DEATH OF MR JOHN KEEN
The death of Mr John Keen (80), one of Badsey’s oldest inhabitants, occurred suddenly on Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs H Green, Church View, Badsey. Mr Keen was a well-known figure in the village and his cheery nature will be sadly missed.
He was born at Bengeowrth but moved to Badsey early in life. He was a noted athlete in his youth, winning many prizes at local sports meetings.
CORONATION CELEBRATIONS
A committee meeting was held at the Council Schools, Mr G A King presiding. Mr G Austen Jones reported that it would cost approximately £100 to put on a firework display on Coronation Day. It was resolved no firework display be included in the celebrations. Mr D A Jelfs reported that an invitation had been extended to Aldington residents to join with Badsey in the celebrations, but he understood that Aldington were organising their own celebrations.
LATE MRS W COLLETT
Mrs Winifred Collett, widow the late Mr George Collett, of Belle Vue, Badsey, died in Evesham Hospital on Monday, only two days after being taken ill. Aged 60, she was the third daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Richard Keen of Ivy House, Badsey, and lived in the village all her life. Her husband predeceased her five years ago. She is survived by her only child, Mrs Ruth Double, Drayton, near Daventry.
RESCUED CREWS OF BURNING ‘PLANES
The bravery of a Badsey, near Evesham, market gardener and his 26 years old daughter in rescuing an airman from a blazing ‘plane, which crashed in adjoining ground, has been officially recognised by the King.
His Majesty has been pleased to give orders for the publication in The London Gazette of the names of Francis Robert Wheeler of 33 Synehurst, Badsey, and his daughter, Mrs Doris May Haynes of 17 Council Houses, Cow Honeybourne, as having received an expression of commendation for their brave conduct.
George Sutton was born on 29th December 1882 in Bengeworth, Evesham, the son of David Sutton, a market gardener, and his wife Louisa. In 1906, George married an Evesham girl, Annie Marie Cook, at St Peters Church, Bengeworth and sometime between his marriage and the 1911 census George moved to what is now 95 Pitchers Hill. This detached house that was part of the Wickhamford Estate, owned by the Trustees of J.P.L Lord, and is now occupied by the Cats Protection League.
The Ridge, a house on Knowle Hill, is located within Wickhamford parish, but its access in on the Badsey to Evesham road, which is outside of the parish boundary. The 1939 Electoral Roll gives the occupants as John and Lilian Little, but by the time that the 1939 Register was drawn up, at the outbreak of the Second World War, they had moved to Watford.
LORD MARCUS HILL MP FOR EVESHAM 1837-1852 – 3RD BARON SANDYS AND OWNER OF THE WICKHAMFORD ESTATE FROM 1860 TO 1863
Robert Taylor (b. 1849) and his wife, Sarah Kate (née Wood), lived at The Elms, Manor Road, Wickhamford, at the time of the 1891 census. This property is now called ‘Elm Farm’. By 1901, they had moved to Whitechapel Farm in the parish of Childswickham, but only about 100 yds outside of the Wickhamford boundary, on the Broadway Road, just past the turn to Murcot. In 1911, they were back within Wickhamford parish at a cottage now called ‘Rosebank’, on Pitchers Hill.
Firemen had to be called to free four people from the wreckage of two cars in which two men died on the outskirts of Evesham yesterday.
The cars crashed head-on half a mile outside Evesham on the main road to Badsey. The dead men were later named as Peter John Cornish, aged 27, an unmarried builder’s labourer of Littleworth Street, Evesham, and Philip Hall, 26-year-old father of a girl of Bretforton Road, Badsey.
