THE Post Office was about to start a motor mail service between Birmingham and Worcester. This meant that Bromsgrove residents could in future post a letter as late as 10.15pm to reach its destination in specified towns by breakfast time the next day.

CENTRAL Bromsgrove was becoming a healthier place to live according to the urban district council's medical officer's annual report, which revealed the death rate was the lowest on record. And the infant mortality rate was also down. It was claimed improved housing and better hygiene was the reason for the improvements.

STATION staff at Shrub Hill in Worcester had been amazed when they spotted a well-dressed lad of 12 sat astride the buffers of a carriage when it arrived in the station from Droitwich. He was charged with riding without a ticket and appeared before city magistrates. He told the court his father was in prison and he had walked from Birmingham to the Spa, where he had hitched the ride, while on his way to stay with his stepmother in Swindon. He was sent to the workhouse pending inquiries.

SCHOOL managers in Bromsgrove were being urged by the county's director of education to introduce subjects into the curriculum which would prove useful when the youngsters left school to make their way in the world. These included nature study, gardening for boys, cooking for girls, laundry work and household management.

FORTY residents living to the north of Bromsgrove had signed a petition calling for two fields belonging to the Barnsley Hall estate to be let to them as allotments. However, the new asylum's visiting committee was unlikely to agree as it was felt some patients would benefit from working on the farm.