100 years ago

Early this week the storage at the Camp Reservoir exceeded 40 million gallons, so that we are not likely to make any extensive demands this year upon the resources - believed to be practically inexhaustible - now at the council's disposal at the Link boring station. The surveyor, however, is losing no time in connecting up the new supply. This week, over one hundred men have been engaged in laying the 6in main that will convey water from the boring station to the North Malvern reservoir. Malvern News, May 23, 1903.

50 years ago

On Saturday, June 13, members of the public will be welcomed at 2 Blackmore Camp, where they will be able to see men of the No. 9 Training Battalion, REME, at work and play. This will be the third "Open Day" to be held at this camp and features of the programme will be athletic sports and music from the Band of the Worcestershire Regiment. As in previous years, classrooms, living quarters and, indeed, every part of the camp will be open for inspection and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone to come and see for themselves this British Army unit at work and play. Malvern Gazette, May 15 1953.

Whitsuntide brought a sudden heatwave. In Ledbury on Monday, 88 degrees was registered at one place and for most of the day the sun shone brilliantly. Traffic through the town was heavy and, fortunately, without any reported accidents. The town missed the violent thunderstorms that occurred elsewhere in the country. Ledbury Reporter, May 29, 1953.

25 years ago

The Ministry of Defence has now confirmed that it has abandoned its controversial plan to build another 36 military married quarters at Wood Farm Camp, Malvern Wells. The scheme was bitterly opposed by residents in the Malvern Wells area, who protested that the proposed development would be a blot and an encroachment on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Malvern Gazette, May 26, 1978.

A centenary exhibition of the life and works of John Masefield opens tomorrow at the Barrett Browning Institute, Ledbury, which the poet himself opened as a library 40 years ago. It is the first of a series of events planned throughout the summer to commemorate the former Poet Laureate, one of Ledbury's most famous sons. Ledbury Reporter, May 25, 1978.