100 years ago

Mr Alfred Capper, the thought-reader, gave most interesting entertainments at the Assembly Rooms on Friday and Saturday. As an exponent of thought transmission and other mysterious phenomena, he puzzles and amuses his audiences, and his experiments were certainly remarkable. Public patronage, however, was not what it should have been. Perhaps the delightful weather was a powerful counter-attraction. Malvern News, June 16, 1906.

WHEN we went to press last week, it was considered probable that the young man, Albert Evans of Much Marcle, who proved his ability to climb a chimney and escape from the police, would be re-captured within 48 hours. This supposition was not realised, although the bicycle which he had stolen has been regained by the owner. Ledbury Free Press, June 19, 1906.

50 years ago

Malvern has the honour of being the first town in the provinces to hold an International Youth Fortnight - June 29 to July 13 - and will no doubt do much to promote friendship, understanding and goodwill among the large group of young people from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland who are being entertained in the town. Malvern Gazette, June 15, 1956.

LEDBURY Rural Council on Tuesday decided to defer consideration of any further housing schemes, owing to the high cost of building, demanding a higher rent than prospective tenants could afford to pay.

The clerk was instructed to inform the Ministry that it was prudent to defer consideration of any further housing, until such a time as the economic position improves. Ledbury Reporter, June 22, 1956.

25 years ago

Celebrations for the Royal Wedding will be marked by a bonfire on the Worcestershire Beacon. The Royal Family asked the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to arrange bonfires around the country on the eve of the wedding. Permission has been granted by Malvern Hills Conservators for the institution's West Midlands junior branch to arrange a bonfire on the Beacon on the evening of July 28. Malvern Gazette, June 18, 1981.

JUNIOR department pupils at the John Masefield High School, Ledbury, broke nearly half the existing records at the second annual swimming gala, held at Ledbury Swimming Pool. There was a runaway victory in overall points for Somers House, thanks chiefly to magnificent swimming by brother and sister, Chris and Lesley Howard. Ledbury Reporter, June 18, 1981.