A MOTHER and her married daughter, living in the same house in School Lane, Upton Warren, had given birth to daughters within five days of each other. The mum, now a grandmother, was Mrs Myatt, aged 43, whose husband was a farm worker. Their daughter, Elizabeth Stanland, 23, was the wife of a soldier. Both aunt and niece were doing fine and by coincidence had both weighed 6lb 7oz. The midwife looking after both new mums was Mrs Powell, from Stoke Works.

BROMSGROVE Rover's third season in the Birmingham League had been indifferent. The team finished the season tenth out of 20 clubs. The Messenger said the gates had been poor as had performances and a fundraising 'pool' was keeping the club afloat. The one bright spot had been the signing of Dennis Humphries, from Highley. He had scored 22 goals in 26 games for the Greens.

DR Andrew Shepherd, the medical superintendent at Barnsley Hall Hospital in Bromsgrove, had been given the Freedom of the City of London. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries.

A FORMER Bromsgrove School pupil, who had been told by a master that his absorption with drama would be his ruin, was having the last laugh. Dicky Leeman, the well-known radio producer now with the new ITV network, was the producer of scores of films and had made 60 programmes for the new TV network. He had also had a part in the popular film Goodbye Mr Chips.