THIS WEEK IN 1960:

ALTHOUGH he lost his seat on Worcester City Council in the recent municipal elections, Reginald F.

Jenkinson is to be Mayor after all. At a private meeting on Tuesday, the council re-affirmed their nomination of him as the city’s next leading citizen.

Afterwards, Mr Jenkinson, who lost his seat by 299 votes to Ratepayers’ Association candidate RT Dedicott, said: “It will be my intention to serve the citizens with impartiality and to endeavour further to uphold the dignity of the office.” When he takes over from Councillor Joe Williams, Mr Jenkinson will not be the first mayor to be a non-member of the council.

The last non-member mayor was John Stallard in 1934-5 and before him the Hon John Coventry in 1929. At the city council’s monthly meetings, Mr Jenkinson will have all the privileges of a member and councillor including, if the need arises, a casting vote in debates.

THIS WEEK IN 1970:

WORCESTER may soon have a target golf range of its own if planning permission is granted on a 12-acre site at a Lower Wick farm. John Bennett of Manor Farm is considering building the range on his land in Weir Lane. It would be covered, operate in all weathers and would comprise driving booths from which golfers could drive balls at targets.

Mr Bennett said: “Eventually, I would consider adding a clubhouse.”

THIS WEEK IN 1980:

About 100 new jobs are in the pipeline for Worcester with the announcement from another company that it plans to move into the city and build a factory on the Warndon Industrial Estate.

Webb Fasteners of Maidenhead, Berkshire, has submitted a planning application for a two-acre site and is negotiating a long lease of the city councilowned land. The Japanese tool company Yamazaki is “so happy” with the Warndon Industrial Estate that it is booking another acre to add to the 2½ acres it intends to lease for the development of its UK base.

THIS WEEK IN 1990:

FROM the special souvenir supplement produced to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Berrow’s Worcester Journal: “Buckingham Palace – Please convey the sincere thanks of the Queen to the staff and readers of the Berrow’s Worcester Journal for their kind and loyal message of greetings, sent on the occasion of their 300th anniversary.

Her Majesty received this message with much pleasure and sends her best wishes to all concerned for an enjoyable and successful year.”

From the Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Rev Philip Goodrich: “Congratulations to Berrow’s Journal on 300 years’ service to the community. It is a great distinction for Worcester to have the world’s oldest newspaper in continuous publication and, as Bishop, I want to be among the first to offer you many happy returns of the day.

“May you continue to report things how they are, to reflect back to us our life in Worcestershire and to go for accuracy, truth and humanity. Long may you live!”