The town was in holiday mood and Bromsgrove Cycle Sports was to be the premier vacation fixture in the district. A programme had been arranged which would be hard to beat for variety and fun, according to the Messenger. Three challenge cups were to be competed for, and the prizes together amounted to £200.

The Birmingham bank clerks' walking race to Bromsgrove took place starting at Five Ways, going via Harbourne, Northfield and Rubery. The race was 13 miles long. Two clerks, Mr Marston and Mr Green, took up the lead but it was not until the competitors were nearing the Forest Hotel, at Lickey End that Mr Green steamed ahead. He walked the distance in two hours 10 minutes and 38 seconds.

A Minorca hen, belonging to Mr Corbett, of Sagebury Terrace, laid an extraordinary egg. It weighed seven ounces and measured 9 inches by 7 inches. The hen who had laid the egg was in some discomfort prior to the laying but, afterwards, it went round as if nothing had happened.

At about 9am on Saturday July 26, Mrs Cashmore, of Dodford, discovered the thatched roof of an outhouse adjoining her husband's house was on fire. A messenger was sent to Bromsgrove and the fire bell was rung at 9.48am. The brigade turned out smartly but a great deal of time was lost in obtaining horses. Mr Philips of the Coach and Horses Hotel yard eventually supplied a pair and a start was made at 10.08am. After making a rapid journey the brigade arrived only to find that the fire had been put out by the energetic efforts of four or five men, using water from a pump and some nearby water butts.