A mouthful of a title - it includes a Tai Chi demonstration (gentle Oriental exercise), willow-weaving workshops, how to make a bird-box session…. all are on the schedule for the ‘Health, Environment and Democracy Day 2008 ‘, from 11a.m. till 3p.m at Centre Park on Saturday 14th June. There are plans to entertain and inform [...]
£3000 in prize money is being donated for the Birmingham-in-Bloom Competition. This is the second year of the competition. Judging will take place in July and people are being asked to nominate friends, neighbours or relatives by 15 June for one or more of the following categories:
best front garden,
best rear garden,
best communal garden
best balcony/window box/hanging basket/pots.
Competitions [...]
Sallyann Rose has announced that the Farmers’ Market, usually scheduled for the third Saturday of each month in Farnborough Road, will not take place in May, and that she intends to run the next market in a different location, possibly Centre Park, or one of the local churches. Sallyann told the Neighbourhood Partnership meeting that she thought [...]
Rumours that Urban Splash have pulled out of the development of the Cincinnati building on Kingsbury Road are false, according to a spokesperson for Urban Splash, who said today:
“We have only fairly recently bought the buildings, and we are currently engaged in a series of meetings with architects as to the best use of [...]
A simple red postbox in Castle Vale High Street stands as a monument to local patience and persistence. The postbox was removed some years ago when Reed Square was demolished to make way for the ‘new’ High Street. The Post Office promised to return it to its original spot, but after a long absence, the postbox was eventually re-situated [...]
As the summer arrives today and Castle Vale basks in the first warm weather for a long time, Cath Downey has sent us a photo of her snow-covered garden in Bond Drive, taken only a fortnight ago.
Prince Charles and Camilla will be opening the newly refurbished Town Hall, the location for last night’s BBC1 Question Time programme. The Prince of Wales and his wife will be officially opening the new Town Hall in Victoria Square on Tuesday 22nd April. It was opened to the public last October, after £35 million of restoration [...]
It is taking the City Council twice as long to repair potholes and broken pavements, compared with the situation 9 months ago. 79 days is the average time it takes for repairs to be done, compared with 37 days in April and May 2007. The number of reported pothole and pavement problems has dropped [...]
A new website that will enable locals to share garden cuttings, seeds and plants this spring and summer is the brainchild of Sallyann Rose and Mike Sloyan. Details of the project, called Gardening Exchange, can be found at www.gardeningexchange.org
Webdesigner Mike Sloyan said: “Gardening Exchange is a free website platform that enables gardeners to share [...]
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