100 years ago

Two important changes that cannot fail to be of great service to Colwall are the following. The first down express will in future call at 11.22 in the morning. This will be of great service for passengers for Ledbury and Hereford and South Wales. The demand for the London corridor express has been so great at Colwall during the last year, that it will now be allowed to stop at Colwall daily on notice being given to the station master 15 minutes before.

Should there, however, be not sufficient appreciation of these concessions on the part of the Colwall public, they may be cancelled in the future. Malvern News, September 1, 1906.

AT about 7pm, an alarm was given in Ledbury, but previous to this a large number of people had noticed a fire that appeared to be towards Aylton. This proved correct, as a fire at Priors Court Farm had been raging since just after 6pm. The Brigade started with all possible speed, but some delay was caused by the scarcity of horses. Ledbury Free Press, September 4, 1906.

50 years ago

Parents in the town have been concerned about the provision of a girls' grammar school in Malvern. Mrs M Deighton, of Court Road, recently brought the matter to the notice of the Member for South Worcestershire Constituency, Commander Peter Agnew, who has said that there is no action he can take in the matter as the Minister of Education will not force the building of a school in any place where the local education authority considers it unnecessary. It was regarded as uneconomic at the moment to proceed with a school of this kind in Malvern. Malvern Gazette, August 31, 1956.

THE retirement of Viscount Cilcennin from his post of First Lord of the Admiralty will recall to his many friends in the Ledbury District the days when he frequently visited the town as the MP J.P.L. Thomas. He maintained close touch with his constituents, whatever political creed they might be, at regular surgeries at the Feathers Hotel. Ledbury Reporter, September 7, 1956.

25 years ago

The increasing popularity of the Madresfield Show created its own problems on Bank Holiday Monday as organisers endeavoured to cater for all the activities on the programme. It became a losing battle at times because a very high entry in the show-jumping events put pressure on use of the main arena. Other planned events had to be delayed, and some features, including the parade of horse and pony champions, were scrapped. Malvern Gazette, September 3, 1981.

ONE of the judges at Ledbury Carnival was the commanding officer of HMS Ledbury, Tony Rose. After he had done his stuff with the Dymock Cannibals, who won the adult class with the decorated float, they scooped him up and popped him into the cooking pot. Ledbury Reporter, September 3, 1981.