BOB McArthur, a 26-year-old American, stopped off briefly in Bromsgrove while making a round the world tour on his bike for bet which if he succeeded would land him a cool $10,000. His specially adapted cycle which was equipped with a harpoon for spearing fish, aroused much interest from shoppers in High Street.

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MANY people in Bromsgrove were shocked to learn that the town's Trades Council had refused to make a contribution to the late King's memorial and had refused to support the national call for volunteers to boost Civil Defence volunteers.

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A RARE bird of the open sea, a Leaches fork tailed petrel had been picked up dead at Bromsgrove Railway Station by Mr Rankin of Finstall.

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BROMSGROVE'S newly elected Court Leet Bailiff Sir Hugh Chance declared he intended along with other members, to revive the ancient custom of attending the annual Midsummer fair to mark the first year of the new Queen's reign.

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IN a hard hitting speech to Bromsgrove's Rotary Club the town's head of CID Det Supt T Williams said the only way to stop the rising tide of violence by young men was to hurt them as much as they hurt their victims. Last year crime in the county reach a record 7,644 cases, of these 1,000 were thefts of cycles.