100 years ago

The news of the arrival of Lord Roberts at the Foley Arms Hotel on Tuesday quickly spread, and the energetic secretary of the Town Club (Mr T Holiday) seized the earliest possible opportunity of inviting his lordship to inspect the rifle range which was recently opened. There was a large number of people to greet him when, punctually at 10 o'clock, he drove up in a carriage and pair to the Assembly Rooms. Malvern News, August 25, 1906

ON Tuesday, about 10.30am, the villagers of Eastnor were startled to hear the sound of the castle fire bell. Within a very few minutes, the Eastnor fire engine was drawn up by the estate employees, and was seen hurrying up the village to a meadow by the Somers Arms Temperance Hotel, where a fire had broken out in a large stack of hay. Ledbury Free Press, August 28, 1906.

50 years ago

A party of 13 cadets from No 1017 (Malvern) Squadron Air Training Corps have been in camp undergoing annual training at Royal Air Force Wyton, near Huntingdon. The cadets arrived at Wyton on Saturday week and after settling in were welcomed by the Officer Commanding the station. Accommodated in huts, the cadets were served with meals in a recently-constructed airmen's mess. The general opinion was that the food was first-class and the modern mess was an amenity that was greatly appreciated. The training programme was arranged by the Royal Air Force and consisted of instruction in the various spheres of life in the parent service. Malvern Gazette, August 24, 1956

AUGUST, the holiday month, has a dismal record this year, cool and showery, with thunderstorms for the most part in this district. How different the reaction when the sun decides to show. Walking along the Homend on Wednesday, I found everyone in a happy mood, basking in the unaccustomed brightness of the morning. The town has many visitors during the summer and the cobbled Church Lane, with a view to the spire, inevitably attracts the attentions of amateur photographers. Ledbury Reporter, August 31, 1956.

25 years ago

Angry villagers are planning a spring campaign to get rid of the sheep that graze in Cradley churchyard. The animals were introduced in 1980 because the parochial church council wanted a cheap method of keeping the grass short on a difficult patch of ground. Some people with relatives buried in that part of the churchyard were very distressed by the scheme. Their discontent persists and those who have led the original campaign have decided to renew the battle next spring. Malvern Gazette, August 27, 1981.

IF early entries are anything to go by, Ledbury's Carnival parade on August Bank Holiday Monday should be enough to wipe all the cares away, in these days of recession. Entries for floats were well into double figures, a fortnight beforehand. Ledbury Reporter, August 27, 1981.