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Memory Lane

• Drunk cab

  CAB driver Joseph Yates was arrested in Worcester Road for being drunk in charge of a horse and carriage, reported the Gazette 100 years ago. He told police that he had had a couple of whiskies and a cigar, and it was "the cigar which made him stupid". The magistrates fined him ten shillings, including costs. read more

• Nothing 'fancy' about Link's fair

  THE Gazette's columnist Ariel, writing a century ago, was not very impressed by "what was described as a fancy fair" that had set up in the Link and was doing a roaring trade. read more

• Composer enjoys a relaxing smoke

  THE cigarettes went out for the last time in public places at 6am last Sunday, and it would be interesting to know what Malvern's most famous son, Edward Elgar, would have made of the ban. read more

• Echoes from the Past

  100 years ago THE lamentable accident which befell Mr W G Olpin, clerk at the Post Office, yesterday points once more to the absolute necessity for closing the path leading from the Promenade on the Belle Vue Terrace on to the main road facing Lyttelton House. The traffic there, at certain hours of the day, is considerable, and the possibility of accidents is rendered much greater in these days of rapid cycling and motoring. It is almost impossible for anyone descending the path to see vehicles or cyclists coming down the descent from the Worcestershire Road past the Promenade Gardens, and the wonder is that accidents are not of very frequent occurence at the spot. It would not occasion the slightest inconvenience if the path was closed, as there are entrances at each end of the terrace and steps leading therefrom opposite the Post Office. Malvern Gazette, July 5, 1907. read more

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