100 years ago

Mr Alfred Baldwin, MP, was the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Newtown Quoit Club last night held at the Prince of Wales. In proposing the toast of the evening, "Success to the Club", Mr Baldwin said that Dr Dixey had told him that he had taken the chair several times at these dinners. Malvern Gazette, October 28, 1904.

The adjourned case of John Davies v Jane Dance, both of New Town, Ledbury, in which defendant was charged with stealing half a peck of apples, valued at 1s. The defendant, who is very deaf, told the bench that the apples hung over her garden, and she thought she had a right to them. As she promised to take no more, she was ordered to pay 6s 6d cash, and was allowed a fortnight to pay. Ledbury Free Press, November 1, 1904.

50 years ago

A major feat of engineering, the renewing of the superstructure of the railway bridge which spans the River Teme at Bransford, was shown to have been successfully completed when the first Ledbury-bound train passed over it at 5.50am on Monday. All rail traffic between Worcester and Malvern had to be halted during the operation and alternative forms of transport found. The operation began at midnight on Saturday in torrential rain which continued throughout the night and gave way to a bitterly cold wind on Monday morning. Malvern Gazette, October 29, 1954.

By the death on Tuesday, in his 87th year, of Mr Charles Barnes, of 98, Bridge Street, the town has lost one of its oldest residents. Mr Barnes was born on June 4, 1868, in Mabels' Furlong, at a time when there were only two cottages in that part of town. Ledbury Reporter, October 29, 1954.

25 years ago

Malvern householders living along Back Lane, the narrow private road between Edith Walk and Hill View Walk, cannot expect help in improving its road surface, says Malvern Hills District Council's public health committee. The land on which the road is built is vested with Malvern Hills Conservators. Residents of houses have been fighting a protracted battle against potholes and mud, and earlier this year gained rate reductions because of the lane's condition. Malvern Gazette, November 1, 1979.

A nine-year-old Jack Russell terrier showed no respect for the law. As PC Buck and PS Cliff Walker walked past the caravan of the Bucklands, a travelling family in the Ledbury area, the little terrier, tied up behind a hedge, leapt out and bit the Sergeant on the buttocks. It ripped his trousers and made four puncture marks and a wheal. Ledbury Reporter, November 1, 1979.