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1948 Jun - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Includes separate letters from the vicar W B Chapman to Badsey & Aldington (mentions the old organ being taken to new home at Rous Lench and thanks Mr King for fixing up a curtain to cover the gap; Mr Philip Case nominated to fill a vacancy in the number of Vicar's sidesmen) and Wickhamford. Badsey reports on Mothers’ Union (report by A M Chapman); Sanctuary Guild (report by A M Chapman. Fifty years ago (excerpt from parish magazine of June 1898). Details of the visit by five overseas bishops attending the Lambeth Conference who will be visiting the Deanery; encouraged to attend the pageant at Prince Henry’s Grammar School. Reports on village organisations: British Legion's Women's Section (report by R M Barnard); British Legion Men’s Section (mentions Mr D A Jelfs; suggestion that a bronze tablet be erected in the church in memory of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war, if possible to be placed under the 1914-1918 war memorial; report by P H Sparrow); Women’s Institute (names Mrs Carter, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Hodges, Mrs Floyd, Mrs Reed; concert participants - Miss June Bennett, piano solo, Miss Hartwell and Mr Andrews, duets and solos, Miss Greta Floyd, monologues, Mr Tutton, monologues, and some Bretforton members, Mrs Caldecott, Master David Rimell, Mrs Rimell, Mr Collett; competitions won by Mrs T H Knight, Mrs Nesbitt, Mrs Whitford; general report by N E Keen; report by A M Chapman of the choir singing at Worcester Cathedral); Badsey Cricket Club (decided to revive the club; officials appointed – Chairman, Reverend W B Chapman; Secretary, Mr R Rouse; Treasurer, Mr C Stewart; Committee, Messrs T Keen, F Dore Senior, A Reed, L Bott, M Harvey, C Hall, T Brazier, K Longmore, G Jones, F Dore Junior); Badsey Remembrance Hall Committee (mentions Mrs Percy Hall, Mrs Archie Reed; report by H L Hatcher); 1st Badsey Brownies (resignation of Jean M Rouse as Brown Owl because of leaving Badsey; Miss Cynthia Blake new Brown Owl); 1st Badsey Boy Scouts (B F P Blake); Nursing Association (tributes paid to Nurse Holbrook who was retiring after 25 years’ service in Badsey - corrected to 21 years in next magazine; agreed that the furniture in the Nurse’s house and the car should be presented to her; Reverend W B Chapman elected a Vice-President; report by I M Brady). Continuation of “History of Badsey” by C A Binyon. Baptisms - Jane Elizabeth Ellison, David John Sadler, Peter Leslie Sadler (Badsey). Marriages - Edwin Wallace Nicholls and Elsie Keen (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
1948
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
1151/SJC/NL/Z