tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59836257596448762852024-02-07T14:57:17.347+00:00welovebearwoodideas, hopes and plans for Bearwoodsallyinbearwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557600251247955407noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-21721089379815636792015-10-14T08:59:00.000+01:002015-10-14T08:59:38.971+01:00weleavebearwood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's official! We leave Bearwood!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After 20 years in Bearwood we've decided that the countryside's
calling and we're moving to pastures new in Devon. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve really enjoyed living here, met lots of lovely Bearwoodians over the
years and relished from being involved in the local community. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We would like to thank everyone who’s contributed to the welovebearwood
blog, we’ve loved working with you, promoting your event/business etc and being
able to ask your interview questions such as what makes Lightwoods Chippys’
chips orange. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big thank you also goes out to all our readers we hope we’ve
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platforms on and get down at Thimblemill Music Club ABBA night on Thursday
1st October, bring your popcorn to the film nights (Cinderella for the kids on
3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup> October, Malcolm X as part of Black History month on 17<sup>th</sup> October
and then Nosferatu for their Halloween special on 31<sup>st<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>October) or even take your
pop up tent along to their Thimble Size Camp on Not So Fright Night Saturday 24<sup>th</sup> October
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FREE (there it is again!) computer classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you want to surf the net, keep up with your children's computer
skills or learn the basics pop along to Bearwood's no 1 library and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">sign
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<br />Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-6749875189064119752015-09-23T13:28:00.002+01:002015-09-23T13:28:44.023+01:00Bearwood Art With History
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illustrator, Joshua Whitehouse, contacted welovebearwood with the exciting news
of his exhibition which takes place next month on 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> October at
Oops Gallery on Sandon Road.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.jowybeanstudios.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!), his blog (right <a href="http://beanjowy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/bear-in-place-ending-in-woods-jowy.html"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!), his Facebook page (right <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jowybeanstudios?fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!) and his Twitter account (right <a href="https://twitter.com/BearwoodAWH"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-79535110212462737812015-09-21T13:24:00.003+01:002015-09-21T13:24:30.214+01:00Warley Woof Talk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've heard tickets are selling first so if you want to find out more please contact Warley Woods Community Trust on 0121 420 1061 or pop into the Pavilions today.</span></div>
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featured Bearwood’s Mosaic Maker, Caroline Jariwala, on welovebearwood before
so it was mosaic-tastic to see her crafting away on our fellow Bearwood
bloggers, We Are Bearwood (check it out right <a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/blog/bearwoods-got-talent/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here </span></strong></a>for everything Bearwood) website too.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mosaic has a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome<em>.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bearwood mosaic artist Caroline Jariw<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">ala </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">and ten young people who he</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">lped design and create Birmingham City Council’s owl for the city’s Big Hoot event have received recognition from the High Sheriff for their efforts.</span> Caroline Jariwala was commissioned by Birmingham Children’s Services to create a mosaic Owl for The Big Hoot. A fundraiser for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Big Hoot is presented by creative producers Wild in Art working in partnership with Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The Big Hoot has brought businesses, artists, schools and the local community together to create a public art trail of stunning owl sculptures on display across Birmingham. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Owls are on public display from July to the end of September 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her artistic career started in the 1980s when she studied Fine Art. 2014 was a big year for Caroline – started with a trip to the </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlR0fJERXvM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1st International Urban Mosaic Intervention in Santiago, Chile</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which Caroline was especially selected to take part in. In April she had a major exhibition at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester which was incredibly well received."</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<em>There is also something magically about mosaic-making with broken, chipped, discarded, rejected and second-h</em><em>and crock</em><em>ery. Using th</em><em>e unwanted and making it desirable; transforming ‘ugly’ into a thing of ‘beauty’.” - Caroline Jariwala</em></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">To view more of Caroline’s work go to:<br />Webpage:</span><a href="http://www.carolinejariwala.co.uk/" target="_blank" title="Caroline Jariwala"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> www.carolinejariwala.co.uk</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mango.mosaics" target="_blank" title="Mango Mosaics on Facebook"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">www.facebook.com/mango.mosaics</span></a></div>
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<strong></strong><br />Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-2980906554882776852015-09-08T14:00:00.005+01:002015-09-08T16:04:45.955+01:00Bearwood's Best Mum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Lucida Grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;">Khakan told us that you can "nominate yourself, your own mum or someone else. All you have to do is pick up a nomination form from <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/madasahatteruk"><span style="color: blue;">Mad As A Hatter</span></a></strong> (28 Abbey Road Bearwood) or email me at <a href="mailto:Khakanqureshi@gmail.com">Khakanqureshi@gmail.com</a> and state on the form (within 25 words) why you think the nominee deserves the title of Bearwod's Best Mum." <br /><br />There are wonderful prizes for the best entries to treat your Mum which include: <br />A wash and dry from Vangelis <br />High Tea at Mad As A Hatter <br />A Bouquet of flowers from Eros <br />A Gift Voucher worth £25 from Beauty Works <br />A Hamper from Co-op <br />A handmade, home baked cake from QT Cakes <br />A toiletry hamper <br /><br />The closing date is this Friday 11 September so you haven't got long. The winner will be announced on Saturday 12 September at Mad As A Hatter. <br /><br />This is a community competition independently organised by Khakan to raise funds for <a href="https://www.diabetes.org.uk/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Diabetes UK</span></strong></a>.</span><br />
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the details of this year’s We Are Bearwood Front Gardens Competition green
fingered winners from our fellow bloggers, We Are Bearwood, (check out their
website our for everything Bearwood right <a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>)…..<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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congratulations to everyone who entered the We Are Bearwood Front Gardens
Competition. The judges had such a difficult time judging. For a
start, we were overwhelmed with all the fabulous entries right across Bearwood,
including traditional gardens, quirky gardens, sustainable gardens and large
& small gardens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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entrants and sponsors gathered in Warley Woods for the prize giving with a
social cuppa provided by our lovely Committee Member Marian Hills. Us
organisers had a lovely time and we hope everyone else did – many of you seemed
to have enjoyed being part of the competition and the spirit of the day was one
of lovely, friendly competitiveness!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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joined by staff representatives of our main sponsors, Robert Oulsnam & Co
Estate Agents. Becky and Ben were there to hand out the Gold (£300), Silver
(£150) and Bronze (£50) prizes. We’re very grateful to their support and
to the other supportive local businesses who have provided category prizes (see
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exploring different parts of Bearwood and seeing how green and beautiful it can
be thanks to green fingered residents – as seen in <span style="color: black;">this video</span> made
voluntarily by Jamie and Jake of BCM media.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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in our criteria and won the generous sponsors’ prizes? Here’s the list.
Congratulations all! If any readers take a little tour of the
winners’ gardens, do let us know what you think! And don’t forget you can find
out all the entries from our <b><u><a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/blog/bearwood-front-gardens-trail-map/" title="Front Gardens ‘from understated elegance’ to inspirational"><span style="color: #428bca; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">competition map</span></a></u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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thanks to prize sponsors BBC Wildlife Trust<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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thanks to prize sponsor Deborah Yuill<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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thanks to prize sponsors Abbey Road Post Office.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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welovebearwood’s favourites, </span><a href="http://petewilliamsmusic.com/live/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pete Williams</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, is busy getting ready to go on tour
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stalls which cater for everything for our four legged friends this year’s event
on Sunday 6<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th </sup>September sees return visits from dog
psychologist Hannah, demos from those super sniffer dogs the Border Force team,
agility demos, Warley and District Training Club and the Kennel Club.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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including the exciting new attraction of grooming advice and a dog wash
van (wow can we have a go!).</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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September and as it’s organized by Mad as a Hatter Tea Room prepare to be
amazed! You’re in for a real treat! </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over on the wonderful We Are Bearwood website (check it our right<a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/"> <span style="color: blue;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>!) they explain more...</span><br />
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will be transformed into a wonderland of crafts, entertainment and down-right
bargains at the second We Are Bearwood Jumble Trail on 5th September, organised
by Project Champions Mad as a Hatter Tea Room.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a jumble sale but instead of carting all your stuff to a hall, you register on
the</span><a href="http://www.jumbletrail.com/event/bearwoodwonderlandjumbletrail" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #428bca; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><b><span style="color: #428bca;">Jumble Trail Website</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
to set up a stall in front of your house. And on the day of the Jumble
Trail, you soak up the atmosphere as you share stalls with your neighbours,
barter for goods that they no longer need, or just get to have a natter with
your fellow Bearwoodians. Last year’s trail was great with over 30 stalls but
this year promises to be a whole lot more. Here’s why:</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Abbey Road is our project champion for this trail, so she’s organising much of
the trail and has lots of Wonderland-themed treats in store for you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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atmosphere and cameraderie. So what’s stopping you? You could sell
refreshments, bric-a-brac or even treat punters with your musical talent.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Thimblemill Library and set up a stall there! Julie and her team are keen
to have you – give them a call on 0121 429 2039 to arrange.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5th September, the same day as the Mad as a Hatter Craft Fair on Abbey Road, so
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dressed up in an Alice In Wonderland themed outfit – make sure you send in your
pictures to <a href="mailto:wearebearwood@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">wearebearwood@gmail.com</span></a>
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out your attic, declutter your life and offer up your preloved items to others
in Bearwood. It’s all free to take part,</span><a href="http://www.jumbletrail.com/event/bearwoodwonderlandjumbletrail" target="_blank"><span style="color: #428bca; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just sign up</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and enjoy wondering the trail or chatting to the
people that stop by your stall (take it from us, last year’s was a lovely
feel-good day, especially if you had a kettle on the go!).</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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designing flyers to help with promotion so please get in touch at </span><a href="mailto:wearebearwood@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wearebearwood@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
if you’d be able to help by doing a leaflet drop nearer the time on your
street (or more!).”</span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span> </span><br />Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-73467841864607976362015-08-11T13:17:00.003+01:002015-08-11T13:17:27.355+01:00Faggots and Paes!
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celebrating Bearwood’s diverse community and championing great quality,
affordable food with a range of stalls offering cuisine from Asia, the
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the last. The first one was us testing the water and people came in droves with
many stalls selling out by lunchtime. This time, we’re expecting the big crowds
and we’ll have a wider range of food and produce, food based talks and more
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grorty pudding</i>. W<i>e’d love to hear from you if you’re still making these
traditional foods. We’re proud of the Black Country’s heritage and we’d love to
support local producers at this event.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-64710516905772584562015-08-05T13:19:00.001+01:002015-08-05T13:19:35.710+01:00Thimblemill Library August 2015 Calendar<div class="qQVYZb">
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have done it again! They’ve been awarded the very prestigious Green Flag Award
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Britain Tidy who recognize and reward the best parks and green spaces across
the country and it’s official Warley Woods is one of the very best in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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other reasons why we love Warley Woods is the plethora of different events
which take place in the park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
Thursday Heartbreak Productions make a return with their adaptation of Jane
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with Viv Cole, Warley Woods Trust Manager to find out more “Our theatre event
is proving to be one of the highlights of our year with everyone who has been
before, really looking forward to seeing the next year’s offering. . Heartbreak
is a fantastic company that it is a joy to host and everyone loves their style
and the way they adapt productions for the open air and a small cast. Bookings
are going well, but we still have room for more. We are really grateful to
Derek Spires Estate Agents for sponsoring this event again for us.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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tickets left so get yours today from the Pavilion or online from <a href="http://www.warleywoods.org.uk/visiting/professional-theatre-emma-thursday-30th-july-2015/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-74484811378787420732015-07-22T13:02:00.000+01:002015-07-22T13:02:15.004+01:00Viva The Difference!
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This
coming weekend <a href="http://www.bearwoodchapel.org.uk/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Bearwood Chapel</span></strong></a> are holding an event with a real
difference. They’re holding a 3 day Latin Fiesta! Arriba!
Arriba!</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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1st July will be extremely special. Many people will remember the Jubilee
Party that we held in 2012. Well we'd like to recreate that community
atmosphere but with a twist. This will be a "Latin Fiesta"
organised by our Spanish speaking congregation Nueva Vida. It will run from
2:30pm-7:00pm and will include food, Latin American games, music from the
Raglan Road Church band and Mexican and Ecuadorian folkdance. We're
excited to be joined by two Latin American Folklore troops who are coming up from
London, Mestizo Folklore Group and Renacer. </span></div>
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also be opening a Festival Café throughout the week (Thursday 30th &
Friday 31st July 7pm -9pm, Sunday 2nd July 6:00pm-8:00pm). This will be
in the Chapel building and will include music, drama, art, South American
cooking demonstrations, storytelling etc. Entry and food and drink
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Café on Friday 31st July is being billed as a Bearwood's Got Talent
event. The evening will be open mike with opportunity for people to come
along and showcase their talent. If anyone is interested in taking part,
please get in touch via the contact form on our website or by twitter or face
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way, we've chosen the title "The Difference" because some of the
story-telling will include real life stories as some of our church members tell
their own stories about "The Difference that Jesus has made in their
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Bearwood Chapel, you’ll find them just off Bearwood High Street near TC Hayes, to
find out more!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-74436727172006071672015-07-20T13:40:00.000+01:002015-07-20T13:40:19.547+01:00Lucky no 7!<br />
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for the 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Shuffle’s moved from its usual home in Lightwoods Park
whilst the bandstand’s having a makeover and it’s now taking place at Warley
Woods Glade. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just walk down the path from the Pavilion towards the kids play
area and you’ll see where all the fun’s happening. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With live music,
stalls and yummy food it’s going to be a great afternoon. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get there for 2pm and check out the Bearwood
Shuffle Facebook page right<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bearwood-Shuffle/216804721689073?fref=ts"> <strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a> for more
exciting news!</span></span><br />
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Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-71041218285936744892015-07-16T08:50:00.000+01:002015-07-16T08:50:09.156+01:00It's coming home!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This very time-ly announcement comes courtesy of Bob Piper's Bearwood Blog (read it <a href="http://bearwoodblog.com/2015/06/28/its-on-its-way/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong></a>!)...thanks Bob!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Via Derby, where it's gone to be lovingly restored, the Chamberlain clock will be returning to its rightful home in Bearwood in the next few months. It's been outside Marks and Spencers in Birmingham for the last 30 years or so.</span></div>
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“Chamberlain clocks”, installed outside the Kings Head coaching station in
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">With its gas-lit dials and
horse trough, the clock helped to service and monitor first the trams, and then
the buses, plying the routes through Bearwood and Harborne. When the King’s
Head became a major stop-off point on the Outer Circle bus route in the 1920s,
such a clock was much in demand. </span></span></span></span><br />
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the last few decades has stood looking slightly forlorn and out of place in a shopping
mall in the City centre."</span></span></div>
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there were showers and then a huge thunderstorm but for those Bearwood folk whowent along to this year’s Picnic in the Park it’s safe to say that everybody
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performers, Bearwood Promoters and Stuart Maconie entertained everyone on The
Shuffle Stage, the stallholders made sure that there was plenty of goodies for
us to buy and the dog show kept Bearwood’s dog lovers very happy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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year’s Picnic was another great success so the biggest round of applause has to
go to Warley Woods and its team of volunteers. Thank you for a really
'wood' afternoon! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Warley Woods Picnic in the Park Shuffle Stage. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Jazz Festival brings Steve Ajao Blues Giants to Thimblemill Library this Friday
evening, 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> July. It’s a FREE (we do love that word!) gig so
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Then on Saturday, 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
July, the talent scouts will be out and about at the library’s very own
Thimblemill’s Got Talent ‘Wow Factor’ competition. It’s Bearwood’s
youngsters’ turn this time so keep an eye out for the next Sam Smith or Ella
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evening, the Sounds of Motown is taking place on 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> July but if
‘the hills are alive with the sound of music’ is more your thing why not pop
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music celebration Our </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Big
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July Thimblemill Library steps back in time when The Jays will be resurrecting
the great hits from the 1940s and 50s. Don’t forget to dress for the
occasion! Tickets are only £5 per person/ £3.50 concessions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Theatre are looking for female ambassadors for their ‘We Women: Celebrate’
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">If you have a story to tell about your experiences of your nationality
or ethnic group (be it in in the form of song, acting or maybe even poetry)
contact the theatre group or Thimblemill Library for more details and then get
down to the auditions which are being held in the evening of Monday 20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
July. The chosen performers will receive £50!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the We Are Bearwood blog (click<strong><span style="color: blue;"> </span></strong><a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here </span></strong></a>for their ‘it’s good in the wood’
website!) we found out about 2 job vacancies which would genuinely make you feel HAPPY at
work. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">One of our
favourite local charities, <a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/blog/featured-charity-building-understanding-of-dementia-in-sandwell/" title="Featured Charity: Building Understanding of Dementia in Sandwell"><span style="color: #428bca; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">BUDS</span></strong></span></a>,
is advertising for two vacancies, one working for the HAPPY Project in
conjunction with BUDS and the other as a Volunteer Support Assistant.
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in Oldbury, Langley and Smethwick.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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details:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Vacancy 1 – <b>Volunteer
Support Assistant </b>16 hours per
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Support Assistant </b> 16 hours per
week £8p/h<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
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please email <a href="mailto:admin@buds.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #428bca; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">admin@buds.co.uk</span></strong></span></a> for
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date 10 July 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-19242080646161992952015-06-25T13:10:00.000+01:002015-06-25T13:10:17.607+01:00From Lightwoods to Las Vegas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May Day event and the Bearwood Shuffle so we were thrilled to see her on BBC
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Esther’s going
to be supporting (and writing with!) The Jacksons in Las Vegas soon but before
all that’s she performing at Bands on The Beacon this coming Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The festival takes place at Barr Beacon in
Aldridge and Esther’ll be on stage at 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Esther right<strong><span style="color: blue;"> </span></strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/esthermusic?fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: blue;">here</span></strong> </a>and <a href="http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/bands_on_the_beacon"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>here's</strong></span></a> the link for the Bands On The Beacon Festival</span></span>Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-9452680117552762852015-06-24T08:48:00.001+01:002015-06-24T08:48:43.465+01:00Sunny Afternoon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong></strong><br />Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983625759644876285.post-91456101547341901232015-06-19T13:20:00.000+01:002015-06-19T13:20:09.392+01:00Happy Hours!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As blogged about by our fellow Bearwood bloggers, We Are Bearwood (check out their great website right </span><a href="http://www.wearebearwood.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>here</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!), St Albans charity have an ideal way for you to spend some very happy hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>"Thank you for setting me up with someone so genuine and thankful. She’s made a big difference to my life’.</em></strong> Volunteer, St Albans Befriending Project</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How would you like to feel like this, just from volunteering a couple of hours a week? If you think you would enjoy spending 1-2 hours per week with a new friend who is usually isolated, read on. A Smethwick based charity called St Albans is currently looking for new volunteers to help bring support and happiness to people in our area.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is St Albans?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can read all about them on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://stalbans-cc.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">their website</span></a></strong></span> – basically they are a Smethwick based charity that provides pre-school support for 3-5 year olds, a befriending service, lunch club and advice services – and lots more besides, by the sound of it.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s the befriending project?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many people in Bearwood, Smethwick, West Brom and Oldbury who spend long periods of time on their own with no-one to talk to or no support to go out and about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At We Are Bearwood, we know this is an issue for people of different ages (and we’re currently researching what we can do about it). At St Albans their focus is on people aged 55 and over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are looking for volunteers who are over 16 who think they could spare a couple of hours a week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> When we asked the Louise, Befriending Project Coordinator for more information, she explained all about the support that is given to volunteers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteers just have to get in touch with us and we’ll invite them for a discussion where they can fill in a short application form. They need to provide 2 references and we sort out a DBS police check and then we can provide a little bit of training about roles and responsibilities (for example, befrienders are NOT carers – they are, simply, friends!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are careful to match up the volunteers with the older people, depending on mutual interests (such as crafts or places they like to visit). If a match is made the first visit is never alone and we check in every week with both people to make sure they are comfortable and happy with their match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people like to just sit and natter, others share a hobby or like visiting garden centres, cafes or going on walks. It’s lovely to hear about friendships developing that are mutually rewarding – especially between younger and older people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over time St Albans also offer optional training courses to volunteers, like a more in-depth training about how to support vulnerable adults, disability awareness (where you might be challenged to make a cup of tea with a blindfold on!) and how to spot safety issues in homes such as a dodgy cable or an overloaded socket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s </span><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/volunteering/Pages/Whyvolunteer.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>lots of evidence</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> now about how volunteering can really improve volunteers’ own sense of happiness and wellbeing, as well as be really valuable to the person you’re supporting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you have a couple of hours you can squeeze in to your schedule and you like the sound of the support you’d be given, why not give Louise a call and find out a little bit more about it?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can contact Louise by:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tel: 0121 558 0018</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:Louise.Denneny@stalbans-cc.co.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Louise.Denneny@stalbans-cc.co.uk</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also follow the work of St Albans on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/st.albans.cc" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Facebook</span></a></strong></span><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/st.albans.cc" target="_blank"> </a></strong> and on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/StAlbansComm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>@StAlbansComm</strong></span></a>Mrs Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265963241537179146noreply@blogger.com0