100 years ago.

The present summer has been an exceptionally busy one in Malvern. So many important functions have come to Malvern this year that no soon is one over than another one comes along. The Two Counties Show attracted an enormous number of visitors to the place last week, and I have not seen for a long time the platforms of Great Malvern Station, so congested as they were on Thursday. The new exit from the east side of the station, which was completed in time for the show, was extremely handy and was extensively used, and the Council are to be congratulated for their successful negotiations with the GWR.. Considering the extraordinarily large number of people who were present at the show, it is extremely gratifying to read the statement at the petty sessions on Wednesday that there was not a single offence reported or complaint made to to the police during the whole week.

Malvern Gazette, June 19, 1914.

50 years ago.

A SIGNALMAN at Malvern since 1935, Mr L W Gregory, of Poolbrook Road, Malvern, retired on Saturday after 50 years' service.Joining the railway service at Adlestrop between Moreton-in March and Kingham on the Oxford Line in June 1914 as a 15-years-old junior porter, he remained there for two years and was then transferred on promotion to various stations. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1917 and served in France, Italy and Egypt before being demobilised in 1920, when he re-entered the railway service at Worcester Shrub Hill. He moved to the Malvern parcel office in 1923, went in to the signalman grade in the same year, and was subsequently transferred to various stations before moving to Malvern in 1935. Mr Gregory was appointed JP in 1950 and sits regularly on the Malvern bench. He has been a member of the NUR for 44 years and secretary of the Malvern branch since 1950.

Malvern Gazette, June 19, 1964.

25 years ago.

Six traditional red telephone boxes in the Malvern area are to be preserved, including one in the centre of Malvern. Boxes at Rosebank Gardens, Upper Wych, Madresfield Village, Guarlford, at RSRE and opposite the Railway Inn, Wells Road, are to be kept. Two of the boxers have had special treatment for the last few months, with a group of four children keeping a close eye on the Malvern Wells box, and a Madresfield youngster checking the village phone daily. The box at Rosebank Gardens is now classed a listed building, a move made to prevent it being removed and replaced by a new version. A further 18 boxes will be replaced with another for being resited.

Malvern Gazette, June 19, 1989.