Archive for September, 2009
Harriers’ marathon effort gets noticed
The amount of Bournville runners taking part in this year’s Birmingham Half Marathon has been applauded by the race organisers. A team photograph of the 70+ Bournville Harriers’ runners taking part in this year’s event has been highlighted on the official race website: www.birminghamhalfmarathon.com. Over half the club’s member will be taking part in the [...]
Bournville Leafy 10k race preview
Road running returns to Bournville next Sunday 4 October, with the annual Leafy 10 kilometre race organised by Bournville Harriers. The race is two laps around the paths of Bournville and usually attracts over 100 runners. Last year’s race took place in near torrential rainfall resulting in last minute changes to the route. The winner [...]
Put cash back into the Bournville community
A new police scheme which pumps money taken from criminal assets back into the community could be used in Bournville to make our village safer. The Community Cash Back scheme, is being promoted by our local Detective Inspector Matt Tite, as part of a government-led initiative to free up criminal assets for the benefit of [...]
Detective talks about Bournville gun shots
Detective Inspector Matt Tite responded to worried residents today over the shooting incident on Woodlands Park Road last month. The issue was raised at the local tasking meeting in Bournville – a regular meeting arranged by the police and local authorities to listen to issues affecting residents in the area and come up with three [...]
Location, location: Bournville on film
Back in the days when Dalziel and Pascoe was still a popular crime-busting BBC drama series, my street was used as a location for one of the sets. The location manager told us the Cadbury houses were great for the series, because many of them resembled Yorkshire houses – perfect for the fictional town of [...]
A picture of paradise – Bournville on video
This video from Laura Barton at the Guardian is an absolutely beautiful portrayal of our Cadbury community. It documents the birth of the village from George Cadbury’s conception to the issues affecting villagers today – in particular the Kraft takeover. This is latest from a new series called Barton’s Britain – which follows the success [...]
We want your stories and contributions
more about “Pics of Bournville Green“, posted with vodpod Bournville Village can’t run on it’s own – we need you to tell us your stories, local gripes and get involved. We’ve put together a flyer (below) and would appreciate it if you could print it out and pop it up in your shop window or [...]
Councillor warns against Cadbury takeover
A Birmingham Councillor has said if American food company Kraft continues with its pursuit to takeover Cadbury, Bournville could become an “industrial wasteland.” In a full City Council meeting yesterday Coun Summerfield (Conservative) called Cadbury “the very heart, soul and lifeblood” of Birmingham. He said: “Cadbury has committed itself long term to Bournville. If a [...]
Paula Radcliffe comes running to Bournville
Paula Radcliffe has been confirmed as part of the Great Britain team competing in the World Half Marathon Championships taking place in Birmingham on 11th October. The route for the half-marathon will take her through the streets of Bournville as the middle stretch of the course runs through the suburb. Radcliffe confirmed in an update [...]
Let's move to Bournville – have your say
The Guardian are looking for contributions to their ‘let’s move to‘ property feature which looks at a particular area of the country and offers views from residences about good or bad features. If you’d like to have your say then email lets.move@guardian.co.uk before Friday 11th September. If you’re not sure of the format then here [...]
