100 Years Ago

June 9, 1906

The New Sick Benefit Club at Fladbury held their eighteenth annual dinner on Tuesday in glorious weather. The members, headed by the Offenham Brass Band, paraded to church at 12.45 when the Rector (the Rev. C. J. Hunt) gave an address on the true meaning of the word charity. Dinner was as usual provided in the schools at two o'clock by Mr. Geo. Morris, when the Rector, who is president of the Club, presided. The band and members paraded the village and afterwards went into the field adjoining the schools for sports of various sorts. A jumble sale was also held in the same field during the afternoon for the benefit of the Nursing Fund, and the amount realised was £9 6s 8d.

75 Years Ago

J100 Years Ago

June 6, 1931

The increasing popularity of the Boy Scouts' competition for the H. T. H. Parkins Inter-Troop Shield was manifest in the number of Scouts from the Evesham district who took part in this year's competition at Elmley Castle on Sunday. By kind permission of General Sir Francis Davies, the beautiful Castle estate which is a veritable Scouter's paradise was again thrown open for the event and in delightful weather eight troops paraded for instructions in the early afternoon. This year the details of the competition varied considerably and the proceedings occupied well over three hours. The shield was won by 3rd Evesham (Baptist) Troop who had not previously entered the competition.

50 Years Ago

June 9, 1956

Water economy measures imposed nine days before were relaxed at Evesham on Monday because of an improvement in the level of the water in the Council's Broadway reservoir. Since Monday, the mains supply has been off for six hours in every 24 (from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.) instead of nine hours (8 p.m. until 5 a.m.). The Town Clerk (Mr. N. F. Davies) told the Journal: "The Borough Council hope that with the continued co-operation of all consumers it will soon be possible further to reduce the period of cutting-off. If, however, the relaxation now introduced coincides with any material reduction in the level of supplies in the reservoir, it will again be necessary to impose more severe restrictions."