12th July 1858 – Sale of property at Badsey and Offenham
The following sale notice appeared in The Worcestershire Chronicle of Wednesday 30th June 1858. It was from the estate of Miss Esther Laugher who had inherited from Piercy Jones.
PETHARD, Nancy Kathleen (1903-1984) – Wickhamford Nurse and Midwife
When the 1939 Register was compiled in the Autumn of 1939, the vast majority of men in Wickhamford were employed in market gardening, agriculture and related work. The women were nearly all recorded as having the occupation of ‘domestic duties’, mainly unpaid (i.e.
June 1977 – Pig roast for Badsey Silver Jubilee festivities
Badsey roused by pig-roast team
A party of men set out from Badsey in the small hours of Tuesday to collect a carcase from Campden for the pig roast, and they let the whole village know when they got back.
“We toured the village with the pig in the back of a lorry at around 6.45 a.m. sounding bells and hunting – horns, said Mr D. Caswell, a member of the organising committee. “We wanted to let people know that things were getting under way.”
Back Garden Films
Every Friday for the last couple of months, Will Dallimore has been posting short comedy films on his youtube channel and on The Badsey Society’s Facebook page, showing what he and brother, John, have been up to in lockdown in their back garden in Horsebridge Avenue. The subject of most of their films has been slapstick comedy with a circus theme running through it.
PETHARD, Edward John (1867-1946) – Wickhamford Carpenter and Wheelwright
Edward Pethard was a wheelwright and carpenter who spent his entire working life in Wickhamford.
SAVORY, Rudolph Roger (1930-2020) – From Badsey to New Jersey: bellringing across two continents
The death of Roger Savory in America two months ago, at the age of 90, has just come to our attention.
Saturday 11 January 1941 – Wedding of Private Charles William Haines at Hampton
HAMPTON WEDDING – Miss Iris Smith and Pte C W Haines
The wedding was solemnised at St Andrew’s Church, Hampton, on Saturday, of Miss Iris Annie Smith, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs G A Smith of 4 Church Road, Hampton, and Private Charles William Haines, only son of Mr & Mrs Albert George Haines of 7 Synehurst Avenue, Badsey.
Saturday 31 January 1942 – Wedding of John William Frederick Hartwell at Bretforton
DUNKIRK HERO WEDS AT BRETFORTON
Miss Ada Maud Smith and Mr J W F Hartwell
A pretty wedding took place at St Leonard’s Church, Bretforton last Saturday, the contracting parties being Miss Ada Maud Smith, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs George A Smith of Goldthorne, Weston Road, Bretforton, and Mr John William Frederick Hartwell, second son of Mr & Mrs John Hartwell of Brewers Lane, Badsey.
Saturday 27 June 1942 – Corporal Norman Hall wounded
EVESHAM MAN WOUNDED
Mrs H Jinks, of 14 Waterside, Evesham, has received official notification from the War Office that her son by a first marriage, Corporal Norman Hall, was wounded while on active service last month.
Corporal Hall, who is 21, was born at Badsey and he attended Cleeve Prior C of E School. He was also a member of the choir at Cleeve Prior Church. When quite a small boy he made up his mind to embark on a military career and, two years before the war, he joined the 9th Lancers.