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Happy Birthday Bournville Village!
One year ago today we founded this website with a view to reflecting community life in this beautiful model village of ours. With so much vibrancy, history and local charm, the lack of coverage of what’s going on in the area felt like a real shame – we hoped the Bournville Village website would become [...]
“Second Bournville” spreads community vision
George and Richard Cadbury set out a clear vision for a cohesive community to base their expanding chocolate factory in, called Bournville, in 1879. Father John Cadbury had set up the business because he saw chocolate as a form of social reform, against the ills of alcohol consumption in increasing poverty. The sons continued the [...]
Bournville Carols on the Green
Today another tradition steeped in Christmas cheer will return to the heart of Bournville.The Christmas Carols on the Green take place today at 6pm on Bournville Green, organised by Churches Together B30. Don’t forget to wrap up warm and get your lanterns ready – this year will be a lovely snowy scene, with the collection [...]
Cadbury/Kraft: the story continues
We’ve been documenting mainstream media’s reporting of the Kraft bid to takeover Cadburys. Here’s a summary of links to recent developments in the bitter battle: Today: Union fights to save Cadbury – calling shareholders to invest to save Cadbury – Birmingham Mail Kraft feel Cadbury share holders are beginning to have unrealistic expectations – Wall [...]
Tesco at Christmas – store opening times
We fought and fought to make sure Tesco didn’t come to Bournville, and when it did we made sure it didn’t sell alcohol. But most people who live near this part of Linden Road agree the Bournville Tesco Express store can be quite handy for milk runs and general amenities – open from 7.30am-10.30pm. But [...]
Bournville by numbers
I’ve just found (with a little help from some friends) the most recent ward profile on Bournville which might be of interest to villagers.The data is taken from the last census (2001) and combined with an update in June 2008, with unemployment figures even more recent from July 2009. Interesting but not surprising to see [...]
Grab your jam jars for Carols on the Green
Details have been published on this site about the up-and-coming Carols on the Green (24 December, 6pm, Bournville Green). John Slevin has been in touch to tell us a bit more about Churches Together B30 (CTB30) who organise the event, and given us details of all the Christmas events going on in Bournville over the [...]
A Traditional Christmas in Bournville
With the lights being switched on this Tuesday, we didn’t think it was too early to talk about all the other Christmas festivities going on in the village. This time we wanted to highlight the Traditional Christmas event which takes place on Bournville Green on Saturday 12 December at 1-7pm. Accompanied by festive Carillon music [...]
Pavilion Community Christmas schedule
We’ve just received the Christmas schedule of events from the Rowheath Pavilion Community and thought you’d be interested. Highlights include lots of mince pies and Carols on the Green on Christmas Eve – starts at 6pm sharp. Sunday 20 December: Community Carol Service 6.30 – 7.30pm -mince pies and mulled wine. (The Pavilion Community bar [...]
Cadbury threatened takeover from Swiss giant
More speculation over whether Swiss firm Nestlé will make a bid for our hometown chocolate factory. As we all know, all the big guns are vying for a piece of Cadburys – with American companies Hershey and Kraft getting in on the action. So far, however, the Cadbury clan are remaining robust in rejecting very [...]
