100 Years Ago

April 1, 1905

A vestry meeting for the combined parishes of All Saints' and St Lawrence was held in the vestry at All Saints' Church on Thursday evening for the purpose of considering and if thought advisable of passing a resolution authorising the borrowing of £2,000. This would be charged to the future poor rates of the two parishes with the repayment thereof in thirty years by equal half-yearly instalments of principal and interest at 3 per cent for the purpose of paying for the piece of land contracted to be purchased by them as an addition to the burial ground, under contract already approved by the vestry, for laying out this piece of ground, compensating the tenant and so on.

75 Years Ago

March 29, 1930

The annual general meeting of subscribers to the Broadway Nursing Association was held in the Old Schools on Thursday afternoon last. Dr Alexander presided. The question of providing a motorcycle or motor car for the use of the nurse was considered and it was decided that the nurse be authorised to hire a car when one was required. During the past year, nearly forty patients had been sent to the Cheltenham General Hospital, and it was decided to increase the subscription to the same. It was decided that members should give three-months notice of requiring maternity nursing. It was also resolved that the financial year should not end with December but with March.

50 Years Ago

April 2, 1955

In the course of his report to the Fladbury parochial church meeting held at Lower Moor, the rector, the Rev H. C. Vial, referred to memorial gifts given to churches in the parish and to others purchased with donations given in lieu of flowers at funerals. He continued: "I think there is much to be said for the practice of giving benefit to the living in memory of the departed by asking for monetary offerings at funerals instead of wreaths. We might have had a beautiful Lady Chapel in the parish church instead of a large rubbish dump in the churchyard, if we could have utilised the money spent on wreaths during the past years."

25 Years Ago

April 3, 1980

Dresden House, home of The Evesham Club since 1913 and acknowledged to be one of the architectural treasures of Evesham, is to be sold. The house at 51 High Street has had a chequered history since it was built by a wealthy Evesham lawyer, Thomas Cookes, at the end of the 17th century. It was named Dresden House by his son-in-law, Dr William Bayliss, the personal physician to Emperor Frederick the Great of Prussia, when it came into the doctor's ownership in about 1744.