GEORGE Jones, of Burcot, was charged at Bromsgrove Petty Sessions with allowing a dog to be out in Blackwell without a muzzle.

100 years ago

May 20, 1899

GEORGE Jones, of Burcot, was charged at Bromsgrove Petty Sessions with allowing a dog to be out in Blackwell without a muzzle. The dog attacked a six-year-old boy. The defendant said he could not see how the dog could bite anyone as it had a proper muzzle on. He was fined 2s 6d (12.5p) with 7s 6d (37.5p) costs.

RUBERY Races were held on Whit Tuesday. Events included the open pony Flat race and the Local Hunters' Steeplechase.

It was held at the Rose and Crown Hotel, Rose Hill, Lickey. Admission was 6d (2.5p) a person.

UNLUCKY Alfred Westwood, of Sidemoor, was admitted to the Cottage Hospital with mutilated fingers. The 13-year-old had caught his fingers in a cog wheel while working at Messrs Drury's, a boot and shoe factory in Worcester Road. His hand later had to be amputated.

BROMSGROVE Urban District Council invited tenders for the hire of an enclosed part of Crown Close which could be used to stage the town's Midsummer Fair.

WILLIAM Austin Felton, of no fixed address, was charged at Bromsgrove Petty Sessions, for sleeping outside in the parish churchyard. The defendant said he did not think he was doing anything wrong. The chairman advised him not to sleep out in the district again and said he would let him off this time.

50 years ago

May 21, 1949

NEWS was received at Barnsley Hall Hospital that Dr Donel Patrick Crinion, the senior assistant medical officer, had died suddenly from a haemorrhage.

Dr Crinion, was holidaying with relatives near Newcastle-on-Tyne when he died. He left a wife and son.

FLOWERS were the key note of the afternoon at the celebration of Finstall WI's 12th birthday.The celebration was held in Finstall Village Hall and each member was presented with a buttonhole.

GREEN-FINGERED folk in Lickey were disappointed with news that Lickey Flower Show would not be going ahead. The show, which was once very popular before the Second World War, was not going to be revived because of lack of general support.

BROADMOOR Wood, Rubery, was placed by the National Trust in the disposal of the Birmingham History Society. The society placed a hut in the woods for the use of members wishing to carry out research on the large pools and streams.

25 years ago

May 17, 1974

GROUNDSMEN were working to get Bromsgrove Youth Centre up to scratch for sports days to be held by town schools during the summer.

BROMSGROVE firefighters fought the flames for more than eight hours at Cherry Tree Farm, in Tardebigge. Barn and fire equipment were seriously damaged and 12 tonnes of barley straw and hay were destroyed.

A NEW telephone exchange to cater for 22,000 lines and take Bromsgrove almost into the 21st century was due to be opened.

The new £200,000 exchange was housed in a three-storey building in Hanover Street and replaced a 36-year-old system.