MORE prehistoric finds had been unearthed at a gravel pit at Upton Warren, following the exciting discoveries last year. The latest was a part of a mammoth and a rhino jaw, complete with teeth.

ANTHONY Nutting, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was in Bromsgrove on a recruitment drive for the Tory party. In a speech at All Saints' Church Hall he called for Britain to re-arm to help maintain peace in Europe.

BROMSGROVE firemen were called to undertake a smelly task. Using ropes it took eight men to haul a cow to safety from a deep cess pit behind the White House in Burcot Lane into which it had fallen. The beast was none the worse for its ordeal, but the men said it was a "shout" they would not be able to forget in a hurry.

BELBROUGHTON Parish Council was the latest public body to refuse to officially give cash towards some sort of national monument to the late King. Next year's Coronation and other demands for public funds seemed to be taking precedent.

THE death was announced of Miss Mary Hawkinson who at one period in her life had lived at Barnsley Hall in Bromsgrove. She had done much good work to help the poor in the town and to promoted physical education activities for girls at a time when such matters were frowned upon. She was a friend of George Bernard Shaw who had given her a signed copy of one of his books.

A BRIEF look at some of the prices realised at Bromsgrove's Tuesday mart revealed ferrets made 9/6 (47.5p), tame and trapped rabbits 5/- apiece, chrysanthemums 4/6 (22.5p) a bunch and tomatoes 13/6 (67.5p) per dozen pounds.