Thursday November 16 Don O' Lee - Pie Factory, Tipton Jam Night - The Moorings Tavern, Stourbridge Acoustic Open Night - The Olde Queen's Head, Halesowen RnB Night - The Kingfisher, Wall Heath Open Acoustic - The Windmill, Lye G2 - Robin 2, Bilston
On Thursday October 12 Wordsley History Society met for their monthly meeting. Forty two members and 45 visitors attended. The Chairman asked for a minute's silence in memory of member John Webb who recently passed away. It was announced the 2007 calendars
On October 5 the society was pleased to host a special evening meeting held at Christ Church, Lye when well known Midlands historian and broadcaster Dr Carl Chinn M.B.E. presented "An Evening with Carl Chinn." Dr Chinn spoke with his characteristic enthusiasm
The members learnt quite a few tips for hiding unsightly items and building various projects when Dick Armitage gave us a talk on Reconstructing Gardens'. The energy that went into his garden was amazing and when he was satisfied he and his wife would
On November 7 at 7.30 pm the Wall Heath Horticultural meeting took place at Wall Heath Community Centre. The meeting was chaired by Shirley Evans. This meeting was the presentation of the Annual Show Awards. John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries presented
At the last meeting of the West Midland Fuchsia club, which was held at the Memorial club, Bradley Street Pensnett the speaker was Mr D Everitt he gave us much to think about, as the talk included garden design, planning the planting of perennials and
Kinver Rotary Club has begun a membership recruitment drive, headed by Rtn Clive Roseblade, who is arranging a new members evening in January. He says: "Although we are having this special event in January, anybody from the area who is interested in
AS hundreds of people gathered at Quarry Bank park to celebrate remembrance day this weekend councillors were delighted the long-awaited war memorial benches were put up. Quarry Bank councillor Bryan Cotterill said he was overjoyed the two benches -
The October meeting of Stourton WI was our AGM. President Diane Jones welcomed the members and our guest for the evening, Janice Jones, a WI advisor. Our secretary Sue Bell read her annual report and reminded us what a busy and successful year we had
JUST a point, regarding the Council Tax revolution. Pensioners who live in homes, that have double glazing, extensions and conservatories etc, managed to pay for them, by working 47 years or more probably on good wages, or salaries. Then to come down
IT seems that under the Blair Government we are becoming more and more a George Orwell 1984 society. In this interfering nannying state more of our freedoms are disappearing daily. The Government want to control what you smoke, what you drink, what
FIRSTLY congratulations to Stourbridge FC on the great start to the season. The reason for contacting is my anger at the total lack of control during the club's bonfire night. I have taken my children to the club's bonfire night for the last five years
SORRY to return to the Church Street crossing but two letters on the 2/11/06 need replying to. The other half suggests that a few pensioners being knocked over is a small price to pay to keep the motorists happy. He also seems to suggest that I want
I'M just writing to say how disappointing and in my mind shambolic Remembrance Sunday was at Mary Stevens Park. Not only was there not a band for the service (did anyone approach the local schools?) but the minister didn't know where or if the bugler
WELL done, PO Worrall and Sylvia Pearson, my family and I could not agree more. They do not want Tesco and now Aldi, what do they want! It would be a great bonus to us, as we have lived in Wollaston for well over 30 years, both retired, and to walk
IN recent press it is suggested that if you or I object to an Islamic enclave in the Dudley MB area we must be fascist or racist. Having let things lie for a while the "Do Gooders", coxed and soothed by the ones who look for regional power in the future
I SEE the profit-driven moguls of our shopping centre at Merry Hill are just waking up to the fact that there is a fast buck to be made from their car parking spaces. Westfields says we have to fall in line with ambitious plans to secure a town centre
HEAR!, Hear! to PO Worrall's letter re the Aldi controversy. What the anti-Aldi group seem to have lost sight of is the fact that what Wollaston residents need are shops we can afford to shop at. And surely a supermarket situated at the entrance to Wollaston
