NEWLY elected leaders of Bromsgrove Court Leet carried out their first duties when they attended a service at Alcester Baptist Church. Bromsgrove's bailiff, John Horton, was the fourth member of his family to hold the office. The family record stretched back over 145 years. Other well known Court Leet families were the Braziers, four bailiffs since 1924,and the Weavers, three since 1921.

BROMSGROVIANS far from home met during centenary celebrations in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Mrs and Mrs Harold Crane, both from Sidemoor, were living in Australia and surprised to recognise a Bromsgrove man among the crew of an Australian Corvette HMAS Wagga. He was Stoker Gerald Nokes, who had married an Australian. His relatives lived in Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove. Before the ship sailed the three spent the afternoon talking about relatives and friends at home.

DENNIS Morris, head of BBC programmes in the Midlands, spoke to Bromsgrove Rotarians about broadcasting in the region. He said colour televisions were some way off yet. He said they had to either perfect a process of getting pictures which could be transmitted in natural colours and black and white, or there would have to be two systems. This could be very expensive and he understood receiving sets could be £400 and whole transmitting apparatus would be twenty times as costly as those that were currently in use.

AFTER gaining only two points from their last four games Bromsgrove Rovers beat Worcester City Reserves at the Victoria Ground. It was the first time they had won a Saturday home fixture that season.