1802: To Country Gentlemen and Others - Try Hunter's Restorative Balsam of Life and Health to cure the Deplorable Decays and Weaknesses brought on by dissipated pleasures, hard drinking and too powerful courses of mercury. The Balsam has been well known for 20 years for its inestimable virtues. This invaluable medicine may be had from the Printer of this Paper and his Newsmen.

Robert Lockton takes this opportunity to acquaint the Public of this City that he has opened a wholesale and retail Leather Warehouse at No.16 Newport Street, Worcester and looks forward to their custom.

Wanted immediately - a man well qualified as a cutter of Beaver Leather Gloves. Apply through the Printer of this Paper.

1902: The men and officers of the Worcester Police Force had their Coronation outing to Blackpool on Monday. The start was at 12.30am from Shrub Hill, a saloon being attached to the train. Blackpool was reached about 6.30am when, after breakfast, the men wended their way to the sea - the steamers and electric trams running to Fleetwood being largely patronised. At one o'clock the men sat down to a capital dinner at the Station Hotel. This over, the Tower and the Winter Gardens were sought. The return journey commenced at 7.20 p.m. and the time passed pleasantly away with songs being rendered by PCs Trier, Cooke and others. The men gave three hearty cheers before dispersing and confessed that the day had proved a red-letter one among their outings.

The Marquis of Salisbury who is suffering indifferent health has resigned as Prime Minister and is to be succeeded by Mr Balfour.

1952: At the Theatre Royal, Worcester, all next week - Paul Raymond presents the New Front Page Strip Show We Strip Tonight, featuring "Jane," the model of the creator of the Daily Mirror cartoon character, together with the Palm Beach Bikini Girls.

The Worcester Branch of the National Farmers Union is protesting to Whitehall at the very considerable loss of good farm land threatened by the proposed motorway to be constructed through Worcestershire and extending to 30 miles through the county. Mr John Tooby stressed the importance of lodging objections at once, explaining: "I am quite sure that in the not too distant future we shall find it very hard to provide rations for the nation, and anything more sterile than wide expanses of tarmac is difficult to imagine."

The new one shilling prescription charge introduced on June 1 has not deterred people from visiting doctors' surgeries in and around Worcester.