CHILDREN of Hanbury school entertained parents and friends with a special afternoon. Two percussion bands performed two musical items, the junior children sang in song groups and the infants performed a play written by Miss Mason called A Day in May. Tea and cakes had been provided by the parents and were served by the older children.

MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Bromsgrove took a party of 57 elderly people to Ludlow by coach. The party was entertained with an afternoon tea and visited the castle and the church. Quite a number of the group said they were delighted to see so many of their old friends.

NEW Street station in Birmingham was celebrating its centenary year and to mark the occasion, train enthusiasts from the Stephenson Locomotive Society organised a special event. They arranged for a Victorian train to be put on and people could ride all around Birmingham on it. It stopped at the level crossing in Rubery and a spokesman for the society said the train completed an unhurried trip in good style.