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1948 Jan - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Named personnel on front: Vicar, Rev W B Chapman; Badsey (Treasurer - Mr C A Binyon; Churchwardens - Mr G A King, Mr G A Jones; Secretary Miss M E Sladden; plus sketch by CAB [Charles Binyon] of Badsey Church; Wickhamford (Churchwardens - Mr G C Lees Milne, Mr G Agg; Sidesmen - Messrs V Daffurn, J Shepperd, W Pearce, J Newbury, C Willis, A.Shooter; PCC Treasurer - Mr G C Lees Milne; PCC Secretary - Mrs E Cooke; Mothers' Union Secretary Mrs S Pearce; Youth Club - Mr E W Sturt; Girl Guides - Mrs G Hancock); editor, M H Harvey, with copy of magazine account for 1947 audited by C A Binyon. Includes letter from the new vicar W B Chapman writing on 29th December 1947 from Featherstone Vicarage, Yorkshire; thanks the Sequestrators (the Rural Dean, Mr King & Mr Jones) for assistance. Reports on Parochial Church Council; Mothers' Union; Badsey Remembrance Hall; Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford Women’s Institute (20th birthday); 1st Badsey Girl Guides (names Mr Butler who provided used of Aldington Club Room and Miss Lowe, retiring Commissioner); 1st Badsey Brownies (Jean Rouse, Brown Owl); 1st Badsey Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs (B F P Blake, Group Scoutmaster; prize recipients from Scout section of Sunday School - Ken Mitchell, John Haines, Graham Corbett, Ronald Salter, Anthony Rose; GSM prizes given to John Haines, Kenneth Mitchell, David Rouse); Badsey County Primary School Christmas tea party (cakes provided by Messrs Lawrance, Cull and Butler); Badsey, Aldington & Wickhamford British Legion Men’s Section; British Legion Women’s Section (names Mrs Harvey, Mr C A Binyon, Miss Rugman, Mrs Arnold, J Harrison, J Hartwell, C Collett, R J Barnard, A Westbury, Mrs R Rouse, Mrs A Barnard, R Whitford, Mrs Coward, D M Haynes, Mrs Rose. Continuation of “History of Badsey” by C A Binyon. Baptisms - Michael Thomas Paul Williams, Peter James Webb (Badsey). Marriages - Arthur Edward Pipein and Dorothy Joyce Jelfs (Badsey). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley, Poplars Garage, High Street; C Savage & Son, Builder; H Robinson, Manor Dairy; H E Wheatley, Butcher, High Street; C J Bird, Cycle Dealer & Repairer; H Floyd, Hairdresser, 27 Bridge Street, Evesham.

Year created
1948
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
18.8 cm x 24.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Magazine bound into a black volume with other magazines of the period; only the magazine for January in each year includes the front cover
Donor or Creator of Records
Badsey Parochial Church Council
Provenance
The Vicarage loft
Nature of Acquisition
Permanent loan
Accession Date
2022
Access Conditions
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Attached Documents
Reference
1146/SJC/NL/Z