100 years ago

Just now the dweller in Malvern can experience three varieties of climate in a quarter of an hour's walk. Leaving the cold damp fog that envelops the town and ascending the hill, he arrives at hoar frost and a fairly dry atmosphere. Higher still he emerges altogether from the fog and, long before the top of the Beacon is reached, he is basking in cloudless sunshine and enjoying a genial warmth which makes him very reluctant to descend to the gloomy shades below. Malvern Gazette, December 23, 1904.

Wednesday last was a very happy day for the little scholars at the Ledbury Infants' School, for that was a day set apart for the Christmas tree. The afternoon was devoted exclusively to their enjoyment and the games they entered into were in full view of the tree, which was laden with toys, baskets of sweets and dolls. Ledbury Free Press, December 27, 1904.

50 years ago

AT Merebrook Camp on Monday, well over 100 children of men serving with No 1 TRRE, with others from Shepherds House, Hanley Swan, gave a riotous welcome to Father Christmas when he arrived via a chimney at the unit's annual Christ-mas Party for the children.

Immediately after "landing" in the gaily decorated gymnasium, Father Christmas made a traditional entry to where the children were assembled, his sledge being drawn by members of the unit. Mal-vern Gazette, December 24, 1954.

IN verse, prose and articles, the annual edition of The Ledburian, the organ of the Ledbury Grammar School, provides an interesting record of the school's activities over the past year. It is a well-produced magazine, which includes photographs.

An outstanding success recorded was that of W H Cale, who won the under-15s 220-yards race at the English Schools' Athletics Association Champion-ships. Ledbury Reporter, December 31, 1954.

25 years ago

Malvern's postmen were congratulated on the efficient service they provided when Post Office Local Advisory Committee members and a district councillor visited Malvern Post Office on Thursday to see the Christmas parcels being sorted. Mr Bob King, head postmaster at Worcester, said that Mal-vern Post Office staff had done a marvellous job in coping with the Christmas mail this year. Malvern Gazette, December 27, 1979.

Attendance figures for Ledbury Swimming Pool in the first month after the new changes and opening hours were introduced, confirm that numbers now using the pool are half of last year's figures.

Mr Geoff Knock, who asked for the figures to be made public, said the figures confirmed his own suspicions that the people suffering most were the children. Ledbury Reporter, December 27, 1979.