100 years ago

Both political parties in West Worcestershire have donned their armour and are ready for the coming fight. It will be the first that has taken place in the constituency since 1885, when the late Sir Edmund Lechmere was returned by a large majority over his Liberal opponent, Mr F Fell. Since then many changes have taken place in the Division, and the next appeal will practically be to a new electorate. Malvern Gazette, June 3, 1904.

The Walwyn Arms, this old established hostelry, has been taken by Will Haynes, who was for six years huntsman to the Ledbury Hounds. There is good stabling and the butchers' business connected with the premises will be continued. Only English meat will be served, at the lowest prices. Ledbury Free Press, June 7, 1904.

50 years ago

That a house in Colwall - Perrycroft - was an important contribution to the growth of the modern style of architecture was the surprising revelation of Prof Nikolaus Pevsner at a lecture held at Malvern Library last Friday. The descendants of Perrycroft with its angular cubist gables and horizontal lines of fenestration, were traced through Chicago, Vienna, Berlin and in many other buildings by architects as famous as Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius. Malvern Gazette, June 4, 1954.

An unemployed labourer who said that he threw a stone through a Ledbury shop window to get "a doss for the night" was fined £2 at Ledbury Magistrates' Court and ordered to pay £3 towards the damage. The man, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to committing malicious damage to the shop window of Briggs and Co. Ledbury Reporter, June 4, 1954.

25 years ago

The worst weather in the 22-year history of the Milk Race greeted riders as they entered Great Malvern last Wednesday at the end of the third stage of the 1979 race. Only a few spectators braved the torrential rain to see the 66 competitors cross the finishing line in Grange Road, Malvern, to complete the 84.3-mile stage from Merthyr Tydfil. Malvern Gazette, May 24, 1979.

Remember the blackbird that nested in the Ledbury Preserves breakdown lorry a few weeks back? Well, she has successfully hatched out her five chicks and the latest report is that her brood has flown. Now Ledbury has another natty nester, this time a thrush, which has adopted a "holier than thou" attitude behind Christ's head on the crucifix, outside the Roman Catholic Church in New Street. Ledbury Reporter, June 7, 1979.