Blackminster Groom, Charlton Bridge – Miss S R Witchard and Mr B H Charlwood
Miss Sylvia Rose Witchard, only daughter of Mr & Mrs G T Witchard of 2 Yessell Road, Charlton, was married at All Saints Church, Evesham, on Saturday to Mr Basil Henry Charlwood, only son of Mr & Mrs A T Charlwood of Blackminster.
The Sheaf family owned land in Offenham in the 19th century. Thomas Sheaf (1777-1850) was mentioned on the Offenham Tithe Apportionment; his land was then inherited by his son, Thomas Sheaf (1817-1865).
In 1928, Blackminster was part of the parish of Offenham but. in 1949, the area south of the railway line transferred to Badsey. This house is thought to be either Longridge or Elmar on Station Road, Blackminster. This advertisement appeared in The Cheltenham Chronicle of 3rd November 1928.
Roy Page of Green Leys, Badsey, 90 years young, took up a remarkable hobby just a few years ago. In 2017, he began making models out of everyday items destined for the bin. The only cost is for the glue and the paint. It has given him many hours of pleasure to create these models, mainly of vehicles.
Maureen Spinks went to see him in May 2022 to take photos of the models. Take a trip down memory lane to see some of the models with familiar names from the heyday of market gardening.
THE LATE MR J A COLE
DISTRICT NEWS, BENGEWORTH WEDDING
What a remarkable achievement! Never before in this country has there been a Platinum Jubilee celebration for a reigning monarch. As of a few days ago, Queen Elizabeth II became the second longest-reigning monarch ever, overtaking King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand who reigned for 70 years 126 days from 1946-2016. (The longest-reigning monarch ever was Louis XIV of France who reigned for 72 years 110 days.)
Over a beautiful weekend in May, volunteers from the village and from all over the county, dug, scraped and scrubbed in “The Big Badsey Dig”. Deferred from 2020 because of the pandemic, the dig at last came to fruition on 21st and 22nd May 2022. Thanks to Ian Gibson, the project co-ordinator for Badsey, The Badsey Society has been able to participate in this exciting county-wide archaeology project – Small Pits, Big Ideas II.
MILITARY WEDDING
Considerable interest was taken in the village on Sunday afternoon in the marriage at St James’ Church of Miss Phyllis Avison Dobbs, only daughter of Mr & Mrs C H Dobbs of 6 Albert Grove, Westbourne Street, Hull, and Mr George Robert Bell, only surviving son of the late Mr & Mrs Edward Bell of Hull. Canon W C Allsebrook, RD (Vicar of Badsey) officiated, and the choral service included the hymns “O Perfect Love” and “O Father, all Creating”. Appropriate wedding music was also played by the organist, Mr Leslie Sharp.
