100 years ago

LAST week we recorded the death of Mr Joseph Allan Hathaway, at his residence, Aldwyn Tower, where he kept a boarding house for some years.

Previous to coming to Malvern, the deceased resided at Moreton-in-Marsh, where he was well-known and much respected.

Referring to his death, a leading London sporting journal says he frequently rode for the late Mr E Weever in hunters' races, but the Worcestershire mare, Dainty, bought him most into notice. On her he finished within half a length of Pathfinder for the Grand National in 1875, and but for the cane with which he rode breaking into splinters, the opinion of many is that she would have won. Malvern Gazette, August 17, 1900.

BOSBURY Horse Show and Races - The proverbial fine day again favoured the holding of this long-established event on Monday, the result being a very large influx of visitors from a radius of quite 20 miles. The meeting has now been established a quarter of a century and it is a remarkable coincidence that a wet day for the holding of the Bosbury meeting can hardly be remembered. Ledbury Free Press, August 21, 1900.

50 years ago

ON Monday, the ballroom was closed to the public for the relaying of the dance floor with Siamese Krabak.

The work is being carried out by Councillor Mr C. C. Lampitt, the Malvern builder. While it is in progress the Sunday evening concerts will be transferred to the Restaurant, and the orchestra will play on the Colonade for its usual daily sessions.

The new floor surface is a hardwood which it is hoped will prove as effective as the maple normally used but now in short supply, and to impart extra "liveliness" a layer of fibre board is being laid over the concrete foundations. Malvern Gazette, August 18, 1950.

I FEEL rather envious of Mr Albert Rose of The Homend, one of the most active members of the Ledbury Youth Club. He is a signalman at Ledbury Station, and having a taste for 'furrin parts' engendered by a visit last year to the Pyrenees, he has saved his pennies up in readiness for another trip, to Vadstena in central Sweden, to be the guest of the Senior Methodist Minister in Sweden. Ledbury Reporter, August 18, 1950.

25 years ago

THE sizzling summer has bought the great salt search to Worcestershire.

Scorching temperatures are sweating salt out of the sun-lovers, giving the county's chemists a red-hot trade in salt pills. Malvern Gazette, August 21, 1975.

THE management of Ledbury Community Hall, which has been at the centre of controversy over the issue of a music and dancing licence, was granted permission by Ledbury Magistrates last week, to carry on for a further six months. The original licence last November was adjourned, so that sound tests could be carried out. Ledbury Reporter, August 21, 1975.