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Friday 24 January 1958 – Death of Albert Knight in a car crash

TRAGIC END TO OUTING – Badsey Man Dies after Car-Lorry Collision

An outing to Gloucester ended in tragedy for a party of Badsey, Bretforton and Chipping Campden men at 6.15 pm Wednesday. 

Returning home in a car being driven by a Bretforton licensee, 46-year-old Albert Knight of 8 Svnehurst. Badsey. died in Evesham Hospital after the car had been involved in a collision with a lorry. This is the fourth fatality in the Vale of Evesham this month.  

Friday 13 March 1959 – Wedding of Valerie Gerrish at Badsey

The marriage took place at St James’ Church, Badsey, on Saturday of Miss Valerie Dianne Gerrish, only daughter of Mr & Mrs F J Gerrish of 29 Windermere Road, Hatherley, Cheltenham, and Mr Reginald Arthur Hunt, second son of Mr & Mrs Hunt of Abbots Salford.  The bride is also a granddaughter of Mr & Mrs T C Keen of 2 Synehurst, Badsey.

 The service was conducted by the Vicar, the Rev Peter Braby, and Mrs G W Marshall was organist for the singing of the hymn, “Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us”.

EMPEY, Emily (1863-1947) and Mary (c1858-1938) – from Ireland to Wickhamford

Emily and Mary Empey, were first recorded in Wickhamford at the 1911 census.  They were both listed as market gardeners and lived at the present-day 10 Pitchers Hill.   Emily was 55 years of age and her younger sister, Mary, was 41, but the latter was entered as head of the household.  They had been born in Queen’s County. Ireland (now Co. Laois) and stated that they were ‘British subjects by parentage’.  (In that year there were only 93 persons with the surname ‘Empey’ in the England and Wales census).