A FOUNDER member of the national WI organisation in 1917, Edith Wilson, from Banks Green Cottage, Bentley, died in Bromsgrove Cottage Hospital aged 98. The Countess of Plymouth, from Hewell Grange, was its chairman for some years.

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PRINCE Charles paid a visit to the new Metro line at Longbridge where he was cheered by some of the staff. The car was seen by BL boss Michael Edwardes as the firm's saviour.

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A MARATHON 48-hour non-stop 500-mile bike ride by members of Bromsgrove Round Table resulted in £1,000 being raised for pupils at Lickey Grange Blind School.

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BROMSGROVE was facing a homes crisis unless urgent changes were made to the district council's points allocation system which, it was claimed, was breaking down. Presently there were 1,630 people waiting for a council house.