100 years ago

William Brooks, dealer, Newtown, was summoned by PC Farman for allowing two donkeys to stray on the 12th inst. When asked whether he was guilty or not, the defendant replied that he "did not allow them, they got out" (Laughter, in which magistrates joined). Fined 6d for each animal and 5s costs.

Malvern Gazette, November 22, 1901.

On Tuesday last, Mr T Llanwarne held an inquest at Ledbury Cottage Hospital on the body of William Morgan, aged 71, a farm labourer of Ryton, who died on Wednesday from the effects of an accident. He was suffering from six broken ribs, his collarbone was broken and his lung was perforated. He told witness he fell off a cart. Deceased was a steady man and quite sober at the time.

Ledbury Free Press, November 26, 1901.

50 years ago

Malvern has this week been humming the tuneful melodies from No, No, Nanette, the musical comedy which has been so successfully revived by the TRE Theatrical Society and Piers Plowman Players, with the Piers Plowman Orchestra.

Malvern Gazette, November 23, 1951.

At a committee meeting of Ledbury Chamber of Commerce on Monday, it was decided that the plebiscite to be held among traders on the question of altering the early closing day to Wednesday instead of Thursday should be held in February. The Chamber is arranging for the annual dance to be held in January and the traders' annual dinner in March.

Ledbury Reporter, November 23, 1951.

25 years ago

THE magnetism of the famous flower arranger George Smith, from Yorkshire, once again filled Malvern Festival Theatre with eager devotees. With the clever lighting and black backdrops, the total effect was striking as he brought the spirit of Christmas right into the theatre.

Malvern Gazette, November 25, 1976.

A small, half-timbered cottage which stood in the middle of High Street, Ledbury, in the 17th Century has been given to the town and money is to be raised to move it to a prominent site in the town centre and use it as a museum. One of the neat little properties in Butchers Row, which was demolished in the 1800s, the cottage was bought by a shopkeeper who reassembled it behind his premises in the High Street. There it has remained ever since.

Ledbury Reporter, November 26, 1976.