Monthly Archives: December 2014

New Year's night can often be a bit quiet as people catch their breath after the Hogmanay celebrations. But if you fancy a free night out this year, the 1st of January is a special freebie night at the Silvershine … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

Work is due to start at the end of January on the £5.2 million restoration of Lightwoods Park and House. Sandwell Council’s Cabinet has approved the letting of the contract for the value of £3.979 million to the specialist conservation … Continue reading →

Dear Friend of Lightwoods Park and House / Neighbouring Resident Firstly, may I take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and assistance with the events at Lightwoods Park and with the Parks for People Project; the restoration … Continue reading →

Here's the pic for October in Simon Lea's calendar of stunning Bearwood landscapes. Check out the shop at the Warley Woods Community Trust pavilion to see if they still have any left. They make a terrific present, particularly if you … Continue reading →

Today Warley Woods Community Trust holds the first of it's Santa in the Woods days. But today is for those who have pre-booked and if you haven't already reserved your place I'm afraid today is already sold out! Tomorrow though, … Continue reading →

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday, tomorrow in Bearwood it's Super Saturday! First up, the second of this year's Bearwood Handmade Winter Fairs will be on at Bearwood Baptist Church in Rawlings Road, with lots of gifts and craft objects … Continue reading →

They seemed well impressed….