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Badsey Society Newsletter No 3, January 2003

Description

Quarterly Badsey Society newsletter sent to members. Includes review of a successful first year, launch of the society’s first publication and presence at Badsey Flower Show and Badsey First School Summer Fete where historic horticulture tools were displayed. Also includes details of 2003 events planned and a final request for photographs etc. for the Golden Jubilee Project. The Badsey website won first prize in this year’s Worcestershire Community Pride Competition. Also an announcement of the Society’s next major publication – “A History of Badsey Schools” to be published in 2004 in order to coincide with the 150th foundation of the school. A request for former pupils who have reminiscences, photos or mementoes to contact Maureen Spinks. Details of a plan to make a video/DVD about asparagus growing in Badsey to record for posterity the many stages involved. A request for assistance with filming and asparagus related photographs and/or artefacts (contacts Richard Phillips or Will Dallimore). Report on the death of Society member Norma Evans of Badsey in the M25 coach crash in November 2002. Names of Committee members: Tony Jerram (Chairman), Terry Sparrow (Treasurer), Richard Phillips (Secretary), Will Dallimore (Membership Secretary), Marion Allen, Maureen Spinks, Neil Thould.

Year created
2003
Publication Date/Date Made
January 2003
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
14.8 cm x 21 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
1 sheet of A4 paper folded to make A5-size leaflet
Donor or Creator of Records
The Badsey Society
Provenance
Badsey Society records
Nature of Acquisition
Collected for the Archive
Accession Date
2003
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Attached Documents
Reference
2055/BS/NL