MRS Ray Fowler hardly expected one lamb from her Dorset Down ewes so early in the season but she was delighted when one gave birth to twins. Mrs Fowler, from Burcot, Bromsgrove, acted as midwife as the first new arrival was born backwards.

TRADE unionists from all over Bromsgrove were angry over remarks made by the vicar of Clent, the Rev Richard Stevens, in his magazine. Referring to the ongoing number of strikes and industrial strife he said it is "like a cancer spreading a malignant growth far beyond industry into the heart of the nation."

BROMSGROVE and District Farmers' Club announced it was to hold its next year's show indoors at Mr Harry Gibbs' Upper Bentley Farm in order to save money.

ERIC Rutter, from Chestnut Road, Sidemoor, joined Bromsgrove Post Office for two weeks and stayed for 46 years. This week he was presented with the Imperial Service Medal by Birmingham's head Postmaster Alfred Barlow.

A PROPOSED new maximum security wing at Rubery Hill Hospital would not be another Broadmoor or Rampton, the authorities claimed. Nearby residents had voiced their fears over the proposals.