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1948 May - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. No Vicar's letter but Badsey reports on Mothers’ Union (Mrs Reed continues to make satisfactory progress; report by A M Chapman); Sanctuary Guild (report by A M Chapman); thanks to Mr & Mrs Reeves of Aldington for the gift of a folding invalid chair. Fifty years ago (excerpt from parish magazine of May 1898). Details of the forthcoming Lambeth Conference to be attended by all bishops of the Anglican Church. Reports on village organisations: British Legion's Women's Section (speaker Miss Smedley Crooke, chairman of the Worcestershire County Committee; mentions Mrs A Salter, Mrs Edwards, Mrs F Perkins, Mrs G Crane who are ill; report by R M Barnard); Badsey Flower Show (B F P Blake, Hon Secretary); Badsey Remembrance Hall Committee (H Hatcher); 1st Badsey Boy Scouts (new District Commissioner, Mr R H New, took the Scout Promise at a Patrol Leaders’ training course; 3 Patrol Leaders, J Haines, M Salter, N Harris, passed their first-class hike; St George’s Day Parade where Cub Colours carried by D Rouse with A Bennett, C Evans, as escorts, Scout Colours carried by C Perkins with J Haines, N Haines as escorts, readings by M Salter, D Knight; B F P Blake appointed District Scoutmaster; report by B F P Blake); Nursing Association (I M Brady). Continuation of “History of Badsey” by C A Binyon. Baptisms - John Seymour Marshall, Jennifer Lilian Jones (Badsey); Judy Violet Southern, Clive Anthony Roberts (Wickhamford). 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
1150/SJC/NL/Z