THIS WEEK IN 1961:

IT was suggested by the Mayor of Droitwich, Col RDN Fabricius at Monday’s meeting of town councillors that enquiries should be made about the cost of covering in and heating the Droitwich Lido for round-the-year use.

He said any such scheme should make provision for a sliding roof, enabling it to be opened up in the summer.

After lengthy discussion, it was agreed that the borough surveyor should obtain figures on the probable cost of such a project. The mayor said the need for an indoor pool would become greater as time went on and the town grew. Councillor AGI Cardno asked whether the lido pool would remain a brine one or be a fresh water pool if it was decided to cover it in. The mayor said that his idea was to retain it as a brine pool.

THIS WEEK IN 1971:

FROM the leader column of Berrow’s Worcester Journal – The cinema is passing through an unfortunate phase in its attempts to entice people away from the lure of TV fireside entertainment on cold nights. Films with titillating titles, crude posters and deceptive trailers, all intended to attract the curious but generally not living up to expectations, are too often appearing. We sympathise with the exhibitors who are obliged to take the crude sexy Xfilms because of the shortage of good wholesome products, due largely to the widespread financial trouble in the film industry. But we must deplore Worcester City Council’s decision to form its own censorship committee to decide what Worcester shall or shall not see, with synopses of forthcoming films provided by the West Mercia Police of all people. This sort of second censorship by a party of unqualified local people is something of an insult to the city’s cinemagoers who should be credited with sufficient sense to make their own decisions. After all, if a film is obscene enough to contravene the law, it will surely have been brought to the public prosecutor’s attention before it reaches Worcester.

THIS WEEK IN 1981:

MIDLAND Shires Farmers are to close its Worcester animal feed mill in Dolday at the end of April with the loss of several jobs.

Production of the cooperative’s range of cattle, pig and poultry compounds will then be concentrated at four larger mills which have been selected for a £1.2 million modernisation programme. These are at Defford, near Stratfordupon- Avon, in Mid-Wales and in Buckinghamshire.

The Worcester mill, which opened 25 years ago, is now the smallest of the five owned by MSF and is considered uneconomic.

Despite the closure of the mill, MSF fully intend to retain their headquarters at Worcester.

􀁥 Appeals for a roundabout at a notorious Worcestershire accident black spot have been rejected by the county council because it claims the site is unsuitable.

Despite a spate of serious crashes at Spetchley crossroads over the last four years, County Hall states there is little more it can do to improve the junction.

Alterations made four years ago in a bid to cut accident rates have failed to produce any reduction in crashes.

THIS WEEK IN 1991:

COUNTY cricket captain Phil Neale and Worcester’s Mayor, councillor Ray Turner attended the grand opening of Ronkswood’s new purpose-built Community Centre on Saturday. Situated at the junction of the Canterbury and Liverpool roads, it is to be home to a large number of community groups on the estate and will enable a wide range of new activities to take place. To mark the opening, the centre hosted a full day’s activities including a children’s procession, a parade by the Ronkswood Girls’ Band, mother and baby and keep fit sessions, displays by scouts and guides, a tea dance, an evening disco and, finally, a lantern procession.