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NEWSLETTER No. 44 -  Autumn 1999

WEST MIDLANDS BRANCH, BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION

 

CHANGE OF VENUE

West Midlands Branch AGM 30th October 1999

As reported in the summer newsletter, the West Midlands Branch AGM is being held at the Sandwell Valley Country Park. Unfortunately, due to builder’s ‘slippage’ the venue has had to be changed and is now at Sandwell Park Farm at the southwest of the reserve. Everybody on the committee warmed to David Jackson’s suggestion that the WM Branch AGM could be held in the Vice-county of Staffordshire, for a change. Please come along and say your piece, it will be a new and exciting experience for most of us.

By car: Leave M5 junction 1, westbound on the A41. Turn right at the roundabout onto the A4031. At the traffic lights (MacDonalds on the right), turn right and then right again along Dagger Lane (see map). After 400 yds, turn left into Salters Lane and bear right to Sandwell Park Farm. (Car parking adjacent).

By Public transport: Take the Midland Metro (newest UK mass transit system which runs from Birmingham Snowhill to Wolverhampton St. Georges) to West Bromwich Central station. Cross under West Bromwich Ringway to the shopping centre. Carry straight on to the pedestrianised Duchess Parade (left) and Princess Parade (right).
From here by bus, carry straight on and turn left to the bus station. A 419, 640 or 646 calls at the bus station and will take you to Europa Village, from which there is a path to Sandwell Park Farm from St. John’s Close.

On foot (25 mins) from W. Brom. Shopping Centre, walk along Princess Parade, past the interesting market traders, to the main road (Cast Iron Clock). Cross the road and walk left , over the A41. Bear right along Lloyd St. until you see Salters Lane and the sign to Sandwell Park Farm.