BROMSGROVE magistrates fined a woman cyclist from Penn, Wolverhampton, 15/- (75p) for not dismounting at a halt sign at the junction of Twatling Road and Fiery Hill Road, Barnt Green.

A PAIR of robins were successfully raising a brood in a nest on a shelf in Mr Davis' shop in Belbroughton. They accessed the shop through a broken window pane.

THE final of Stoke Prior Women's Darts League at the Ewe and Lamb pub had to be delayed when it was found that a new bristle board was too solid and caused the darts to bounce off like golf balls. A male onlooker stepped forward to try his luck and, to the delight of the players, he also failed. The match finally got underway using an old cork board. The winner of the knock-out competition was Barbara Grazier, of the Ewe and Lamb.

A POST war record of 100 players took part in Droitwich Golf Club's annual open four-ball alliance competition. The winners were Aston Villa footballers Danny Blanchflower and T Thompson.

ARTHUR Silvers, who retired as principal of the Bromsgrove auctioneers Luce and Silvers at the Tudor House in New Road in 1947, died at his home in Boscombe, aged 72.

AS a result of last week's local elections the make up of Bromsgrove Urban District Council was Labour and Conservatives eight seats, Independents five.