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1948 Aug - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. No Vicar's letter but Badsey reports on Sanctuary Guild; Mothers’ Union; death of Mr G H Knight received with regret; sympathy t orelatives of the late Mr Jeffries and of Mrs Water (Wickhamford); Parochial Church Council (resignation of Mrs Major; report by Mr Binyon on Gift Day, money spent on new altar hangings and frontal; dance to be held in the Wheatsheaf Assembly Room, permission of Miss Wixey); choir outing to Wookey Hole and Cheddar, via Bath and Wells (accompanied by the Vicar, Mrs Marshall, Mr G A Jones, Mr M Savory, Mr E Mitchell; report by AGC). Wickhamford notes (Flower Show, report by A C Welland). Fifty years ago (excerpt from parish magazine of August 1898). Reports on village organisations: Nursing Association (committee members of the Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford Nursing Association invited by Mr James Holding to Briarlea for a raspberry tea followed by usual monthly meeting; resignation of Mr Holding as chairman, appointed honorary life member; invited the Reverend W B Chapman to take over his duties; gift note signed by Mrs Lees-Milne, Mrs L Carter, Mrs J Barnard, Miss C Barnard, Mrs S B Carter, Mrs E Cooke, Mrs M Harvey, Mrs H idiens, Miss E Jones, Mrs H Reed, Miss E Sladden, Mrs R C Sparrow, Mrs R Taylor, Mrs V Wasley, Mrs I M Brady, Mrs M Holbrook); Women’s Institute (minute’s silence in sympathy with Mrs G H Knight in the loss of her husband; Mrs S B Carter in the chair; competitions won by Mrs A Keen, Miss E Hartwell, Mrs G Harwood; white elephant stall organised by Mrs L Shelley, Mrs A Reed, Mrs Pratley; report by N E Keen); Infant Welfare Centre (report by E H Idiens); Badsey Flower Show (thanks to Mrs Carter and helpers for organising the teas; report by J E Knight). Continuation of “History of Badsey” by C A Binyon – The Bells. Baptisms - Alison Kay Beach, Richard Charles Lawrence, Bryan Douglas Hay, Christopher Brian Capener (Badsey); Paul Edward Folkes (Wickhamford). Marriages - Sydney Philip Cull and Bertha Turner, Norman Walter Jelfs and Annie Mary Briffett (Badsey). Burials - George Henry Knight, John Jeffries (Badsey); Agnes E H Waters (Wickhamford). 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
1153/SJC/NL/Z