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11:35am Thursday 29th July 2010
BROMSGROVE could soon become the “most attractive shopping centre in the West Midlands” if a current revival continued. This was the claim of Chamber of Trade chairman, John Latham, following the announcement that Peacocks was expected to open a store in the High Street later that year. The chairman added Bromsgrove had great potential if the right mix of shops could be developed.
11:34am Thursday 29th July 2010
MORE than 150 pigs, mainly pedigree stock, and about 500 head of poultry perished in a fire in a farm building at Hadley Cross Farm, Ombersley. The building was almost completely destroyed and fireman, using fire tenders pumped from a pond 300 yards away, prevented the fire spreading to adjourning buildings.
11:33am Thursday 29th July 2010
BROMSGROVE’S ‘annual sports’ event took place on the Victoria Ground. Favoured with fine weather, more than 5,000 gathered to cheer on competitors. There were classes for turn outs and horse jumping. The keenest competition was in the cycling events.
11:36am Thursday 29th July 2010
THIS week’s pictorial trip down Memory Lane features the last from the archives of St John Ambulance Service.
2:36pm Friday 23rd July 2010
ON the eve of the industrial holiday fortnight, the Austin Motor Company announced its main assembly block at Longbridge had smashed all records by producing 6,758 cars during the week. The block, described as the main nerve centre of production, was now producing in a single day 50 per cent more vehicles than were turned out in a whole week in 1950.
2:39pm Friday 23rd July 2010
THIS week’s pictorial trip down Memory Lane is the next in our series of pictures celebrating 75 years of St John Ambulance Service in Droitwich Spa.
2:38pm Friday 23rd July 2010
A STOKE Prior road junction had been branded a “scrap iron corner” following a crash involving two motorcycles. And a group, headed by a Stoke parish councillor, was out to cure the danger spot by petitioning the council. The crash had occurred at the junction of Moorgate Road and Hanbury Road, close to the Country Girl Inn and parish councillor Mary Fletcher said she was “fed up” with the number of accidents at the spot.
2:35pm Friday 23rd July 2010
GENI Gerome, of Hanover Street, appeared at Bromsgrove Petty Sessions charged with neglecting to have control over a pony drawing a cart, in Finstall. Police constable Hayes proved the case, stating that he found the defendant fast asleep in the cart.Gerome, who did not appear, was fined 5s and 5s 6d costs.
11:23am Monday 19th July 2010
THIS week’s Memory Lane pictures continue our recent theme on the St John Ambulance Service.
11:21am Monday 19th July 2010
PLANS to cut back on school cleaning could create health hazards, a Bromsgrove group had claimed. The town’s education group had made the warning after Hereford and Worcester County Council announced plans to reallocate school cleaning hours, according to floor area. But group chairman, Anne Holmes, said the plans could lead to disease if the time allocated for an area was not sufficient.The county council rebuffed the claims, saying standards would be maintained.
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