100 YEARS AGO.

The remarkable success which the India and China Tea Company have met with since they opened their establishment at Vernon House, Church Street, some months ago, has induced the firm to start a branch shop in the Link, and it will be opened today at Alma House, Worcester Road. The firm, who have a high reputation for groceries of the very best quality which they sell at astonishingly low prices, will keep their branch as up-to-date as their Malvern business. The firm invite the public to inspect their premises and stock, and no-one will be pressured to buy.

Malvern Gazette, June 20, 1913.

50 YEARS AGO.

Mr Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, who died on Tuesday last week, has made sure that his historic home, Birtsmorton Court, near Malvern, is preserved for posterity and for the benefit of the public. It has been formed into a charity trust. Birtsmorton is one of the oldest houses in England. Its moat, fed by a Malvern Hills stream, and its foundations remain exactly as they were planned before the Conquest. It was founded in the depths of the Malvern Chase by the Birts. One of the great charms of the mansion is that its four moated sides are all different.

Malvern Gazette, June 21, 1963.

25 YEARS AGO A 2½-acre site is under investigation for the expansion of cramped industrial companies at Malvern's Spring Lane. Talks between the hard-pressed firms and council officials have brought about what the instigator of these talks described as a 'first-class move'. The meeting between businessmen and council, police and post office representatives aimed to solve some of the problems on the industrial estate, chief of which is lack of land. Now planning officer Ray White has said the district council would look at ways of opening up land for the council to the north of Spring Lane.

Malvern Gazette, June 24, 1988.