100 Years Ago

November 4, 1905

The first stage of the restoration of the church of St. Egwin, Norton and Lenchwick, is now completed. The chancel has been thoroughly renovated. A new altar has been presented by the Bishop of the Diocese; it is of oak with turned legs, and moulding and inscription in Jacobean characters. New altar rails, copied from the old ones which were found about three weeks ago in a cottage at Chadbury, and new oak choir and clergy stalls have been provided; the old linen patterned panelling has been adapted to the dado round the sanctuary, and the reredos has been adapted to form an old English altar.

75 Years Ago

November 1, 1930

"In every town in England before long there will have to be a boys' club." This was the remark made by Superintendent Pass at the fifth annual meeting of the Evesham Boys' Club, held at the Club Room on Wednesday. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and served to show the great popularity of the club and the tremendous amount of good work it was doing for the present and future welfare of the town. The retiring President, the Mayor (Mr. F. T. Willmott) said he noticed the lamentable absence of parents at the meeting. The club was doing a wonderful work for the town of Evesham, and the parents' absence was to be deplored.

50 Years Ago

November 5, 1955

This is the season of hedging and ditching and it is pleasing to see a master of this craft at work. Most of the best work seems to be done by the older men, and it is a pity that the younger workers do not appear to cultivate this art to the same degree. It may be that economics may be at the base of it. The younger, stronger land workers concentrate on piecework, sprout picking, while the less arduous jobs are left to the older men. Of course, no one can blame the young men for aiming at the more remunerative job. And employers naturally do all they can to encourage them, in view of the counter-attraction of industry, with its higher wages and shorter hours.

25 Years Ago

November 6, 1980

The queue for council houses in the Vale of Evesham is getting longer. A warning went out this week that the situation is going to get a lot worse. At the last count there were 802 people on the waiting list in Evesham and 531 in Pershore. This compares with 742 and 495 respectively only four months ago. The situation is being aggravated because Wychavon council has suspended all new house building this year. The housing manager, Mr Peter Asquith, said yesterday that the situation was going to get "grim." He said the council had just finished five houses in the central area of Pershore. A sheltered scheme to provide 30 units at the Abbey site, Pershore was under construction.