A NUMBER of silver birch trees and Queen Elizabeth roses were to be planted in Sanders Park. They had been given to Bromsgrove District Council by Roseacre Nursery at Hagley to mark the Queen's forthcoming Silver Jubilee.

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BOMB disposal experts were called when excavations for Bromsgrove Police Station's extension unearthed three German incendiaries, a British mortar, an 18-pound unfused shell and a four-inch mortar.

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SPORTS clubs in Bromsgrove were accused of apathy by not wanting to take part in the district council's fifth Sport for All Day in Sanders Park in July. With just five weeks to go only 14 clubs out of the 50 or so contacted had said they would participate.

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MEMBERS of the Bromsgrove District Council's planning committee were to undertake a fact finding visit to an industrial estate in Gravelley Hill before deciding whether to grant Bryant Properties permission to develop the former Wagon Works site at Aston Fields. Presently one of the main problems was the weak road bridge on the approach to the Bromsgrove site.

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MORE than 150 delegates from some of the most advanced nations in the world were in Bromsgrove to study the East Worcestershire Waterworks' pumping station at Sugarbrook.