RESIDENTS in the north of Bromsgrove were to meet next week at Lickey End Board School to decided on what form the celebrations to mark King Edward VII's coronation in June would take. One of the chief considerations would be money, as the urban district council was unlikely to chip in.

POLICE were investigating a burglary at All Saint's Church off Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, an area the Messenger described as "isolated." The raiders got in through the south door but left empty handed. It was thought their target was the safe in the vestry.

JOHN Tew Barrows, a former master at Bromsgrove workhouse, was given six months' imprisonment by Warwick magistrates after admitting embezzling the institution there out of a little over £35.

HAVING to lug fresh water from fast drying up wells and pumps would soon be a thing of the past for residents in Bournheath, near Bromsgrove the Messenger was able to report in a stop press story. A House of Commons committee ordered that the village must be connected to mains supplies as part of a East Worcestershire Bill.