Monthly Archives: April 2013

This is the second of our specially brewed ale for the beer festival next Monday. Lightwoods Ale will be a pleasant light ale at around 4.0% abv with it's logo incorporating part of Simon Lea's excellent photograph of the Lightwoods … Continue reading →

Find your way around the park on Mayday…    

Here's the first of our special real ales being brewed to commemorate the first ever Bearwood Real Ale festival on May 6th. At 6% abv the Sandwell Strongman, named to tie in with the Strongman competition, is a full-bodied beer … Continue reading →

The Sandwell's Strongest Man competition due to be held in Lightwoods Park on Bank Holiday Monday has an event which involves competitors lifting a car. One major thing they are short of at the moment is… a car! If anyone … Continue reading →

To all who use the skate park at Lightwoods Park. The ramps are being repainted over the next few days to cover the tagging/graffiti attacks that have occurred over the last few weeks. There will be a graffiti art workshop … Continue reading →

Thursday 25th April 7pm-10pm Thimblemill Library   If you’ve not been to Utter Bearwood! then this is the one …. Come and see the last of their National Headliners of this season!!!! Dave Tonge the Yarnsmith of Norwich performing… Dame … Continue reading →

Just one Abbey planning application on this week's list:    

A couple of years ago Smethwick police defeated Smethwick fire service in a tug of war competition, and it has rankled with the fire lads ever since. Now, Smethwick fire station commander Steve Husbands has thrown down the gauntlet to … Continue reading →

Many of you will recall Simon Lea’s stunning pictures of Bearwood in the snow (see here and here). Well now Simon is putting together a collection around Warley Woods: Sunrise to Sunset in Spring, and they are equally stunning! Here … Continue reading →