100 Years Ago

July 2, 1904

Pershore Fair. This annual event took place on Monday, and many hundreds of persons gathered together on Allesborough Hill, the immemorial place of meeing, to do business or to see what was going on. It is generally thought that the show of horses and the attendance of prospective buyers were larger than on the last two or three occasions, but business , we understand, was rather slack. At the pleasure fair on Broad Street and Bearcroft, there were shooting galleries, swing boats, steam and electric roundabouts, coconut throwing, and "Aunt Sally," besides numerous stalls of all descriptions.

75 Years Ago

June 29, 1929

Great Comberton District Nursing Fund. A real instance of the few providing for the needs of the many was seen in this parish on Wednesday, when a ubiquitous jumble sale, in the hands of energetic and discrete organisers, raised in an incredible short space of time the sum of £22 14s. 6d., a couple of pounds in excess of Comberton's fixed quota towards that inestimable boon or rural parishes, the District Nursing Association.

50 Years Ago

July 3, 1954

About 25,000 people in the Abbey Park in Evesham on Sunday afternoon saw a bishop celebrate High Mass. The occasion was historic because it was the first time that Mass had been offered there for over 400 years. It was also a sign for the future that Evesham is regaining its right to be numbered among England's most popular places of pilgrimage. The pilgrims came in 500 coaches, six special trains, hundreds of cars, and on foot. They were of all ages and colours, some in their mothers' arms, some hobbling on crutches, some blind. For the most part, they were Catholics.

25 Years Ago

June 28, 1979

There has been a rush to buy cut-price council houses in the Wychavon area following the Government's announcement that tenants can buy their homes at discounts of up to 50 per cent. At a special housing sub-committee meeting on Monday it was agreed to recommend to the council's policy committee the new scheme, which offers discounts to sitting tenants ranging from 30 to 50 per cent.