1803: It cannot but be highly gratifying to the mind of every lover of decency and religion to observe the rapid increase and very orderly behaviour of the children in the general Sunday School in this city, belonging to the established Church. To promote this good and pious institution, the Rev. I.W Harrison will, on Sunday next, preach a sermon in the parish church of St Clement's.

W. Bosley, at his ornamental hair warehouse and manufactory, No. 98 High Street, Worcester, returns his sincere thanks to the nobility and gentry of Worcester and its vicinity who have honoured him with their commands. He has for inspection a choice and elegant assortment of Imperial head-dresses and decorative hair-caps which for fashion, durability, convenience and similitude to nature he is determined shall not be surpassed out of London.

On Thursday last, Mr Alderman Hughes, Mr Thomas Allies and Mr John Hill were elected Directors of the House for Industry for this City of Worcester.

1903: At the Worcester County Petty Sessions, William Fletcher, labourer of Worcester, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Holt and with bathing without proper dress. Witnesses said he was drunk when he got off the steamer Perseverance at Holt, and he bathed close to the steamer landing point without costume of any kind. There were several people nearby including women. Defendant attributed his condition to home-made wine. He was fined £1 with 13s. costs.

"Worcesters for Ireland" - On Tuesday afternoon, a batch of 59 recruits of the Worcestershire Regiment marched from Norton Barracks to Foregate Street station where they entrained for Tipperary, Ireland. The company was under the command of Lieutenant Pearce.

1953: The 7th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment (TA) has arrived at its annual camp near Leyburn in Yorkshire after a nine-hour train journey from Worcester on Sunday. The battalion, which numbers about 700 officers and men, is drawn from all over the county, the TA centres being at Worcester, Malvern, Evesham, Pershore, Kidderminster, Stourport and Dudley.

The National Union of Agricultural Workers is seeking a seven shillings a week rise for its members, giving them a minimum £6 wage for a 47-hour week.

Two Hallow sand and gravel works - those of the Ball Mill Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd., and the Grimley Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. - have been acquired by Messrs. T. Vale and Sons Ltd. of Stourport-on-Severn.