THIS WEEK IN 1957: STRONG feeling has been aroused by the proposal that, under the future organisation of the Army, all regiments in a brigade shall wear the same cap badge. It will mean that the Worcestershire Regiment will lose its distinctive badge - the outward sign of a regiment's history and tradition. All the regiments in the brigade, of which the Worcestershire Regiment will be one, will wear a newly-designed cap badge. Alderman R.R. Adam, Chairman of Worcestershire County Council, has written to the Rt. Hon J.H.M. Hare, the Secretary of State for War, asking the Minister if he would be prepared to advise the Government to stay its hand until it learns the full extent of public feeling on the issue.

* The Agriculture Wages Board has decided to raise the minimum weekly wage of farm workers of 20 and over by nine shillings from October 28. This is for the present 47-hour week and will affect 600,000 farm workers in England and Wales whose present minimum wage is £7. 1s. a week.

THIS WEEK IN 1967: THIS plan to drive a by-pass from Pershore Bridge, across the river meadow and through a wood, to meet up with the Worcester road, has been described as "a typical planners' dream" and a monstrosity. The description came from Mr John Bomford of Allesborough Farm, Pershore, whose farm of 430 acres would be cut in two by the by-pass road. He was one of the objectors to the Pershore local plan when the Chairman of Worcestershire County Council, Alderman Michael Higgs held a public meeting in the town to discuss the proposals in the plan. County Councillor Malcolm Meikle, who represents the area at Shirehall, claimed the county highways committee had failed the gauge the scale of local opposition to the by-pass proposal.

THIS WEEK IN 1977: A WORCESTER surgeon miraculously escaped injury in a freak non-stop double accident at Great Witley. Mr Colin Windsor was driving his Mini towards Worcester when he was hit by an overtaking Jaguar car. Seconds later his vehicle was struck again by a second Jaguar! Both cars had been stolen from the Elms Hotel at Abberley. One of them was later found abandoned but the other has yet to be traced. The incident happened on the main road between Worcester to Tenbury Wells. Mr Windsor has his home at Lower Broadheath.

* Worcester Crown Court has heard how young people ate a cannabis cake at a cottage near Martley. Judge John Lee said he had never heard of the drug being taken in this way before. The woman who "laced" the sponge cake was given a conditional discharge for 12 months.

THIS WEEK IN 1987: WORCESTER Arts Workshop will be putting on the Ritz next month when a regular Tuesday tea dance is introduced. A social occasion rather than a dancing class, the organisers hope the event will attract older people who prefer ballroom and sequence dancing to the more energetic contemporary or creative dance classes. "We hope to create the right atmosphere by setting out tables and chairs and serving tea and sandwiches," said an Arts Workshop spokesperson.

THIS WEEK IN 1992: THIS week in 1992: In an outspoken address in the Diocesan News, the Bishop of Worcester, the Rt. Rev Philip Goodrich says the time has come for the ordination of women. He urges the Church of England to give women priests a resounding "Aye" at the November Synod and bring an end to internal wrangling. Attention should be focused instead on the spiritual needs of the nation and the world, urges the Bishop. "The work of a priest within the Church is not, nor should be a matter of gender. Men and women should be called to the great benefit and revitalising of the Church."