Photos taken around our local and very eventful area

At the first birthday party for the re-opening of Stirchley Baths

The Stirchley Big Bake raised over £1000 for charity

Cake at the Stirchley Big Bake

Cake at the Stirchley Big Bake

Stroppy Stirchley: A supermarket planning application was initially granted and then overturned following local protests, but still resulted in the demolition of a bowling alley and gym

Here’s someone who always stands up for Stirchley!

The world’s most pointless speed limit sign? This land was acquired by Tesco who then abandoned their plans to build a supermarket

Protesting with art: this road through the planned Tesco site remains closed despite the abandonment of the project

Hands-on activity at a space-themed Fun Palace at Stirchley Baths

Organised chaos at the Fun Palace

Ready to launch: a rocket built at the Fun Palace

The educational side of the Fun Palace: Dr Helen Fraser gave an entertaining talk about how to make a planet (hint: you need a nebula to start with)

The monthly Stirchley Community Market tests my stewarding and photographic skills

One of many photogenic stalls at Stirchley Community Market: there are lots more of my photos on the website and Facebook page

During the year P Café relaunched as Artefact and continues to be a wonderful artistic and meeting venue

The fortnightly Crunch creative writing group meets at Artefact