THE recent floods in Green Lane, Catshill, were blamed on poor drainage and debris clogging the brook. In a bid to prevent it occurring again Mr Raybould, who lived in the lane, was to be paid 35/- (£1.75) a week by Bromsgrove Rural District Council to 'keep an eye' on the situation in wet weather.

BROMSGROVE'S traffic problems were highlighted over the Easter holidays when vehicles were reduced to a slow bumper-to-bumper crawl through the town from Townsend Mill to Hill Top. On Easter Monday, when 3,600 fans flocked to the Victoria Ground to see Rovers play old rivals Redditch, it took motorists 15 minutes to travel the short distance from the mill pool to the ground.

A RECORD 200 communicants attended the early Easter Sunday service at St John's church, in Bromsgrove. A total of 391 took communion at the five Easter services there.

A PROPOSAL to set up vehicle testing stations throughout Britain had not found favour with Bromsgrove's MP Michael Higgs, who voiced his criticisms in the Commons. The plan was that a vehicle had to pass a mechanical test in order that it could be licensed. Mr Higgs said he preferred to see random spot checks carried out.

MONEY, in the form of pay settlements, occupied the minds of members of Bromsgrove Rural District Council at a meeting this week. They agreed increases ranging from £75 to £20 a year for senior staff and secretaries but jibbed at a 3d (1p) an hour rise for blue collar workers.