100 years ago.

The question of a second exit from Great Malvern Station is one that has engaged the attention of the Council for a long time past, and at last it will soon become an established fact. The difficulty hitherto has been the expense, the company stipulating that as the additional entrance to the station on the down platform would benefit the town and add to the convenience of passenger traffic, part of the cost should be met by the Council. An arrangement has been arrived at, as the result of an interview, which a deputation of the Council had with the Company, whereby the town will contribute £200 towards the cost of the scheme, and the work is likely to be carried out without delay. The amount which Malvern is called upon to contribute is small compared with the convenience which the second entrance will provide.

Malvern Gazette, April 10, 1914.

50 years ago.

Commuters, who motor in their hundreds from Malvern to Worcester each day, will soon be able to glide all the way to the city outskirts along a high-speed three-lane road, which will eventually cross the Teme over a fine new bridge near Powick. At an overall cost of about £1,100,000 the entire Worcester-Malvern trunk road is to be widened, drastically re-aligned and rid of all its acute bends and tortuous stretches. During next winter, a £300,000 by-pass is to be constructed to take the road round Bastonford and at Malvern Link the bridge over the railway is to be completely rebuilt. When all the improvements are complete, the new highway should cut minutes off the travelling time between the town and the city, and will have a continuous series of gentle curves. providing drivers with ample vision.

Malvern Gazette, April 11, 1964.

25 years ago.

The Convent of the Holy Name in Malvern Link has gone on the market at a guide price of £750,000, more than a century after becoming a religious house. London agents Cluttons are handling sale of the principal buildings, which stand in grounds of 1.3 acres. The Ranelagh Road property could be converted for a wide range of different uses, including conference centre, hotel, school, hospital, nursing home, offices or sheltered housing. The premises are listed Grade II, and comprise five original Georgian houses with alterations and additions, the most important being the chapel and cloister designed by Sir Ninian Comper in 1892. The Anglican community of nuns, who have made their home in Malvern since moving from Vauxhall in London in 1887, are going to Derbyshire. Malvern Gazette, April 14, 1989.