ALL eyes would be on Bromsgrove and Redditch constituency, the largest in Britain, in the forthcoming General Election next month. The shifting population of the two towns make forecasting the result difficult.
A Tory stronghold until 1971, Terry Davis had taken the seat for Labour for the first time in a by-election when James Dance died.
Labour lost the next General Election in February 1974 when the present MP Hal Miller was the victor.
BRIGHT Eyes by Art Garfunkel was the surprise in-from-nowhere number one in the Bromsgrove pop singles chart. Elvis Costello's Oliver's Army was at the top of the albums list.
A LIFETIME of service with Harries Whitfield the Aston Fields clothing firm ended when the general manager, Horace Kimberley, retired. He began his career with the Carlyle Road firm as a cutter.
BROMSGROVE Music Festival was back after a year's absence due to a lack of cash. A first rate programme of nine musical events and seven others was planned including visits from Richard Pasco, Jake Thackray and Julian Lloyd Webber.
BROMSGROVE'S new 19th century Counting House began a new life this week as the ticket office at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings at Stoke Heath.
The octagonal building had been removed in one piece from the town's cattle market to make way for Fine Fare supermarket.
The opening ceremony at the Stoke Heath museum was marred by a blizzard.
