FARMYARD antics abound at the Swan Theatre this Saturday (May 5) when children's show Uncle Bert's Cow comes to the stage. Children are set to be enchanted by the tale of PC Brackett's search. The show is packed with colourful characters such as Katy
SHADOWS guitarist Jet Harris will be playing new and old material at the Artrix this Sunday (May 6, 7.30pm start). He will be joined by Billie Davis, one of the greatest British female vocalists of the 1960s, remembered for her feisty hit version of
LOCAL lords of rock Fred Zeppelin are set take their audience up the Stairway to Heaven when they play at the Lickey End Working Men's Club this Friday (May 4, 8.30pm start). The band, who have played in front of Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, were ranked
A WEST Highland Scottish Terrier from Catshill is treading the boards in a stage show this month after proving to be a smash hit last year. Beth, aged three-years-old, has had a special part written for her by the Northfield Musical Theatre Company,
ANDY ROYLES & KIRSTY LAWLER Are pleased to announce the birth of their son Soloman James Francis Royles. Born on 25th April weighing in at a bonny 9lb 5½ oz. Brother to Hannah, Olivia & Katelyn. Published in paper 02/05/2007
DAVENPORT ROB HAPPY 4OTH BIRTHDAY Love Sara & Amy Published in paper 02/05/2007
COURT Arthur Gordon 06.05.04 Daddy's such a special word. A word that brings to mind A big warm smile, a helping hand, A way of being kind. Devotion to family, a word of patience too, Dad is such a special word because it stands for you. Love from Sue
KIMBERLEY Linda April 28th 1994- 2007 Time passes but you are always in our hearts. Love from all your Family Published in paper 02/05/2007
WOOLLEY Christopher Paul 20.1.78 - 2.5.03 We miss you so much Chris We think of you each day We dread this time of year We know it is now May The month our lives stood still and our hearts were broke in two We know one Day we will be happy The day that
HEWITT Margaret Formerly of North Street and Alexander Avenue Droitwich. Passed away peacefully on 21st April 2007 Aged 89 years. Greatly missed by family and friends. Enquires to Co-operative Funeral Directors Tel: 01252 542236 Published in paper 02
YOUNG Olive Widow of the late Roy Young passed away on Monday 23rd April 2007. Aged 76 years. A wonderful mother and grandmother - the heart and strength of our family. She will be greatly missed by daughters Linda and Carol, son Alan, grandchildren and
BLACKWELL Lorraine Constance Of Salwarpe Peacefully at home after a long illness bravely borne on April 27th 2007, aged 63 years. Beloved wife of Kevin and dear mother of Judith and Ewan and stepmother of Nicola and Kevin. Funeral service at Salwarpe
HINE Anna Veronica Passed away peacefully on 28/4/07 at St. Mary's Hospice. Aged 84 years. Beloved Mother and Grandma. Much loved by all. Reception into Church Of Our Lady, Rednal on Thursday 10th May at 7.00 p.m. followed by Funeral Service on Friday
GAMESON Neville Passed away at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on 20th April 2007. Aged 76 years. Sadly missed by sons, family and friends. A cremation service will take place at 12.30 pm on 8th May 2007 at Worcester Crematorium with an interment at 12.00
NICHOLLS Ken Passed away peacefully on April 30th in Bromyard Hospital. Late of Croppings Green Belbroughton. Sadly missed. Cremation on May 9th at 11.20 am at Hereford followed by a service in Harpley Church at 1.00 pm. Published in paper 02/05/2007
SPARKS Kath Would like to say a big thanks to all family & friends for all the wonderful cards & gifts received for my 80th. Also Tony & staff from the WMC for all their hard work. God bless you all Published in paper 02/05/2007
WILLIAM HUGHES "Bill" Dot and the family would like to thank all those who have expressed sympathy and support during this sad time. Special thanks to Churchfields Surgery, Nursing Staff on Cottage Ward, Princess of Wales Commuity Hospital.
BEHAN James Jim Betty would like to thank family, friends & neighbours for the immense love and support given over this difficult time. Also thank you to all who sent floral tributes, sympathy & mass cards. God bless, with loveBetty Published
LINDON Gordon Charles Val and family sincerely thank relatives, friends and neighbours for their condolences and donations in memory of Joe. Special thanks to Dr Douglas, Kate Hall Macmillan Nurse, District Nurses, Cannon Salt and James Giles and Sons
GOODCHILD Colin The family would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their wonderful support, kind thoughts, cards and donations for St. Mary's Hospice. Very special thanks to the caring District Nurses and St. Mary's Hospice Teams
HATELY Congratulations Darren, Sarah, Kieran On the birth of your beautiful precious daughter/sister 29.4.07. Weight 7lb 4oz Love Mom, Dad, Nicola, Andrew, Kate, Stuart, Nikki, Jessica, Grace x x x x Published in paper 02/05/2007
PRICE Beccie Granddaughter 03.05.78 - 18.03.07 Birthday Memories Our hearts still ache with sadness Our tears for you still fall But living our lives without you. Is the hardest part of all. Love you always Nan & Grandad Published in paper 02/05/
UNWIN Tony & Tracey Would like to thank everyone for all the cards and gifts received on the birth of their daughter Madison Ellise Published in paper 02/05/2007
HARVEY Brian 4th May 2001 6 years today you passed away Loved and remembered every single day Your loving wife Caroline Daughter Julie, Keith & Caitlin x x x x Published in paper 02/05/2007
DONNELLY James 04/05/05 Time may pass But you'll always be remembered. Your loving wife Ada & family x x x x Published in paper 02/05/2007
LOVING MEMORIES OF Tim Wilson 1st May 2006 The world is not the same without you. Everyone misses you so very much. Christian has very special memories of Daddy. Ellie & Josie miss you deeply. Karen & Mary miss you every day. Karen wishes to publicly
TILT Kenneth 05.05.06 In loving memory A much missed, loved and remembered Dad From Wendy, Andy, Paul and families. Published in paper 02/05/2007
PERRINS Edna 5th May 2005 A wonderful mum. Very much missed Forever in our hearts. Love Elizabeth & Chris x x x x Published in paper 02/05/2007
TROTH Maureen Peggy 1st May 1998 In memory of a dear wife, mother and grandma. Cherished memories of one we love so much. Forever with us. Love always Barry, Gary, Judith, Adrian and Families Published in paper 02/05/2007
CLOSSICK Gerald Passed away peacefully at the Alexandra Hospital on 19th April 2007, following a sudden illness and will be sadly missed by family and friends.The funeral will take place on24th May 2007 at 12.30pm. at our Lady's Church, Rednal followed
PERKINS Albert Raymond Ray Former licencee of Crown Inn, Catshill, passed away peacefully at his home in Leominster on April 20th 2007 following a short illness. He will be sadly missed by his wife Audrey, daughter Suzanne, son-in-law Colin, granddaughters
GOBEY Hazel Joan Passed away peacefully on 30th April 2007, aged 73 years. Sadly missed by husband Ernie, son Paul, grandson Ryan, daughter-in-law Diane and brothers Paddy and Jack. Immediate family flowers only. Donations for We Are Macmillan Cancer
MORGAN John Raymond Late of "Halfpenny's" greengrocers, Worcester Road, passed away peacefully on 29th April 2007 Aged 95 years. Sadly missed by loving daughter Janet, nieces Margaret and Linda and all family and friends. Funeral service will
CAHALANE Ruth Evelyn Passed away peacefully on 28th April 2007, aged 78 years. Dearly loved and greatly missed by daughters Kris and Julie, sons Paul and Jon, grandchildren Josh, Amy and Louis also Allie, Lucy George and Amanda. Ruth will also be sadly
COURT Arthur Gordon Passed away 6th May 2004. Aged 76. We all miss you so much but something somewhere picked us up to pull us through. It wasn't someone here on earth. I wonder was it you. Lots of love from your wife Joyce and all the family. Published
BROMSGROVE Festival shakes off its stuffy image when two of the country's up and coming classical musicians perform jazz and blues this Saturday (May 5). Leading pianist Wayne Marshall joins forces with violinist Matthew Trussler from the classical music
MOD revivalists will be out in force when a popular tribute band play a gig in aid of the Primrose Hospice. The Jam DRC, a Midlands-based tribute to 70s modfathers The Jam, will be appearing at the Spadesbourne Suite in Bromsgrove on Friday, May 18.
HAPPY Bromsgrove folk are needed to establish themselves as the most cheerful people in the Midlands. Caribbean pattie company, Cleone Foods, has launched a search to find the sunniest people in the region. To vote fill in the online form at www.island-delight.co.uk
STUDENTS will be taking to the stage in Bromsgrove focusing on stories revealing how adults with learning disabilities see themselves and their health. Theatre and the community foundation degree students from NEW College, alongside several other performers
A TOP summer ball, with a charity dinner and dance, is being held in Bromsgrove. Members of the rotaract clubs of Halesowen and Edgbaston are organising The Blaze of Glory event at The Hilton Hotel, Bromsgrove, on Saturday, June 23, from 7.30pm. Charities
TALENTED Bromsgrove youngsters can audition for a summer school. The auditions will be held on Sunday, May 20, at Alice Ottley School, Worcester, from 9.30am until 12.30pm for youngsters aged 11 to 18. The school is a two-week course, from July 30 to
The Worcestershire group of the National Council for the Protection of Plants and Gardens will be holding its annual plant fair next Monday in the grounds of Pershore College. There will be a wide range of specialist nurseries and a NCCPG stand selling
MARK Fiddian and Kate Hughes both won their three singles matches as Droitwich Spa Hawks beat rivals Droitwich Tigers 8-2 in Division One of the Bromsgrove, Redditch and District Table Tennis League. The pair then teamed up to win their doubles match
BROMSGROVE and Redditch Athletic Club (B&R) recorded its best time in six years at the National 12 stage road relay in Sutton Park. The club came up against some of the country's leading teams such as Birchfield Harriers and Tipton and did not look out
BROMSGROVE Swimming Club had to settle for third place despite a string of victories in the first round of the Nuneaton and District Junior Swimming League. Thomas was victorious in the under-nine breaststroke and butterfly at the meeting in Wolverhampton
DROITWICH Spa Ladies had a perfect dress rehearsal for tomorrow's league cup final with a 10-0 demolition of Leominster Town. Tiffany O'Brien gave Spa a dream start hitting a hat-trick inside the first 10 minutes, before Melissa Haynes made it 4-0 on
BRT Redditch & South Warwickshire Combination Sunday Football League. Worcester Infirmary Minor Cup final: Redditch RBL 3 (Freeman, Manders, Adams) Morton Town 2 (aet). Worcester Infirmary Junior Cup semi-final: Webheath 3 Upton Snodbury 0. Hunt
BLACKWELL rider Alec Wright continued his rapid progress in the Superbikes GP 125 Championship when he finished ninth place at Silverstone on Sunday. The 17-year-old followed up his 11th place at Thruxton two weeks ago by collecting another seven points
FAIRFIELD Villa continued their impressive run by climbing to third place in the Midland Combination Premier Division with a 4-2 win over Ettington. Liam Binner bagged two goals to take his tally to six in four games since joining Villa from Bromsgrove
BARNT Green Spartak manager GJ Singh felt his side were unlucky after their six-match unbeaten run ended with a 1-0 defeat at home to Pilkington. Spartak were on a high after a 6-0 victory over Alveston in midweek, but a goal three-minutes from time
HOT-SHOT Nathan Lamey and player-coach John Snape were the big winners at Bromsgrove Rovers' annual end of season awards night. Lamey, who has bagged 31 goals this season, took home the players' player of the season, the Bromsgrove Advertiser player
Avoncroft 254-7, Colwall 154 all out. Avoncroft win by 100 runs. OPENER Spencer Cox helped get Avoncroft's season off to a flying start against Colwall - despite finishing on an agonizing 99 not out. Cox carried his bat after holding out through the
Barnt Green 328 for 3, Newport 222 for 7. Barnt Green won by 106 runs. BARNT Green head into Saturday's Birmingham and District Premier Division curtain raiser with their batsmen in sparkling form after a comprehensive win over Newport. The Newport
Cheltenham 259 all out, Bromsgrove 221-9. Cheltenham won by 38 runs. BROMSGROVE advanced to the second round of the ECB Cockspur Cup despite a defeat to Cheltenham. Cheltenham had secured a comfortable win at St Godwalds on Saturday, but in a bizarre
DROITWICH'S incredible season ended in defeat on Saturday when they were beaten by Aston Old Edwardians in the North Midlands Shield semi-final. The home side went into Saturday's game without five first team regulars, including captain Dean Goddard.
TEENAGE middleweight star Charles Delve showed no signs of inexperience when he powered his way to a unanimous victory over Corby's Simon Barclay. Despite conceding weight, age and experience to his opponent, the 17-year-old from Droitwich Amateur Boxing
GARY Hay returned to the Victoria Ground to fire Bromsgrove Rovers into the play-off final. Hay, who left to join Kidderminster Harriers in February, was back in green and white to sink Evesham United with a dramatic 87th minute winner and set up a
A THIEF used a curtain as a screen to creep onto the back of a stage just inches from where a choir was performing to steal purses containing cash and credit cards belonging to the singers. The incident happened on Saturday night when the choir was performing
FORMER South Bromsgrove High School beauty Rio Scott could realise her dream of being crowned Miss Great Britain after making it through to the final of the prestigious competition. Rio, who now lives in Shrewsbury, qualified for next month's final in
FIREFIGHTERS from Bromsgrove were called to New Road, Sidemoor, last Saturday afternoon where a fire had broken out in the loft of a house. Part of the roof timbers in the house had to be cut away to enable the fire, which it is believed was caused by
AN afternoon of singing will take place in Sanders Park this summer. Churches Together in Bromsgrove will stage its Songs Of Praise in Sanders Park event on Sunday, June 10. The event begins at 2.30pm.
INSPECTIONS have been carried out to ensure that all Bromsgrove district polling stations are user-friendly. All the 52 stations, which will be set up on election day, tomorrow (Thursday), have been checked to ensure that they are as accessible as possible
FIREFIGHTERS were called to rescue two heifers who had slipped and fallen into the canal at Alvechurch Marina. A crew from Redditch attended the incident on Monday at 9.20am.When they arrived one had already got itself out and the other was still in the
A JUDGE has told a heroin addict that he would have no second thoughts about sending her to prison if she failed to comply with her sentence. Deputy District Judge Lawrence, sitting at Worcester magistrates court, warned Eliza Pullen, of Hastings Road
A PACKED and varied programme of entertainment will be held in Bromsgrove's Sanders Park this summer. Fun and frolics for all the family will be the order of the day for anyone gathering around the Jubilee Bandstand starting next month and running until
A MAN suffered serious head injuries after being struck by a car in Bromsgrove. The 19-year-old was in collision with a green Rover 216 coupe, driven by an 18-year-old Bromsgrove man, as he walked across the Windsor Street car park at around 10pm on
TOP environmentalist Professor David Bellamy was in a Bromsgrove shop on Saturday to unveil fundraising fish sculptures. The cold-cast bronze limited edition pieces, depicting two trout fry, were unveiled at the Clothes Rail, in Worcester Road. The event
A PLEA has been issued by police for Bromsgrove residents to make better use of a confidential telephone line to help stop crime. Police in north Worcestershire say that while Crimestoppers receives many calls from the Wyre Forest and Redditch districts
A RUBERY man was killed when his car was involved in a road accident in Rednal on Saturday evening. Stephen Wassall, aged 52, from Charnwood Close, was the driver of a Mercedes, and died at the scene. The white Mercedes car, which was being driven towards
