake.


THE BIRMINGHAM branch of the International Plastic Modelling Society caters to scale modellers interested in a variety of subjects including Aircraft, Vehicles, Ships, Science Fiction and Figures. All ages and abilities welcome, building anything from basic kits to com- plicated scratch-built models. Meetings take place at Longbridge Methodist Church in the Reception/Cafe area (1654/8 Bristol Road South, B45 9TY) usually on the 3rd Sun each month (sometimes the date is changed to avoid clashing with model shows or holiday periods). You can find more info at: www.ipmsbirmingham. blogspot.co.uk


HEART OF England Speakers is a small, friendly, public speaking club, based in Knowle near Solihull. It is affiliated to Toastmasters International, and meets on the 1st and 3rd Tues every month, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at the Greswolde Hotel, Knowle. More information at www.heart- speakers.org.uk


LICKEY VALLEY Trefoil Guild, as a branch of the Guide Association, is open to anyone over the age of 18. Make new friends, travel, explore, serve the com- munity and help Guiding and Scouting in your area. The Guild meets at Barnt Green Scout & Guide Centre (off Blackwell Road, Barnt Green, B45 8BT) every second Weds


tre, Warren Lane, Lickey B45 8ER. The event is open from 11am–4pm both days, and showcases the results of the society’s Heritage Lottery-funded WW1 project, Hidden First World War Heritage of the Lickey Hills. This includes the men on local


war memorials; 1918 Suffrage; the Spanish Flu; local churches; and a collection of local maps. There will be guided walks, displays and activities, plus the Worcestershire World War 100 Bell Tent historical performers.


7.30–9.30pm. For more info call 0121 445 3907 or 0121 445 2813 or visit www. trefoilguild.co.uk


ALVECHURCH EX-Services Association meets on the second Weds each month (except January) at Alvechurch Social Club at 12.30pm. They are looking for new members, so if you have ever served in any branch of the forces and are free at lunchtime, please go along and join in.


MIDLAND ANCESTORS meets monthly at 7.45pm at Bromsgrove Methodist Centre, 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, B60 1AS. On Sep 11, Mary Bodfish presents Darling Elizabeth. More info at www. bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk


COMMON THREAD is a friendly group of women who enjoy crafts including sew- ing, knitting, crochet and more, together with tea, cake and chat. For more info con- tact Maggie on 0121 439 9324 or Jayne on 0121 445 1113.


AVAILABLE FOR hire: The Wheel commu- nity room by St Catherine’s Church, Black- well. Suitable for groups. Quiet, enclosed garden adjacent. For details contact the church office on 0121 445 1425.


COFFEE, CAKE and Chat meets from 10.30am to 12noon on the fourth Friday of the month (not August) in The Wheel at St Catherine’s Church, Blackwell. All welcome; for details, call Rodney on 0121 445 2070.


BROMSGROVE (1982) Probus Club provides regular opportunities for retired professionals and businessmen to meet socially and share common interests. A members’ meeting is held at Avoncroft Arts Centre on the 3rd Weds each month,


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