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What's on
A snapshot of what’s on around Kings Heath in April and May
Children's Activities
Chamberlain memorabilia on display and guided tours available. A New Rock & Roll On: 22 April At: Highbury Hall, Musical for Kids Follow the adventures of Yew Tree Lane a charismatic singer and For info: 303 2050 his animal band as they make friends, play games, contemplate the world and rock out at a grand Moseley Farmers’ Market dance contest. Age 3+ Fresh locally produced On: 2 Apr farm produce and crafts. At: mac On: 28 Apr & 27 May For info: 446 3232 At: Village Green For info: 449 3156 Misunderstood
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Monsters Overcome your fear of fiends, spiders, aliens and dragons through the power of spoken word and music. Age 4-8 yrs On: 4 Apr At: mac For info: 446 3232
Comedy
Kill for a Seat Comedy Club This comedy club is in full swing on the first Friday of every month On: 6 April & 4 May At: mac For info/tickets: 446 3232
Kings Heath Farmers’ Market Fresh local produce. On: 7 Apr & 6 May At: Vicarage Road (behind All Saints Medical Centre) For info: www. kingsheathfarmers market.org
Music
Red Lion Folk Club
Wednesday night live folk music at this award winning folk club 4 Apr: Megson 11 Apr: Oyster Band’s Ray Cooper 18 Apr: John Spiers & Jon Boden Spring Open Day 25 Apr: The Old See Highbury Hall, home Dance School of Joseph Chamberlain, 2 May: Lady Maisery in all its glory, with 9 May: Al Parrish
Event
16 May: Magpie Lane 23 May: Chris & Kellie While 30 May: A Feast of Midland Folk At: Red Lion, Vicarage Rd, Kings Heath For info: www.redlion folkclub.com
Making Tracks:
Double Duo Allami & Khadib and Piccioni & Hbeisch Khayam Allami has developed new work specially for this tour based on a new ‘2x2’ idea featuring Palestinian oud player Ahmad Al-Khatib, amazing percussionist Youssef Hbeisch as well as Italian frame drum master Andrea Piccioni. On: 12 Apr At: mac For info: 446 3232
Make Better Please
(part of Fiefce Festival) Bring us the troubles of the world, this city’s crises and the hope in your hearts. We will make things better! On: 30 Mar – 8 Apr At: mac For info: 446 3232
Love Letter Straight from your Heart Let’s raise our glasses to long lost loves and current lovers, to mums, to dads and to absent friends. This show is somewhere between a wedding reception, a wake and a radio dedication show. On: 30 Mar – 8 Apr At: mac For info: 446 3232
Mustafa
Mustafa is in prison serving 14 years for the death of a teenage boy Cupid (part of during an attempted Fierce Festival) exorcism. He tries to Cupid maps an keep his head down but exploration of the strange things begin stars, love and personal to happen making his mythology. Join them sentence intolerable on a field trip like no On: 17 – 21 Apr other as they lead you At: mac through the cosmos and For info: 446 3232 into each other’s hearts. On: 30 Mar – 8 Apr At: mac For info: 446 3232
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Where to eat Blue Ginger
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Indian 18 St Mary’s Row Moseley Birmingham, B13 8JG
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French Patisserie 148 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham, B13 8HS
Thai 25 Woodbridge Road Moseley Birmingham, B13 8EH
Kashmiri 36 Poplar Road Kings Heath Birmingham, B14 7AD
Jade Restaurant Manic Organic Cantonese BYO & takeaway 88 St Mary’s Row Moseley Birmingham, B13 9EF
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Catch a train from Kings Heath How would you like to catch a train from Kings Heath in to the city centre? Right now your best bet is to hop over the fence behind Homebase and lasso a passing freight train. So why not try it? Basically, because it’s a daft idea. Especially when there might be better way. There used to be a station at Kings Heath exactly on that spot, but it was closed in 1941 due to the Second World War would you believe it. ‘Progress’ since then has turned the Alcester Road into a car park twice a day with limited public transport alternatives.
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Aside from the impossibility of boarding a train that doesn’t stop at a non-existent platform, those freight trains head for a too-busy New Street on a very roundabout route. This is actually more of a problem than building a station, which would be relatively cheap. To solve it what’s needed is a little short-cut of track called a ‘chord’, so trains could turn north, dropping you and I off at Moor Street station. The journey would take just 7 minutes. Simple.
So don’t some engineers need to sit down with some planners and simply draw it all out? Of course, but they did all that so long ago they probably used actual pencils. Everyone who cares – politicians, Network Rail, Centro – know exactly where this chord has to go, as well as how much it would cost and how long it would take to build. And when might this glorious vision of the future arrive? Somewhat predictably, it’s been delayed. Funding for the railways is divided into five-year blocks; the next one will be 2014-2019. Centro are apparently eager to get the line built and start making money, but Network Rail, responsible for any building, aren’t so keen. In fact, it’s looking likely that the project will get pushed back to the 2019-2024 period. Joe Peacock, a campaigner at Birmingham Friends of the Earth, is no stranger to these problems. “This is an issue we’ve already run at least three major campaigns on and gained huge support for, so the building of the chords really should be underway now. When politicians, businesses, residents groups and environmental campaigners are all behind a scheme, we fail to see why it should be so hard to get it funded.” The only way to get the building started is to keep the pressure up on everyone involved. If a candidate for May elections knocks on your door, why not raise the issue with them then? And there’s
a facebook campaign to keep updated on what’s happening in the meantime. So, while lassoing speeding trains is definitely a daft idea, it’s only just slightly less crazy than the way decisions are made about the railways.
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Sarehole Mill taking a step back in time Sarehole Mill is set to turn the clock back to its heyday when it was an operational mill, with the help of funding from Birmingham City Council. Thanks to the princely sum of ÂŁ300,000 the plans are in place to de-silt the mill-pond enabling the mill-wheel to become fully functional again and grind locally sourced wheat. Some of the flour will be sold within the mill shop, some will be baked into bread on the premises and there are also plans to supply local artisan bakers. This famous Tolkien icon is a well-loved local attraction and a central focal point 20
of the annual Tolkien festival. And with this being the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit part of the funding has gone towards exciting development of the Tolkien exhibition within the museum. The granary building is now home to a number of new displays detailing local Tolkien connections. Phase one of this ambitious project is already underway with repairs having been made to the sluice gates. This meant that
volunteer millers are needed to keep up a continuity of milling so if you would like to get involved then you can! The aim is to begin milling during the summer next year, 2013.
earlier in the year the millpond had to be drained, revealing just how much silt there is to remove – up to a meter in some places. The pond will be refilled again this month and work will then begin in earnest in November in order to have as little impact as possible on local wildlife. In November the pond will be drained again and de-silting will take place together with the removal of much of the reeds. Mill machinery will be repaired and there will be repairs made to the roof. Finally a bake-house will be established to enable on-site baking. Over the winter a team of volunteers will be recruited and trained at Charlcote Mill by a professional miller. Up to fifteen
Sarehole Mill Curator Irene De Boo commented: We wanted to bring Sarehole Mill back to life and that is now going to happen thanks to the generous funding from Birmingham City Council. It is vitally important for us to preserve this valuable part of our heritage.” Sarehole Mill Cole Bank Road Hall Green Birmingham B13 0BD www.bmag.org.uk/sarehole-mill Tel: 0121 777 6612 Opening hours: 1 April to 28 October 12-4 Tuesday to Sunday Admissions: Adults £3 Concessions £2 Children under 16 are free
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Historic Outer Circle Bus Tour The number 11 bus is close to many of our hearts in Kings Heath and on xx April you will have the chance to see the whole route on a special three-hour tour riding on a vintage 1950s double-decker bus. The tour ran last year for the first time on 11.11.11 and looks set to becoming a regular attraction with plans to run it again in September this year. Starting at Sarehole Mill the bus will set off in an anti-clockwise direction through Acocks Green and Erdington with a break at the Tesco supermarket in Witton for a cuppa. Then on through Handsworth, Harborne, Selly Oak and of course Kings Heath before descending back into the valley of the River Cole. 22
The tour will highlight many of the notable places and events on the outer reaches of the Second City and on their doorstep, folk from Kings Heath will be able to find out what Vicarage Road was originally called, what was destroyed in riots in 1971 and what calamity befell the area just seven years ago. The first bus set off to circumnavigate the Second City 86 years ago on 7th April 1926. Birmingham had become
the workshop of the world and as more people came to work in the city the need to expand into the surrounding countryside for housing grew. Trams, trains and buses were well established to take workers to and from the city centre, but as factories were established on what were then “Greenfield” sites on the outskirts of the city, people needed to get from one suburb to another. In 1923 two “inter suburb” routes had already been established between Erdington and Acocks Green, the number 10, and between Bearwood and Kings Heath, the original number 11. The decision was made to join up these two routes and establish what was to become the longest urban bus route in Europe – The Outer Circle. The new number 11 Outer Circle route ran largely through countryside linking the villages surrounding the city, such as Yardley, Selly Oak, Handsworth and Kings Heath. The original buses, fitted with open staircases and solid tyres were
not popular with the passengers, but the idea of the route was and almost anyone who has lived, worked or gone to school in Birmingham in the last 86 years will probably have memories of the Outer Circle.
To find out more more about the planned Historic Outer Circle Bus Tours you can visit www.outercirclebus.com or send a text message or leave a voicemail message on 07405 849192.
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Easter fun at mac There are some fantastic events coming up at mac birmingham this Easter to keep everybody entertained. Kicking things off are Kid Carpet and the Noisy Animals who will be performing a new rock and roll musical for children on Mon 2 Apr. With an animal band featuring a gorilla, a bear, a hedgehog and a badger, it’s an adventurous tale recommended for ages 3-8, but adults will love it just as much. Aoife Mannix will be helping children overcome their fear of fiends, spiders, aliens and dragons through the power of spoken word, music and digital game playing with her show Misunderstood Monsters on Wed 4 Apr, and there’s a wonderful opportunity to introduce children to the world of music and dance with Fleur Darkin’s Innocence between Mon 9 – Wed 11 Apr. It’s one 24
of two shows being performed at mac birmingham that week based around William Blake’s boyhood visions, and while the other (Experience) is geared more towards adult audiences, this imaginative show is suitable for ages 0-5. If your children want to get creative, there’s also a great selection of hands-on sessions ranging from making hats and bonnets to exploring the world around them (Nature Explorers), as well as workshops the whole family can enjoy. To find out more about what’s coming up at mac birmingham or to book tickets, visit their website www.macarts.co.uk or call 0121 446 3232.
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Dads Lane Allotments awarded £10,000 funding Dads Lane Allotments have received £10,000 from Big Lottery Fund for a composting toilet and pavilion. After almost 90 years, Dads Lane Allotments is to have toilet facilities, and a pavilion for plot holders to use as a meeting place, where they can swap seeds and recipes over a cuppa. Work will commence in mid April and the official opening will be at the annual open day on 24th June. The area adjacent to the new facilities will become a communal garden and wildlife area. 89 year old Jack Stainton, the allotments’ oldest gardener who rarely misses a day on his plot is delighted at the award. He explained that whilst he lives very close to the allotment site he welcomed the news for the sake of the majority of plot-holders, particularly those with young families, who have 26
to limit their gardening time due to the current lack of toilet facilities. Derry Harkin, who with his wife Jill and two young daughters have had a plot for around 5 years agreed wholeheartedly. “This will make a tremendous difference. We’d love to spend more time on our plot and the new facilities will enable us to do just that. The girls are really excited at the thought of being able to spend a full day on the allotment. We’ll really be able to keep on top of things now.” The allotments have been in existence since the 1920s and there are currently 60 plot-holders growing fruit, vegetables and flowers.
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Whats on around Kings Heath for you and your little ones Baby Daze
Informal weekly drop in for parents and babies Thurs 12.30-2.30 At: All Saints Church Hall, Kings Heath
Water Babies Swimming sessions for babies
Tonis Tots Drama and storytelling for pre-schoolers from 18 months up
Every Monday, 10am At: The Hub, 318 Vicarage Road For details call: 07976 242 835
Mon & Sat At: St Thomas CofE School, Edgbaston For details call:
Mini Movers
Laura 01283 814 766
Tuesdays 10-12pm At: Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre, Kings Heath For details call:
Happy Yoga
Yoga classes for children aged 5-7 yrs Thurs & Sat At: Kitchen Garden Café, York Road For details call: 07813 1434 887
Stay & Play
Play and craft activities for pre-school children Wednesdays 10-12 At: St Agnes Church Hall, Billesley Lane
Soft play for babies and toddlers
464 1996
Music Within Antenatal music sessions to relax mum and stimulate baby Flexible timing At: Dacer Close, Stirchley For details call: Lindsay 459 1426
Music with Baby Massage Mummy Relax and Improve your
Baby Sensory
Music, instruments, fibre optic light shows, glowing bouncy balls, bubbles and much more At: The Scout Hut, Colmore Road, Kings Heath For details call: Karen 747 4720
Rhythm Time Music and movement for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. At: Kings Heath Community Centre, Heathfield Road, Kings Heath For info: Vicky 447 7632
Get Crafty Craft sessions for 5-11 year olds
Last Sat of month At: Kings Heath Library For details call: 464 1515
Storytelling
bond & confidence.
Small friendly groups for parents and babies
At: Bishop Challoner Sports Centre For details call:
Most week days At: Dacer Close, Stirchley For details call:
Mondays at 2pm At: Kings Heath Library For details call:
Lindsay 459 1426
464 1515
Mondays – 11:10 – 12:10
441 6103
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Story time for preschool children
Garden Club
Outdoor nature activities for pre-school children Wednesdays at 1pm At: Kings Heath Community Centre, Heathfield Road For details call: 464 6717
Stay & Play
Play and craft activities for pre-school children Wednesdays and Thursdays 9.30-11.30 At: Kings Heath Community Centre, Heathfield Road For detaisl call: 464 6717
Stay & Play
Play and craft activities for pre-school children Tuesdays 9.30-11.30 At: Kings Heath Baptist Church, High St, Kings Heath For details call: 444 1230
Music Shakers
Enjoy music and dance with your baby or toddler Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thurs At: Institute Road, Kings Heath For details call: Marcella 449 5120
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Index of Advertisers Alternative Therapies Ruth Hickinbotham 25
Graphic Design Tickle Me Creative
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Builder JMS Roofing & Building 25 Tapered Edge 5 Zircon 16
Gutter Cleaning Gutters Cleared
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Care Charity Helping Hands
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Carpentry/Joinery JFK Built
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Charity Lottery TLC Lottery
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Chimney Sweep Able Chimney Sweep
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Chiropodist Chiropody Surgery
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Conservatories Harborne Sash Windows Discount Nursery Equipment The Baby Barn Fencing Club Birmingham Fencing Club Fireplace Showroom Moseley Fireplaces
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Gardening Services Evans Landscapes 18 Sandilands 14
Interior Decorating Knights 18 Tapered Edge 5 Ironing Service Mopheads 10 Locksmith Locking Locksmith
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Nursery Kings Heath Grange
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Roofing JMS Roofing & Building 25 Knights 18 Solar Energy JMS Solar
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Solicitor DBS Law 31 Tyndallwoods 17 Stained Glass Fine Art Glazing
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Tutor Listing
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Venue Hire Venue Birmingham
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Optician Pabari 15
Wedding Photographer Professional Photography 11
Photographer Professional Photography
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Weight Loss Transforming U
Plumbers DNT Plumbing MG Heating
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Property Maintenance Gutter Cleaning
Windows & Doors Harborne Sash Windows Wooden Floors Value Floors
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Property Refurbishment Tapered Edge 5 Rob Valentini 10 Restaurants Hornton Grange Restaurant Guide Sweet Chillies
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