THIS WEEK IN 1988:

NINE years old Antony Eden from Abberley, near Worcester, has just landed the part of the new Milkybar Kid, beating 2,500 other young hopefuls who auditioned during Nestles UK search.

As the Milkybar Kid, Antony will star in the TV commercials for the famous white chocolate and will undertake personal appearances at shows, children’s events and store openings around the country.

Antony becomes the seventh Milkybar Kid to utter the famous catch phrase: “The Milkybars are on me.”

THIS WEEK IN 1978:

COUNTY refuse disposal experts are investigating the possibility of widening the use of the Hanley Swan incinerator plant near Malvern to handle waste from Worcester’s Westside and the Martley rural area. This would be at the end of the life of Worcester’s Hallow Road refuse tip in four years’ time.

● If more social events and functions are to be attracted to the riverside facilities inside the Grandstand on Pitchcroft, at least £5,000 will have to be spent improving the heating in the building.

Councillor Cyril Eden told the city racing committee that he had received numerous complaints about how cold it was in the Grandstand from people who had warned that they would “never come back again”. The racing committee is to recommend the city council to spend the necessary £5,000 on better heating.

THIS WEEK IN 1968:

WORK on repairing the roof of Worcester Shirehall, which is affected by dry rot, is likely to take until the end of 1969 and will cost many thousands of pounds. A new report by experts warns the county council that the dry rot growth has extended far into the plaster and brickwork of the main hall and may have reached still further afield.

The affected areas are being stripped of plaster and drilled for treatment. At the county council meeting on Monday, Councillor Mrs MB Slade of Malvern said that instead of wasting public money on the repair of the Shirehall, the authority should consider building a new headquarters outside the city. She suggested it be sited on land which the county council owned at Hindlip.

● Worcester Citizens’ Swimming Bath Association will have to wait to learn whether or not it can construct a swimming pool in Henwick Road. The association has asked the city council to sanction a pool on a piece of land near the site scheduled for two voluntary schools for St Clement’s.

THIS WEEK IN 1958:

ROBERT Gray, aged 14, of 112 Henwick Road, Worcester has been awarded a free ticket to the Sansome Walks Baths for the whole of next season in recognition of saving another boy from drowning in the baths in August.

● JB Whalley, general secretary of the National Federation of Meat Traders, said in Droitwich this week that the “ordinary butcher”

had absolutely nothing to fear from the competition of prepacked meat sold in numerous multiple stores today. He said the “oldfashioned butcher” who provided a service with the personal touch which housewives desired, would always win against large combines.

● Six new schools have opened this term in Worcestershire including the Malvern Dyson Perrins CE Secondary School and the Upton-upon-Severn Secondary School. The county education committee has also approved the building of a primary school in Pickersleigh Road, Malvern.