ARTHUR Neale, the first man to drive a motor bus in Bromsgrove, had died aged 73. Mr Neale, from Station Street, came to Bromsgrove in 1902 and his first job had been to drive the omnibus which plied between the Golden Cross Hotel in High Street and the railway station. Its departure was signalled by the ringing of a bell outside the hotel. He later joined his father's motor business in Station Street. He recalled one memorable journey when he was driving a bus from Stratford-on-Avon to Bromsgrove and had 27 punctures. The journey took ten hours.
TV was losing its public appeal. That was the view of Howard Penfold, a top manager with Guinness brewery, who was the guest speaker at Bromsgrove and District Licensed Victuallers' annual dinner held at the Raven Hotel, Droitwich. Initially pubs had lost ground to the new entertainment, but now people were rediscovering the delights of getting together in a pub for social intercourse, he said.
MRS A Horton, from Shrawley Wood House, had generously given the people of Hanbury its Recreation Ground together with a cottage on Carters' Hill. The present cricket pavilion on the rec was dilapidated and in danger of collapsing, but a new one would cost £300. A cheaper option would be to build a communal building which could be used by footballers, bowlers and tennis players, as well as cricketers.
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