The Bromsgrove Oracle September & October 2019

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Welcome to the September & October edition of The Bromsgrove Oracle.

What is going on with our weather, first a red hot July and then an August washout ?. It really is difficult to plan with such uncertain weather but I can only hope that you managed to enjoy your Summer break whatever you were doing and hopefully we can all look forward to a bit of a “Late Summer” during September and October. Time certainly flies and we seem to have “Time Warped” into September and are now on the downward stretch into Christmas and the New Year, as you will see from some of the advertisements in the magazine but we also have features including The Retro Run, Bromsgrove Concerts, Butchers Block, Chateau Impney Hill Climb, Bromsgrove Sporting’s early season form, lots of upcoming local events and much more, helping you keep in touch with all things Bromsgrove. Our magazine is a fantastic place to promote and find out more about local businesses, events, news and information from around our community (all linked to and promoted on our website and social media).

Why not enter or “Find Wol” competition for your chance to win £50.00 - Simply find the hidden image of our friendly Owl “Wol” inside the magazine, go to our website www.thebromsgroveoracle.co.uk and enter the competition for your chance to win, it’s very easy to enter and like the saying goes “you’ve got to be in it, to win it”……

Good Luck “Find Wol” - Last Issue’s Lucky Winner was Natalie Head well done Natalie and we hope you enjoy your prize.

We really do enjoy providing our magazine for you, we value your contributions and your feedback and please don’t hesitate to provide me with your suggestions for future editions.

Hope you enjoy this latest edition and don’t forget YOU can provide YOUR events, news and information too ?.

Until next time.

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Cover Image – A Heron in the pond at Sanders Park photo by Lyndon Stokes

A Selection of Local Stories and Information: The Retro Run Raise £8203 4 Kings School Worcester Open Days 5 Bromsgrove Hello Festival 6 Bromsgrove Concerts Return 8 Ego at The Forest Opens Its Doors 10 Catshill Garage Duo Shine Again 14 Rouslers Hit the Ground Running 16 Butcher’s Block 1st Anniversary 22 Bromsgrove Rock School Feature 24 & 25 Christmas Party Time at Hillscourt 31 Christmas Cheer at Hogarths Stone Manor 33 Black Dress Ready at The Style Lounge 36 Our Local Business Directory 42 - 47

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Charity News

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Riders Raise £8203 for Children’s Farm The organising team paid special thanks to all the event sponsors, the pubs and their staff who offered hospitality along the route, and all the spectators who cheered the riders.

Nick continued: ʻWe must also thank Issy for getting the raffle prizes, Louise, Afonwen and Jackie for registration duties and raffle ticket sales... without the assistance of these people Me, Sid and Wez would really struggle!!

Roll on next year... the big one zero! Retro Run 10!”

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The annual annualRetro RetroRun, Run, The held held on on 6th 6thJuly, July,saw saw 214 214 people peopletake takepart partinin aa 7.5 7.5 mile mileroad roadrace raceand to raised £8203 for raise money forDodford Dodford Children’s Children’s Holiday HolidayFarm.

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The riders took to a variety of contraptions from years gone by, including wooden bikes, tandems and BMXs. Supported by several local companies, the ninth annual Retro Run began at the Nailers Arms in Bournheath and saw cyclists stop off at pubs in Fairfield and Belbroughton.

Nick Griffin, one of the organisers, said: “Another outstanding turn out this year... I met some right cool characters, who had heard about this little ride, and thought theyʼd come along and give it a go!

I also met up with quite a few Retro Run veterans, some of which have been with us since day 1!

Itʼs great that what ever walk of life you lead, we all get on a bike and ride together. It also amazes me how generous you guys are!!

Kelly Broadfield, manager at Dodford Childrenʼs Farm, said: “We are so happy The Retro Run decided to support the charity and would like to thank the organisers and everyone who took part.

The money raised will go towards improving our facilities and helping us offer more disabled and disadvantaged children a memorable visit to Dodford Childrenʼs Holiday Farm.”

If you are interested in sponsoring the 2020 event please get in touch: facebook.com/theretrorunbikeride, or email: theretrorun2011@gmail.com

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Community News BCC - Part of Our Community Since 1842

he rs Hello roms ro e si Festival, organised by Bromsgrove Cricket Club on its St Godwalds Park ground, was a real success, Tickets, which were limited to 500 for the initial staging of towards the day. this event, had sold out well in advance and the i local artists and bands a dien e’s s or as provided the music. irst re arded y ne ea her on stage was The atwalk on the day. illains , then followed a set by the solo artist The estival was a A. .Tomlins. Bromsgrove fundraiser for the lub ock hoir was the ne t and for two local cancer act to entertain the crowd charities, The rimrose of all ages, then followed Hospice and Cancer the duo asoline and esearch, as four people atches closely connected to the Acoustic Tramp , more lub had died from the familiar to many at the lub illness in , and ve for his performances on of the lub s ponsors the cricket eld than on the Banner oods, arstons, music stage, was ne t and otorline Toyota, Try the day was rounded off coring uns and The with a set from The on ehicle lass ompany eremy Band gave generously

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Entertainment News Bromsgrove Concerts First Three Concerts!

Luke Jones PIANO 27th September 8.00PM at ROUTH HALL BROMSGROVE SCHOOL

Navarra String Quartet 11th October 7.30PM at ARTRIX

Hyungi Lee PERCUSSION 8th November 7.30PM at ARTRIX

Bromsgrove nternational usic ompetition Winner already performed at Birmingham onservatoire this year.

Navarra uartet played for us and we loved them.

ercussion winner BB oung usicians , she also brought the WOW factor to winning the Bromsgrove ompetition

e will play some lovely rench piano works ebussy mages Book , avel iroirs, the chumann Walds enen Op and the sparkling roko ev iano onata No. Op .

They introduced the fascinating olish composer eteris asks then now they bring his th tring uartet, anacek s lively uartet No and chubert s evocative eath and the aiden quartet.

Tickets on the door or online: check out Bromsgrove Concerts website www.bromsgroveconcerts.org.uk. or text/voicemail 07936 984 415 We are trying to be nice to people who don t do email, websites and the like

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Ego at The Forest Set To Open

Ego at The Forest is currently undergoing an extensive six-week refurbishment of the former Harvester pub in Lickey End, Bromsgrove and will be open to the public from Thursday 29th August.

This new venue marks another step for go as they continue to establish themselves in the community focused pub sector, with go at The orest offering delicious freshly cooked editerranean food, unday roasts, ale on tap from urity Brewery and cocktails every day of the week.

As part of the opening, go will be holding two charity launch nights with the aim of raising , for ickey nd irst chool. Both nights have now sold out.

The wider community are being encouraged to sign up to the companies go lub to receive a complimentary drink when the restaurant opens on the th August. As well as a free drink, customers who sign up will also receive a complimentary birthday meal of up to courses, bottle of rosecco on their anniversary and off starters, mains and desserts from the a la carte menu, unday to onday.

Bromsgrove born Nigel Tindall, new eneral anager of go at The orest, says can t begin to e plain how e cited am that after years of travelling across the globe, and e periencing great hospitality throughout America, urope and West Africa, am nally coming back home to Bromsgrove. can t wait to welcome the local community back to the pub so they can see our incredible transformation.

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Catshill Catshill Garage Duo Shine at Chateau Hill Climb “From the first event in 2015, we set out to create an event which consistently exceeded expectations, year after year. The incredible feedback is a credit to the team who make it happen.”

Motorsport success - Jack [left] and Mark Woodhouse

Two Two motorsport Bromsgrove motorenthusiasts from sport enthusiasts Bromsgrove at the Chateau triumphed attriumphed the Chateau Impney Impney Hill Climb in Hill July.

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Jack Woodhouse, from ack Woodhouse, from Catshill Garage, was 1st in atshill16 in arage, was 20/22 st in Class his Lotus lass2nd overall, in his otus and only losing and overall, only out byndthree tenths oflosing a out by three tenths of a second to the eventual second thewas eventual winner. to This a hugely winner.

This was hugely impressive result agiven that impressive result given that 231 competitors took part competitors took part in the event. in the event.

Jackʼs father, Mark, came ack s father, ark, came 1st in Class in his his Elva st in lass 11 in lva 100..

More than 18,500 people ore than , people attended the the event, event, which which attended took place in the scenic took place in the scenic setting of of the the French setting rench chateau-styled hotel. chateau styled hotel.

The event features one of the UKʼs most challenging and unique hill climb courses and is restricted to vehicles built before 1967.

The annual Hill Climb event started at The Chateau Impney in September 1957.

A decade of thrilling motor sport followed before the event stopped taking place in 1967, when its popularity started to dwindle.

The 100th anniversary of Bentley Motors and the 60th anniversary of the Mini were also celebrated at the event and there were flypasts by a Lancaster Bomber. There was a vintage fair, working steam engine from the Severn Valley Railway and the world famous Demon Drome Wall of Death motorcycle stunt show.

Catshill Garage has been a keen supporter of the event since 2015. The Woodhouse family has a strong history of single seater racing cars and the Garage offers significant advice and support to anyone looking to prepare vehicles for racing.

After an almost 50 year absence, the Hill Climb returned to Droitwich in 2015 and the Sunday Times referred to it as one of the ʻTop 10 must-see summer motorsport events”.

Catshill Garage has been serving the local community since 1953 and offers a comprehensive range of services for all makes of car.

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Sports News

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Rouslers Hit The Ground Running

roms ro e or in ’s season kicked off for real on August 10th with a home draw against Biggleswade United in their new campaign, the Southern League Premier Division Central.

This match was played after a half a do en pre season friendlies that included a victory against idderminster arriers at Aggborough but importantly allowed managed Brendan elly to check over his squad. ince the last update, vastly e perienced keeper Tony Breeden has oined from eamington whilst striker yle erry brings in league knowledge having played at Walsall, ort ale and ans eld Town. porting s second league match of the season saw them visit Tamworth on a warm mid week evening and after a shaky start conceding a penalty in the rd minute, they went on to

win , the rst time they have beaten a team at this level of football.

There is of course plenty of football to go including an enticing A up match against eicester oad on August Bank oliday aturday and a much anticipated local derby away to tourbridge on the onday. eanwhile the under s team have yet to start their season but they have an enticing tie against Atherstone nited in prestigious A outh up.

The olts teams had a successful open day at the end of une and will start their tures once everybody is back from holiday.

Our groundsmen ob Birch and Brian oole recently received an award for one of the top volunteer ground maintenance teams in the county whilst off the pitch, a new bar has been built on the stand side of the ground along with a state of the art medical room.

As always we have plenty of opportunities for playing or helping out at the lub and anybody interested should email us at hello bromsgrovesporting.co.uk.

Otherwise ust come along and watch a game along with the s of others who en oy an afternoon or evening at The ictoria round.

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We have all heard that exercise is good for us but do we really know why? Knowing how we an ene rom mo in more may inspire us to get off the couch and make a start on our personal health and ness o rney. any people are terri ed when they hear the words weight or strength training, thinking that they will end up looking like Arnie t would take years, e treme training and some illegal substances to create a body like his but the bene ts of lifting some weights are ama ing As we get older our bone density decreases, particularly in women and can cause Osteoporosis. ifting some weights e poses the bone to loading, which causes them to adapt and strengthen

trengthening tendons and ligaments will help oint stability, protecting knees, shoulders and ankles. ncreasing overall strength aids sports performance and performing daily activities, working our back muscles, which tend to be neglected, will maintain good posture.

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Butcher’s Block Celebrate Their 1st Anniversary

Female o ned her’s Block in Bromsgrove celebrated their 1st anniversary with a charity event held on Saturday the 3rd of August.

As a way to say thank you to the local community for such a great st year, the wife and wife team of ichelle and ilith olsey heppard wanted to give a little something back, raising money for both rimrose ospice and Al heimer s ociety.

When we took over, we didn t realise ust how much work would be needed to bring a decent, traditional butchers back to the high street. plains head butcher ichelle f it wasn t for the support of the local ommunity, we may not have made it to where we are now. Thankfully the community has been incredibly supportive and we are seeing the business grow month on month. o much so, we have ust been nominated for Best ndependent in the upcoming Birmingham Awards, a nomination we are over the moon with.

arlier this year they launched their street food stand ils Baps as a way to showcase produce sold in store and its proved a real hit with the locals and even catered for The a Tattoos studio s th anniversary party last weekend.

aving taken over the lease on August st , the team didn t do anything when they launched so instead decided to mark the st anniversary.

rowds came along and generously donated for ils Baps and with sales of the raf e tickets, they are over the moon to have raised being split between rimrose ospice and Al heimer s ociety.

We are proud to be one of the regular traders on Bromsgrove arket each aturday and never imagined our street food stand would prove so popular but as it has will be giving away ils Baps in return for charity donations all day e plains ilith.

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Rockin’ Good Good Summer Summer for for Young Young Musicians Musicians AARockin’ Young musicians from Bromsgrove Rock School enjoyed a rockin’ good summer performing at two outdoor events in June and taking part in the final of Redditch Has Talent, ahead of their end of term gig on Sunday 7th July.

Kicking off their Summer of Rock, members of Bromsgrove Rock School performed live at Blackwell Music Festival on 15th June.

Despite a spell of wet weather running up to the outdoor event, the sun came out as the musicians took to the stage to entertain visitors at this annual community gathering.

Performing at Primrose Hospice summer fete

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Performing at Blackwell Music Festival in June

Just a week later the young musicians took centre stage again, at the Primrose Hospice summer fete, playing to a large crowd on a gorgeous sunny afternoon.

Primrose Hospice communications officer, Catherine Phillips, said: “Everyone was blown away by how talented the children were and it was lovely to see young and old sitting in the Hospiceʼs garden, enjoying listening to the different bands play. Bromsgrove Rock School helped to make our fete an extra special day.”

She continued: “We had more than 1000 people through the gates and managed to raise over £5,500 towards keeping our vital

Shortly after these outdoor gigs, one band and two solo performers from Bromsgrove Rock School were on stage at the Palace Theatre in Redditch, as finalists in the fifth Redditch Has Talent competition. Despite passionate performances from Storm Cox, Phoebe Gates and rock band ʻSpoonʼ, none were successful in scooping a top prize. However, their performances were extremely well received by the audience and it was another great opportunity for the young musicians to gain valuable experience infront of a very large audience.

SPOON on stage at the Palace Theatre, Redditch

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Sunday 7th July saw the talented youngsters take to the stage for the last time in summer 2019 with their end-of-term gig, at Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club. ʻBOSSIʼ opened the show with ʻRadioactiveʼ (Imagine Dragons), followed by ʻBoulevard of Broken Dreamsʼ (Green Day). But it was their inaugural performance of ʻTeenage Dirtbagʼ (Wheatus) which gained the loudest applause.

The new junior band then took to the stage without leader singer Tigo (who was ill), but other Rock School vocalists stepped in to ensure their two songs, ʻSeven Nation Armyʼ (The White Stripes) and ʻSmells Like Teen Spiritʼ (Nirvana) were well delivered.

Soloist Phoebe Gates, playing the ukulele, performed a totally unexpected and equally brilliant rendition of Elvisʼs ʻCanʼt Help Falling In Loveʼ. Whilst Storm Cox showcased her varied talents playing guitar and then keyboard for two solo performances which received a rapturous response. ʻSpoonʼ closed the show with the hugely entertaining heavy metal AC/DC Medley which had taken them to the final of RHT. Bromsgrove Rock School meets every Saturday morning during term time at St Johnʼs Middle School in Bromsgrove.

It offers budding musicians and singers, aged eight to 18 years, the chance to work with other young people as part of a band, working towards an end of term live gig. It is a safe learning environment where the musicians can test a variety of skills, to help them identify where their true talents lie.

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