BADSEY WHIST DRIVE
A Whist Drive, organised by Mrs A. Sears, Miss Sladden and others, in aid of “Comforts for our Local Soldiers” was held in the Old Schools, Badsey, on Tuesday. Mr. G. Marshall acted as steward. Twenty-eight tables were occupied and seven prizes were given by the following:
Ladies: First, Miss C Johns; second, Miss B Kelland; third, “Three Old Maids”, Misses K Enstone, M. Bird and E Hardiman.
BADSEY HARVEST FESTIVAL
The annual harvest festival was observed at Badsey on Sunday last. The services were Holy Communion at 7, 8 and 12, Matins at 11, and Evensong at 6.The Vicar officiated at all services, and preached at Evensong. The collections throughout the day, amounting to £4 17s., were for the Evesham Cottage Hospital. A quantity of vegetables and fruit was sent to the Christ Church Mission, Notting Hill.
ST JAMES CHURCH, BADSEY
SUNDAY SCHOOL – The annual prizes have been awarded as follows: - Boys: Class I., C. March, F. Dore; Class II, J. Jelfs, P. Crisp. Girls: Class I., F. Jones, D. Crisp; Class II., S. Crisp, D. Jelfs. Infants: W. Harwood, C. Sears, G. Warmington, G. Knight, C. Crisp, L. Keen, M. Kelland, and A. Agg. Vicar’s prizes have been awarded to F. Dore, C. Sparrow, W. Sparrow, E. Jelfs, N. Crisp, I. Dore, P. Crisp, A. Warmington, D. Jelfs, and B. Dore.
BADSEY ADULT SCHOOL
FRIENDS MISSION ROOM, BADSEY
BADSEY RECREATION GROUND
BADSEY RECREATION GROUND
Edwin Thorne appears in the Wickhamford records in the census of 1911 when he lived on Pitchers Hill. He was then 73 years of age, but still working, as a ‘Life insurance Agent’, and his wife Maria was 71. Also living with them was a son, Arthur Edwin, aged 34, who was a ‘Market Gardener and Fruit Grower’. The house they lived in is now numbered 97 Pitchers Hill, towards the village boundary with Broadway.
