100 Years Ago October 8, 1904

The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Gas Company was held at the Lygon Arms hotel, Broadway, Mr. J. T. Haines presiding. A very satisfactory report was presented showing an increase of 8 per cent in the consumption of gas and also the largest sale of coke and other residuals than in any previous years. It was decided to declare a dividend of 4 per cent and to pay off £50 of the mortgage. It was also resolved to reduce the price of gas early next year.

75 Years Ago

October 5, 1929

The Broad-street, Pershore, Baptist Chapel was filled on Sunday evening on the occasion of the harvest festival. It was possibly the largest congregation that has gathered there for the past 20 years, and it is hoped that even this will be exceeded next Sunday when special services will mark the first anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. G. E. Towle.

50 Years Ago

October 9, 1954

A dismal picture of Evesham's parks and recreation grounds was presented to Evesham Town Council at their meeting on Wednesday by Alderman Alfred Johns, chairman of the Parks Committee, when he commented on recent instances of wilful damage. Alderman Johns, who referred to the damage as vandalism, called upon the council, the people of Evesham and the police to co-operate in an effort to prevent the destruction of public property and bring the culprits to justice.

25 Years Ago

October 11, 1979

Evesham headmasters have been asked to consider changing school hours to save money on buses. Up to £20,000 a year could be saved if some schools opened and closed up to half-an-hour earlier or later because fewer buses would be needed to take children to and from school. The idea has been successfully working in the Droitwich area for more than a year. And Pershore is the next area which will be looked at by Hereford and Worcester education officials. Mr M. Kenyon, said: "We want to pursue savings like this as hard as we can although we wouldn't want to do it if it was likely to be an obvious disaster."