LISTENERS TAKEN ‘DOWN ON THE FARM’

B.B.C.’s Vale of Evesham Broadcast

The B.B.C. took listeners ‘down on the farm’ last night in a programme broadcast partly from Evesham Town Hall and partly from the Birmingham studio.

Recordings made by the B.B.C. mobile unit of milking, a rotary cultivator, ploughing, shepherding, and a harvest home brought a realistic atmosphere of farm life into scores of homes.

PLUM-PICKING ACCIDENT

DEATH IN HOSPITAL

Sequel to Wickhamford Man’s Accident

Charles William Wilkins, aged 42, of Wickhamford, died yesterday as a result of injuries sustained in a cycling accident at Badsey on March 27.

Wilkins, who was living on Pitcher’s Hill, Wickhamford, fell from his machine while cycling home. No other vehicle was involved. He was taken home and the following day removed to Evesham Infirmary. He never regained consciousness.

Mrs. Ethel Mary Marguerite Dixon of Weathervane Cottage, Wickhamford, was summoned for driving a motor-car and not being the holder of a driving licence at Wickhamford on Dec. 5. She did not appear, but sent a letter admitting the offence.

UNEXPECTED LANDING

Pilot Loses His Way Near Broadway

BUILDING AT BEAUTY SPOT

EVESHAM R.D.C. ALLOW DEVELOPMENT

Evesham Rural District Council have agreed to permit Messrs. J. Taylor and Sons, builders, of Evesham, to develop their site on the Evesham-road, Broadway, at a density of one house to an acre.

[Further into this article is the following paragraph of relevance to Wickhamford.]

LORRY’S SWERVE

Hotel Porch Demolished
At Wickhamford

A lorry driver had a narrow escape from very severe injury early this morning, when the vehicle he was driving in the direction of Broadway suddenly served across the road at Wickhamford and demolished the porch at the Sandys Arms Hotel.

The driver of the vehicle, who was conveyed to Evesham Hospital in a semi-conscious condition, is at present unidentified.

NEIGHBOURS IN COURT DISPUTE

BOUND OVER FOR ASSAULT AT EVESHAM

A fracas between members of two Wickhamford families had a sequel in Evesham Police Court on Monday when charges of alleged assault and wilful damage were heard.

George Sutton, aged 54, of Pitcher’s Hill, Wickhamford, was summoned by Mrs. Eva Dolphin, of Pitcher’s Hill, Wickhamford, for assault, for using threats, and for wilful damage to a window amounting to 7s. 6d.

EVESHAM MOTHERS’ UNION

The annual summer meeting of the members of the Evesham Deanery Mothers’ Unions took place at Wickhamford yesterday, when upwards of 160 members were present.

Mrs Drysdale welcomed the visitors and tea was given them by the committee of the Wickhamford branch.

CASE DISMISSED

Alleged Obstruction By A Stall At Evesham

A summons for alleged obstruction by a stall on the Evesham-Broadway-road was dismissed by Evesham magistrates today when James Dolphine, of the Bungalow, Pitchers Hill, Wickhamford, was summonsed for obstruction on June 9.

He was represented by Mr. K. Gill Smith and pleaded not guilty.

P.C. Harris said the stall hampered the view of motorists going towards Evesham.