100 Years Ago March 19 1904

In about three months time Broadway will no longer be the isolated and, for many people, almost inaccessible place it has been hitherto. The date for the opening of the new railway from Honeybourne as far as Broadway is provisionally fixed for June 1. It had indeed been hoped it might be available by May 1, but this was found impracticable. The telegraph poles are being erected along the line, and it is expected that everything will be in working order for passengers and goods by the date named.

75 Years Ago

March 16 1929

On Monday, The Gaiety, a passenger steamer with accommodation for 136 passengers, left Oxford for Evesham where she will be run on the River Avon by Mr. S. J. Grove. As the crow flies the distance from Oxford to Evesham is about 41 miles, but unfortunately The Gaiety is not a crow, and must therefore travel by water, and such are the conditions of the inland waterways of England that to proceed from Oxford to Evesham she must go by river and canal for about 214 miles. Her crew consists of three experienced navigators, and her route will be on the Thames from Oxford to Reading, the Kennet and Avon Canal to Bath, down the Avon to the Bristol Channel, up to Sharpness, thence by the Severn to Tewkesbury and up the Avon to Evesham.

50 Years Ago

March 20 1954

Mr and Mrs Joseph John Attwood and their three small sons moved last Saturday afternoon from an old farm cottage at Haselor to 18 Anne-crescent, Fairfield, Evesham 1,000th council house and the 463rd to be built in the town since the last war. Most of the people concerned with the building of the house attending its official opening by the Mayor (Coun. O. F. Grove) at noon on Saturday. Before handing over the key to Mr. Attwood, the Mayor said: "It is my earnest hope that within the near future we shall see everyone in this borough housed."

25 Years Ago

March 15, 1979

Shopkeepers in Evesham this week came out overwhelmingly against Sunday trading. The Shops (Sunday Trading) Bill, which recently went before the House of Lords, has already been vigorously opposed by the National Chamber of Trade. And it was emphatically rejected on Tuesday at a meeting of the Evesham Chamber of Commerce. The chairman, Mr M. R. Hewitt, said some traders wanted Sunday trading to be made legal so that they could have the opportunity to open their shops if they wanted to do so. "At the moment, there are a lot of difficulties over Sunday trading because there are so many restrictions governing the sale of certain goods," he said.