Continuing our series of stories about our historical newspaper archive, more readers share their stories with Beverly Abbs

 

Alan and Margaret Brewer, of Dunnington, near Alcester

January 1970 and November 1973

ALAN and Margaret Brewer are really enjoying looking at all the news articles, jobs and adverts in their bound volumes of the Evening News, which they wanted because their daughter, Amanda, and son, Steven, were born in those years.

 

Sandra and Colin Nash, of St John's, Worcester

October 1953, August 1978 and February 1981

SANDRA and Colin Nash's daughters, Fiona and Sally, were thrilled with their Christmas presents – bound copies of the Evening News for their birth months, August 1978 and February 1981 respectively.

Mr Nash also collected the October 1952 volume as that was his birth month and year.

He said: "We have thoroughly enjoyed looking at the old papers.

"It is fascinating to see what Worcester was like in the 50s, 70s and 80s and how it has changed.

"There were stories about a lack of jobs but there were pages and pages of jobs advertised.

"We like family history and researching what our relatives did. For instance, my great grandfather was at the Siege of Delhi. He was part of the military of the East India Company and took his wife out there with him."

 

Martin Coombs, Astwood, Worcester

March 1964 and July 1955

THE difference in house prices and cars have been of particular interest to Martin Coombs when he looked through the two bound volumes that he acquired to mark the birth of his wife, Sally, and the Worcester Evening News and Times of July 1955 to commemorate his birth.

He said: I want to start looking at our ancestry, and these bound volumes are a great place to start.

"It is interesting to see that the papers contained a lot more national news and events than they do nowadays.

"Then, of course, it is fascinating to look back and see what money was worth – £1,500 for a house and £600 for a car!"