100 years ago.

The negotiations between the council and the Great Western Railway company over the suggested second approach to Great Malvern Station on the down platform have advanced another stage, but matters practically stand where they did. A letter was received from the manager of the company together with a plan which was laid before the council, showing how a second exit could be made from Thorngrove Road, the expenditure being estimated at about £2,000, apart from the cost of additional staff, which was put down at £200 per annum. The company under the circumstances are not anxious to proceed with the scheme.

Malvern Gazette, January 9, 1914.

50 years ago A motion tabled by Mr W R Green urging that a resolution relating to the demolition of St Ann’s Well passed at the July meeting of the board be rescinded and that steps be taken to preserve the building on lines suggested by a sub-committee will be considered at Monday’s meeting of Malvern Hills Conservators. The sub-committee will report that they had carried out an inspection of the premises, both inside and out, and it was agreed that the building should be preserved. It was agreed to recommend to the board that not more that £3,000 should be spent on the property and that the committee should be instructed to see what they can do with this money.

Malvern Gazette, January 10, 1964.

25 years ago.

Mindless vandals have this week twice attacked the Malvern centre for Meals on Wheels, which provides free meals to the old and needy throughout the town. In two incidents - thought to be unrelated - hundreds of pounds’ worth of damage has been caused to property belonging to the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, which operates the Meals on Wheels scheme. In the first incident, over the weekend, the WRVS minivan - donated by the people of Malvern - was broken into. On Tuesday, night, the centre on Geraldine Road was hit again when burglars smashed a window and got into the WRVS office.

Malvern Gazette, January 13, 1989.