50 Years Ago, July 11, 1959 (From Bromsgrove Advertiser)

50 Years Ago, July 11, 1959

9:25am Wednesday 8th July 2009

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THE banns of a young Catshill man and his Bromsgrove bride-to-be were announced on the royal yacht Britannia during the Queen’s north American tour. The couple were Kenneth Wakeman, from Hinton Fields, a radio mechanic on the yacht, and Maureen Cowburn, whose parents lived in King George Close, Sidemoor.

A NEW Road scheme for Rubery was given the go-ahead by Bromsgrove Urban District Council. It would see a double track road built from Spring Pools to the site of the former tram terminus. It would mean the village no longer had to straddle the busy main through road. The plan was part of the new M5 motorway scheme.

A GARDEN of Memory, provided by public subscription, was officially opened around the war memorial at Hanbury by Councillor Richardson, of Droitwich Urban District Council. The £1,000 project, to provide a path and flower beds, had been masterminded by the village WI.

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