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1949 Mar - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. No Vicar’s letter but Badsey notes: Annual Parochial Church Meeting; Church Fete and Gift Day; Mothers’ Union; Sanctuary Guild; Men’s Fellowship (record attendance at Mr C E Miller’s talk on the work of the Control Commission in Germany with emphasis on education; report by M G Savory); Choir (annual dinner for adult members and ringers at The Royal Oak, thanks to Mr & Mrs L Mustoe; choir boys entertained to tea in the parish room, thanks to Miss Wixey, Mr Laurence, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Marshall, Mrs Turrell, Mrs P Hall, Miss Hall, Miss Smith, Miss Angela Chapman, Mr G Crisp). Wickhamford notes: Men’s Fellowship (Mr K G Johnson to speak in March); Mothers’ Union; Sunday School (Miss Barbara Willis welcomed as a teacher, previously recipient of a special award for “good work as a scholar for several years”); Sanctuary Guild. Reports of village organisations: 1st Badsey Boy Scouts (Scout Variety Show; participants – June Bennett, Dawn Haines, Mr W Capaldi, Mr G Temperton, B Hurman, A Rose, A Sears, C Evans, J Jelfs, M Stewart, H Wheatley, R Salter, G Young, R Jones, A Bennett, M Young, G Evans, T Knight, J Bennett, D Brown, A Vale, J Haines, K Mitchell, B Grinnell, G Corbett, M Salter, K Knight, R Hall, E Salter, R Sandford, R Martin, J Andrew; Cubs’ sketch produced by Mrs Hurman & Mr G Jones; show compered by Scoutmaster, Mr B Blake); British Legion Women’s Section (annual party at The Royal Oak assembly room prepared by Mr & Mrs Mustoe; games and dancing to the music of Mr S Allen’s amplifier; report by M K Cleaver; Women’s Institute (February meeting, Mrs S B Carter announced that Mrs Chapman, Mrs Pratley, Mrs Savory, Miss Ella Jones appointed vice-presidents; evening’s speaker, Mrs Nightingale, unable to attend owing to a bereavement; Mrs Savory took over as Chairman; Mrs A Sears appointed chairman of a sub-committee responsible for members’ night; Mrs Carter gave a talk on “Meals in other Countries”, thanked by Mrs W Sadler; Mrs W Sears won the parcel; report by N E Keen). Baptisms - Patricia Ovard, Glyn Llewellyn Cyril Lewis (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
1949
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
1160/SJC/NL/Z