We will be holding our AGM on Sunday 13th April from 2pm – 3.30pm at Stirchley Library. All are welcome to come along to find out what we’ve been up to over the last year, and share ideas about what you’d like to see happening at the library in the future.
Refreshments will be provided along with lego to keep little ones occupied (children are very welcome, but must be supervised).
Birmingham City Council has recently published a revised proposal following the final phase of consultation that took place between 23rd August and 27th September. In their revised proposal,Stirchley Library hours will remain open for 21 hours a week! This is fantastic news for our community, as it represents a return to a 3 day a week professionally staffed library service. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Save Stirchley Librarycampaign and made sure that the Council has been aware just how important the library is to us all.
Whilst this is good news for Stirchley …
If you go exploring around the Bournville area in the grounds near the old Cadbury Club, you find an old remnants of George Cadbury’s original village design. It’s an old lily pool situated at the far end of the old Girls’ Recreation Ground off Bournville Lane.
It was originally a quite retreat for female employees at Cadbury’s, framed by the rural landscape of the early 1900s.
Near to the pool you can also see traces of a walled-garden, which gives the sense that the area was once the grounds of …
Thank you to everyone who came along to the River Rea walk as part of Birmingham Heritage Week at the beginning of September. This followed six bird portraits by local artist Stephen Earl Rogers positioned in community gardens run by Fruit & Nut Village, and a talk on route about the history of the Rea in Stirchley by Jen Dixon, our Volunteer Coordinator.
If you couldn’t join the walk on the day, you can find an outline of the walk and a map to follow on our local resources page.
During Birmingham Heritage Week at the beginning of September, we organised a heritage walk along the River Rea. This followed six bird portraits by local artist Stephen Earl Rogers positioned in community gardens run by Fruit & Nut Village, and a talk on route about the history of the Rea in Stirchley by Jen Dixon.
This guide provides an outline of the walk so you can go hunting for the six birds yourself, with the aid of the map (above).
The walk began in the Forest Garden at the rear of Stirchley Library …