IMPROVEMENTS were made in Rubery to homes on New Inns Lane after residents experienced difficulties because of low water pressure. The problem arose because the top water level of the Chandwich service reservoir, which controlled the water pressure, was slightly higher that the houses in question. A solution was found when the Corporation of Birmingham carried out developments on the Birmingham side of Callowbrook Lane and organised with Worcestershire water company for them to take a small bulk supply at the lower end of New Street lane.

A NUMBER of flying saucer sightings were recorded with three sightings of the unknown crafts, reported as 'Popular phenomena of the age.' Anne Edmunds, 13, of Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, said: "I saw two shadows on the road from something I couldn't recognise as I was walking back from Northfield."

A PARTY of scholars from Watt Close School, Bromsgrove, spent a delightful fortnight in Switzerland and France. For many of them it was their first trip abroad. The lucky students, who travelled by coach, watched the Grand Prix in Switzerland and then went on to watch a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and see the Eiffel Tower.