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 [...]
Doreen Palmer
Carole Rafferty
Castle Vale Tenants and Residents Alliance has appointed Doreen Palmer as its Acting Chair, as cover for Carole Rafferty who has recently been unwell. Doreen is TRA Treasurer, a resident board member of CVCHA, and is active on the 2005 Group.
The TRA Board has made Carole an Honorary President of the TRA, in recognition of her contribution to the [...]
West Midlands Police have presented two Merlin Security Staff with Good Citizen Awards for their contribution to the arrest of car thieves in Castle Vale earlier this year. The thieves had stolen a car in Birmingham, and had driven into Castle Vale, where the CCTV cameras picked them up and directed local police to them.
Jenny Giryn of Merlin [...]
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 [...]
Sergeant Sarah Tambling (pictured) has joined the team at Castle Vale Police Station. Sergeant Tambling told the 2005 Group that she is looking forward to working with all organisations in Castle Vale.
Members of the 2005 Way Forward group have expressed disappointment with numbers attending the Castle Vale Open Day held at the secondary school last week. In contrast to comments of encouragement on the day from Chairperson Jean Downey, the 2005 Meeting at CVCHA’s Offices heard that only about 100 people attended, most of those being [...]
The 49 year-old Castle Vale woman who was arrested in March to help police in their investigations into allegations of financial irregularities at Phoenix Court has had her police bail extended for a further period while the investigations continue.
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 [...]
Castle Vale held its first ‘Open Day’ at the secondary school in Farnborough Road. The main organizations that manage, direct and scrutinise the services and events on Castle Vale, one of the largest estates in Europe, set up stalls and demonstrations in the school hall, aiming to inform local residents about their work.
CVCHA, Merlin, the [...]
Sallyann Rose
Labour had a poor set of election results in Birmingham on May 1st, losing ground to the Conservatives, and falling to a level only slightly ahead of the Liberal Democrats. Labour lost 6 seats to the Conservatives. The Lib Dems stayed the same, -they have 32 of the 120 seats on the City Council. [...]
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