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Occasionally, we
print details of the Alcester and District Local History Society officers. Now, with a new
year well under way and subscriptions from some not yet renewed, we thought it was time to
give up-to-date details
A former
Treasurer and long-standing Committee member in the early days of the Society, Mrs.
Wilcox, died recently. We offer our condolences to her relations and friends.
If the organisers
of the National Lottery had not heard before of Alcester, they will now! The Arrowvale
(Youth) Brass Band has applied for help: the Alcester Victoria Silver Band is following
suit: the working party meeting to forward a museum for the area is said to be considering
applying for a grant.
The Society has
produced a cassette explaining the history of Oversley Green in particular and Oversley
parish in general: this is intended for the Oversley Green residents' group, with the
intention of individual members listening to it in the privacy of their own homes.
With the decease
of the Alcester Town (Association) Football Club we have been pleased to receive their
minute books and papers. When we have made a resume of their contents for our own Society
files, the originals will be sent to the Warwickshire Record office for safe keeping on
long-term loan. We are building up quite a large archive for Alcester and district at the
Record Office which will always be there if and when we ever need it.
At the end of
1996 the Alcester Silver Band will have existed for 100 years. 1997 will be a year of
celebration and rejoicing, culminating in the special Proms concerts for which the band
has become very well known. In the meantime, a commemorative book will appear: readers
with old photographs, programmes, press cuttings, etc. are invited to lend them for
scrutiny; please let the editor know.