March 15 to March 22, 2010 (From Worcester News)

March 15 to March 22, 2010

10:22am Monday 15th March 2010 in

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THIS WEEK IN 1960:

THE county and city councils have abandoned a project which would have meant a new bridge over the Severn at Worcester. They have decided against proceeding with the construction of a proposed link road from Lower Wick to the M5 near Norton Barracks. WR Scurfield, clerk to Worcestershire County Council, explained that both the city council and the Ministry of Transport were of the view that if there was to be a new bridge over the river, it should be to the north and not the south of the existing bridge.

● Troops of the 1st Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment left Georgetown, British Guiana, on Friday on their way home after their three-year tour of duty in the West Indies. With them are five British Guiana girls who have married soldiers.

The troop ship on which they are sailing will collect the regiment’s other units which are scattered around the Caribbean – at Britain Honduras, Jamaica and Nassau.

THIS WEEK IN 1970:

THE Worcestershire Regimental Museum, a unique collection of 3,000 items illustrating nearly 300 years of the county’s military history, went on display to the public today in its new home – the Worcester City Museum.

The regimental collection was formally handed over to the city by Colonel TJ Bowen, former Colonel of the Worcestershire Regiment and now Deputy Colonel of the new Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He said the main objection to the museum’s former home at Norton Barracks had been that very few people outside the regiment had a chance to see it or even knew it was there. It had therefore been a matter of delight that the regiment had been given the opportunity to move the collection to the City Museum. It had been given “an excellent and beautiful setting” in a 1,250 sq. ft.

gallery. The Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Mrs Joyce Brown thanked the regimental trustees for handing the collection into the care of the city “so that the glory of the Worcestershire Regiment shall never pass from our sight.”

THIS WEEK IN 1980:

THIS spring will see the opening at Worcester of a “battered wives” hostel. It’s an impressive community project spearheaded by a group of volunteers who have been given considerable practical and financial help by the city council in setting up what will be officially known as a Women’s Aid Refuge. The locality of this central facility is secret but it will offer temporary refuge for six women and their children at a time.

● Hundreds of children, parents and helpers flocked to Worcester Swimming Baths for a mammoth sponsored swim and to see British and Olympic swimmer David Wilkie. The children aged from four to 16 years were allowed to swim for 30 minutes to help raise money to send British swimmers to the Olympics.

THIS WEEK IN 1990:

MORE than 100 youngsters who suffer from mental and physical handicaps will spend a special day out on a county steam railway in May, thanks to Berrow’s Worcester Journal. In celebration of our 300th year of publication, the Berrow’s is spreading its wings into the community and coming up with a range of special events. Children from the special schools in and around Worcester are being invited to spend the afternoon of May 17 enjoying a scenic trip along the Severn Valley Railway and a slap up tea to boot.