THE motor car was here to stay, The Messenger prophesied in an editorial touching on the problems associated with the new form of travel. The paper said it was the rules which wanted tightening and drivers should shoulder some of the costs of maintaining roads, especially to combat the dust problem to residents. Claiming the present 20mph limit was adequate, the paper went on to say there had been those people a generation before who would have liked to see cycles banned from the roads.

A BROMSGROVE Rovers fan had come up with an idea that the club put up the half time scores from first and second division matches around the ground during the interval. He said the 18d (7.5p) cost the club would have to pay the Football League could easily be met from the entrance fees paid by the hundreds who usually attended home matches or by the hat being passed round. The full time results could be posted by the club house therefore giving fans the scores well ahead of the Sunday papers.