AROUND 40 people living on Beacon Hill, Rubery, staged a New Year's day protest to complain about the smell from Halal Meat Company's slaughterhouse. A spokesman for the firm said steps would be taken to solve the problem.
JACK Gilder, now from Berkshire, lost track of his relatives 50 years ago when he had lied about his age to join the army at the age of 14. But thanks to the Salvation Army he had made contact again and had just spent Christmas with his cousin Vi at her home in Lyttleton Avenue, Charford.
A FORMER submariner, father-of-three, 39-year-old Alan Roberts, was to be the new curate at St John's Parish Church in Bromsgrove. He was to be ordained in July.
THE icy weather failed to deter the die-hards who turned out on Boxing Day to take part in the annual Belbroughton pram race. Fourteen teams took part in the event which started and ended at the Workmens' Club, and which also took in several pubs en route.
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