The birth to Mr E. C. Rudge, of Abbey Manor, Evesham, of a son and heir, which happy event happened on Sunday morning last, has been hailed with great satisfaction by the inhabitants of Evesham, and the neighbourhood generally. The devolution of an estate like that of Abbey Manor, which has for generations been the nucleus and centre of the great market garden industry of the town and district, is a matter of no small concern to this locality, and it has long been known that the estate has been settled in the male line of the Rudge family.

75 Years Ago

June 9 1928

A resident on Greenhill, Evesham, had an unpleasant experience last Thursday week as he was shutting up his poultry for the night. He was attacked by a brown owl, which pecked and clawed his head, fetching the blood in several places. He has since shot the owl. It cannot be too well known that the English brown or tawny owl is frequently very fierce at this time of the year, when it has young ones.

50 Years Ago

June 6 1953

Coronation Day at Evesham was very much an in-door occasion. During the seven-and-a-half hours of television from London, there were few to be seen in the streets and traffic was negligible; one train came in and went out with nobody on it. The town had never been decorated more gaily, nor had such complete plans for its festivities. Everything indeed went according to plan, except the weather, which could hardly have been worse had it snowed. Yet, somehow, the afternoon's parties carried on despite the rain, cold and wind; proud English spirits, exalted by the event of the century, would not be dampened by mere English weather.

25 Years Ago

June 8 1978

Building work on the new £1,750,000 Richmond Sausage factory at the Four Pools Industrial estate will be completed within the month. The project, which has been completed in only 60 weeks by the Evesham builders, W. A. Cox Ltd., is the largest single factory unit ever built in Evesham and is also the contractor's largest undertaking. It was in December 1976 with the future of Richmond employees still hanging in the balance after a number of crisis meetings, that Cox's submitted design and building plans.