LADY Barnett, who had recently shot to fame following her numerous TV appearances, was the guest speaker at a dinner organised by the Womens' Advisory Council of the local Conservative Association.

A MOVE was made to have the names of the men who gave their lives in two world wars inscribed on the Spa's war memorial. Mayor Alderman Mrs Addenbrooke, had vowed to see the task completed before her year in office ended.

A MILLION to one coincidence solved the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of missing Ronald Manning, aged 60, a teacher at Bromsgrove High School. His distraught wife, while on a train journey to London, had confided her problems to a train driver sharing her compartment. By chance he remembered seeing the story of a missing man in a newspaper. At the next stop she bought a copy and was thrilled to see his photo and story of how he was safe in an Oxford hospital apparently suffering from amnesia brought on by pressure of work.

WORK on the construction of a shooting range at the Marlbrook quarry was about to start, members of Bromsgrove Rifle Club were told at their annual meeting, held at the Hundred House Hotel in Stourbridge Road.

THE second Rubery to Weston-super-Mare cycle race attracted an entry of 135 riders, including two girls. Of the 80 finishers, 65 completed the 200-mile course in less than 15 hours.