1803: This morning at 3 o'clock, a person coming with a team of horses from Malvern to this City was stopped on the road by a single footpad who demanded his money, but meeting with a stout resistance, the fellow ran off without effecting his purpose. Several circumstances of a similar nature have, alas, happened lately in different parts of this area to public alarm.

The Deaf Restored - The celebrated Dr Taylor's Medicine seldom or never fails to cure deafness whether it proceeds from violent colds in the head, excessive noise, hard wax, or from most other causes. One bottle will assuredly cure the most obstinate deafness and is composed of ingredients so perfectly innocent that there is no possibility of its doing the least injury to the ear. Sold at 8s.6d a bottle and available from J. Tymbs, Printer of this Paper, at 53 High Street, Worcester.

1903: Two prostitutes of Dolday were each sentenced to 14 days hard labour for stealing wallets from their clients. John Bailey (48), a baker of Worcester, was jailed for a year for stealing from the alms box for the poor in St Helen's Church.

Get Your Conveyances from T. Watts and Sons, carriage and cart builders of Lowesmoor, Worcester, and Pershore.

The Royal Albert Orphan Asylum in Henwick Road seeks persons or firms willing to supply the Institution with one or more of the following articles: Butchers meat viz. Legs of mutton, beef, hind lifts without any shank bones; Good bread made from the best Seconds Flour; Best salt butter; Black tea; Sugar, soap, coffee, and Boots and shoes to measure.

1953: The legendary lawyer Erskine Simes KC presided as guest of honour at the annual dinner of the London branch of the Worcester Old Elizabethans Association (Past pupils of the Royal Grammar School).

Worcester now has 800 poultry keepers, according to the city branch of the Domestic Poultry Keepers Club.

A grand total of 278 years loyal service to Messrs W. H. Aston Ltd., the Worcester firm of timber merchants, was recognised by a presentation of cheques to six employees at the annual dinner at the Oddfellows Hall, Worcester. The recipients were Harry Beck (56 years), C.T Gardener (44), B. Jenkins (43), A.H Michel (38), F. Wigley (32) and E.J. Aston (31).