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Are to keep local residents and other interested parties up to date with all community information, phone and internet contacts and any other local gossip and scandal that we can get away with!
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THE BIG LUNCH AT HOPWOOD,PICNIC ON THE PITCH3RD JUNE
CELEBRATING THE QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE
COME AND JOIN EVERYONE IN HOPWOOD ON 5 WAYS CRICKET PITCH ON JUNE 3RD
SEE MORE INFORMATION NEARER THE EVENT.........PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY THOUGH!!
1ST APRIL HOPWOOD RESIDENTS LITTER PICK THE AREA
PETER HIGGINS WITH A FEW OF THE 17 BAGS OF LITTER COLLECTED FROM STONEHOUSE LANE,ASH LANE AND WOODPECKER CLOSE
WELL DONE EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUT WITH THAT.
Don't forget after THE BIG LUNCH ......
Monday 4th
JUNE...... PARTY IN THE PARK .......
ALL DAY PARTY... AT THE MEADOWS (Wiggin Field) ALVECHURCH
AND THEN OVER TO THE CRICKET CLUB ON THE EVENING FROM 6PM, FOR AN EVENING OF PARTYING !!!
For Information about Local Policing
For more information or any further advice, please contact your Local Policing Team. Alternatively contact CSO 6715 HYDER at Wythall Police Station. You can find out who your LPT is by visiting our website: http://www.westmercia.police.uk/localpolicing/
November 2011
Parish Council Start the process of making a Neighbourhood Plan for our Parish.They are looking for volunteers, can you help..do you have project skills. Contact the Parish Council Office for more information.
It's the only way local people can influence Planning decisions for the future, Neighbourhood Plans will have legal status in the new Localism Act.
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Plus.......
Speeding Issues on the A441
Speed restrictrictions to be changed.40 MPH limit to be extended towards the Birmingham Boundary by a couple of hundred yards! Why not extend the 40 MPH right up to the Birmingham Boundary that makes more sense.
Road safety issues were high on the agenda at the November meeting of Hopwood Residents Association meeting. The Rise and the Drive Residents continue to face life threatening decisions trying to cross this major road at rush hour times.
Ash lane junction....drivers still ignoring NO RIGHT TURN signs, accidents waiting to happen.
Committee to petition the whole area to demand County Highways act on traffic calming and crossing measures.
RING YOUR WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILLOR JUNE GRIFFITHS (01527 62018) IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT HIGHWAYS ISSUES
THERE IS ALWAYS A PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND, AND ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF THE MEETING, IF YOU PREFER , YOU CAN PASS ON YOUR CONCERNS VIA MYSELF (ADRIAN SMITH).
BEFORE 1PM ON FRIDAY PRIOR, AND I WILL CONVEY THEM TO THE COUNCIL.
IF THERE ARE ANY LOCAL ISSUES YOU WANT TO BRING UP ......MY NUMBER IS .....0121 445 0481
Issues at the last meeting were the overgrown footpaths towards the Westmead Hotel and from Arrowfield top these are again being reported to Worcester Council.
Bunding has been put in place at the Community Hall ground ,hopefully preventing further trespass from Travellers.
NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH FOR ASH LANE AREA IS UNDER-WAY
Sign up for smartwater to protect your property, burglaries increasing due to economic hardship.
26th September, Alvechurch Village Hall (4pm-8pm).
AGM...AT THE LAST AGM THE COMMITTEE CHANGED SLIGHTLY, AFTER 3 YEARS AS CHAIRMAIN I HAVE HANDED OVER THE REIGNS, AND THE COMMITTEE ELECTED PETER HIGGINS AS YOUR NEW CHAIRMAN , HIS CONTACT DETAILS ARE ON THE CONTACTS PAGE IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM.
I AM CARRYING ON WITH THE COMMITTEE AS VICE-CHAIRMAN AND AS PARISH COUNCILLOR FOR THIS WARD, SO I AM STILL AVAILABLE TO HELP OUT WITH ANY PROBLEM IF I CAN.
HERE are the Last Disrict Councillor Election results in full.
ALVECHURCH (3 seats)
June Griffiths (Con) - 1,206 - ELECTED
Patricia Harrison (Con) - 966 - ELECTED
Roger Hollingworth (Con) - 1,251 - ELECTED
Geoff Hulett (Lab) - 646
Ken Wheatley (Ind) - 747
Conservatives HOLD 3
Turnout - 44%
The turnout was 44.7 per cent, with 32,755 residents casting a vote.
May 2011
Work on lay-byes and footpaths near services come to an end. We hope the County Council do not regret their decision... to not continue the bollards along the edge of the left hand side lay bye....... We will monitor this in case artics' begin to encroach across this again.
In all good success for HRA and it's continuing badgerring about the appalling previous state of this section of road.
IF YOU ..notice encroachment by lorries please tell us ,take pictures and we will report to the County Council
January 2011
Attempted Break-ins at Woodpecker Close .. Ash Lane, please be aware of any suspicious activity or strangers lurking.
SPEEDING ON A441
Nov 2010
Police inform us that data cables are to be put across the road in November to monitor traffic! This has been done before! We wait to see results!
We have been told that the 40MPH sign is to be moved further up the road towards Birmingham end, goody!
Sept 2010.
Information from the Parish Council
Alvechurch Grammar School Trust,
was established to provide an education to the needy children of the parish.......
This trust is still in operation and;-People can apply for assistance grants, these are for educationally related purposes covering books, travel expenses, uniform, work clothes, tools and equipment ; applicants must be under the age of 25 and living within the old parish of Alvechurch.
Applications can be obtained from the Clerk of the Governors.,
PACT stands for Partners and Communities Together. It gives you the chance to tell your Local Policing Team, local authority and other partner agencies about the issues that are causing concern within your neighbourhood and which ones you want us to deal with as a priority. Once the community agrees on the top priorities, we’ll work together to address them.
The delivery of PACT is tailored to meet the needs of a community,
News You tell us and we will publish it,( within the realms of decency of course)
EVENTS Current and ongoing concerns and forthcoming events.
CONTACTS Where you can find local services contacts & information
HISTORY Past information about our once quiet Hamlet, plus local ancient History
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The site has just become infamous! .....
the Lord Mayor of London has joined and made a comment on the Forum!, yes Boris Johnson has posted a comment!, Whats going on? take a look, the worlds gone mad!
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