100 Years Ago

March 5, 1904

We are glad to see that it has been decided to continue the annual horse show at Evesham, and that despite the fact that there was a loss on last year's working. It will be remembered that it was a very wet day, and that the show ground was a long way out of town. The fixture, however, like that at Moreton, has never been very popular with the general public, and although the executive committee have prepared a programme which includes one or two driving and jumping classes, which are as a rule a sure draw, there has never been anything approaching a crowd on the Evesham horse show ground. We trust the new committee will be able to derive some plan which will appeal to the public.

75 Years Ago

March 1, 1929

After a warmer week-end following the Arctic conditions of last week, another very cold snap set in on Tuesday, and on Thursday morning there was again ice on the Avon at Evesham and twelve degrees of frost were registered. The effects of the bitter weather are to be seen on all sides, and it is many years since so many men were out of work in the district. Market gardeners appear to have already suffered severely and much of the ground under early cultivation will have to be sown again, the casualties among spring cabbage, peas and sevilles being particularly heavy.

50 Years Ago

March 6, 1954

Co-operation with a new look was the description applied at a Press conference held in the Growers' Club, Evesham, on Monday to the proposed N.F.U. scheme for the bulking of produce sent by rail from Evesham and Aldington. The scheme, which Vale of Evesham growers will be asked to approve at a public meeting in Evesham next Tuesday, would enable growers to benefit from the relatively lower railway freight charges for large consignments of produce, although individually they send only small consignments. It is recommended that a limited company known as The Vale of Evesham Bulk Loading Association be set up which could be operating by next July, in time for the fruit season.

25 Years Ago

March 1, 1979

A husband and wife team will be taking over the Lifford Hall at Broadway on Saturday to raise funds for the St Michael's Church roof appeal. Mrs Freda Jelfs, of Broadway, will be staging a sponsored organ play-in, while her husband, Mr David Jelfs, will be running a slide/tape presentation of the Broadway silver jubilee celebrations. There is a competition between the two to see who can raise the most money. Mrs Jelfs, who teaches piano and organ, said: "The idea of the sponsored organ play-in came in a mad moment. It is a decision that I have already regretted because I just don't know what will happen."