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1948 Feb - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Includes separate letters from the vicar W B Chapman to Badsey & Aldington (mentions the Service of Institution and Induction, naming Mrs Marshall and the choir, Mr & Mrs Brazier for allowing visiting clergy to robe in their house) and Wickhamford (names Mr Knight and the choir). Sanctuary Guild (names Mrs Harwood retiring as leader, Miss M E Sladden, Mrs Chapman to be new leader of the Guild); Mothers’ Union (the Vicar and Mrs Chapman came for tea); Men’s Fellowship; Parochial Church Council (Mr Edgar Mitchell appointed Clerk and Sexton, Mrs Marshall confirmed as organist). Reports on village organisations: British Legion's Women's Section (Chairman Mrs Harvey welcomed the Vicar and Mrs Chapman to the annual Party at The Bell Inn; presentation to Mrs Warmington; report by R M Barnard); Women’s Institute (new Vicar’s wife, Mrs Chapman, introduced to members by Mrs Carter at the New Year party, entertainment by Miss Salisbury and her girls, report by K M Taylor); 1st Badsey Brownies (thanks to Mrs Butler who provided ices at the tea party; report by Jean Rouse, Brown Owl); 1st Badsey Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs (B F P Blake, Group Scoutmaster). Baptisms - Leslie James Bennett, Robert William Dore, June Malin, Michael John Hardiman (Badsey). Marriages - Denis Raymond Grinnell and Nancy Joan Merriman (Badsey). Burials - Emma Collett, Agnes Clara Hall, Tom Perkins (Badsey). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley, Poplars Garage, High Street; C Savage & Son, Builder; H Robinson, Manor Dairy; H E Wheatley, Butcher, High Street; C J Bird, Cycle Dealer & Repairer; H Floyd, Hairdresser, 27 Bridge Street, Evesham.

Year created
1948
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
18.8 cm x 24.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Magazine bound into a black volume with other magazines of the period; only the magazine for January in each year includes the front cover
Donor or Creator of Records
Badsey Parochial Church Council
Provenance
The Vicarage loft
Nature of Acquisition
Permanent loan
Accession Date
2022
Access Conditions
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Attached Documents
Reference
1147/SJC/NL/Z