1803: We record with pride the patriotic measures which have been adopted in this city of Worcester since hostilities were renewed against us by the French. At the meeting of the inhabitants, convened by the Mayor on Friday last, it was resolved to form a corps of infantry for the defence of the kingdom under the appellation of "The Loyal Worcester Volunteers", which has met with such general approbation that upwards of 680 names are already enrolled, many of them persons of great respectability who, at a moment of imminent peril, have obeyed their country's call with the most laudable promptitude. The spirit of volunteering has become general. Pershore, Upton-on-Severn, Hereford, Ludlow and several other places in this neighbourhood now boast volunteer corps, and it is thought that very few instances will occur where compulsory recruitment is required under the Act.

1903: John Arthur Davies, farmer of Martley, was summonsed before the Hundred House Petty Sessions for selling milk to the Martley Workhouse from which some of the cream had been extracted. Mr Spencer Thursfield, prosecuting, said it was essential that sick and child inmates of the workhouse should have the best milk that could be supplied. Defendant was fined £1 with costs.

Twenty cases of smallpox have been reported in Worcestershire during the past year, compared with 17 in 1901. Twenty-two cases of infectious diseases have also broken out at the Powick Mental Asylum, including 13 of scarlet fever. There has also been an outbreak of typhoid at the same institution.

The licence of the Beehive Inn, Tallow Hill, has been transferred, on the application of Messrs. Mitchell and Butler, from William Ketteringham to Williams Evans, formerly of the Butcher's Arms in The Shambles.

1953: Mr F.B. Jacomb of Eastbury Manor, Hallow, has been presented with an inscribed gavel by Martley Rural District Council to mark the completion of 25 years as a member, including 17 years as chairman.

By public demand, at the Theatre Royal, Worcester, all next week - the Frank Fortescue Players present East Lynne from the famous novel by Mrs Henry Wood, the Worcester author who, in Victorian times, rated alongside Charles Dickens in public popularity.

Speaking at the annual fete of the Worcester Conservative Association on the King's School Ground, Mr John Profumo, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and MP for Stratford-upon-Avon, said he had picked up a number of useful tips on how a good fete should be arranged.

Entries of nearly 300 horses and ponies for the 16th annual Hallow Horse Show and Gymkhana exceeded last year's record number.