IN Bromsgrove and the surrounding district, in spite of heavy rain which fell much of the day, Remembrance Day services were well attended. In Catshill the service was held in Christ Church. It had been intended that the congregation should proceed to the war memorial at Meadow Road corner for the ceremony of laying of wreaths and reading of the names of the fallen from the Book of Remembrance. But it was pouring with rain so hard that the reading of the names, Last Post and Reveille were carried out in the church. The service concluded with the National Anthem. Representatives, including the Royal British Legion, then walked with the vicar to the war memorial and placed the wreaths.

ONE of the largest congregations known gathered at Rubery Congregational Church to take part in its Remembrance Service. Wreaths were laid by the Royal British Legion and scouts in remembrance of those who had died and also the local territorials who had lost their lives in the recent tank disaster.

BROMSGROVE Trades Council registered its disgust at the autumn budget, which it described as anti-working class and "a typical piece of Tory legislation". The executive of the council had drafted a resolution of protest and this was unanimously adopted. The council decided to forward its expression to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

AT Bromsgrove Urban District Council a scheme was discussed to install sodium lighting between the Crabmill and the Forest. This had been submitted to the Ministry of Transport. The group also looked at where lamps could be put in Stourbridge Road. Seven lamps would be placed between All Saints' Road and Bewell Head bringing lighting up to a proper standard.