100 years ago.

The parishioners of Newland are this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of their church, and the auspicious event has been observed by an octave of services. Many visitors to Malvern find their way to Newland, when they see much to admire in the pretty little church with its artistic mural decorations, in the quiet graveyard where a huge cross marks the site of the old church, and in the beautiful choral evensong which has been rendered daily for many years. the church and the adjacent almshouses form a most picturesque group of buildings and there hangs about them the spirit of Anthony Trollope's "The Warden". It may not generally be known that when the old church was pulled down, the chancel was removed from the site and re-erected, and mow forms a mortuary chapel, access to which is gained from the cloister.

Malvern Gazette, July 24, 1914.

50 years ago.

News of the Severn River Board purchasing Malvern's old police station reminds me that this building was the council house before the MUDC acquired its present imposing home, The Priory, originally erected in the 1870s by Dr Gully, the famous water cure doctor, and later a boys' preparatory school. With the opening of their palatial headquarters, Malvern police have now had three homes, Before they moved down into Church Street, they were in the Worcester Road, near the Link Top, in the right-hand part of the building now occupied by Messrs Charlesworth. This section, obviously considerably older than the rest, also housed the court, with below, taking advantage of the natural decline of the ground, the cells, still to be recognised from a study from the road of the rear facade. Other premises in Malvern to undergo transformation during the years were those on Belle Vue Terrace occupied by the Priory Bookshop and by the Warwick House mens shop and restaurant.

Malvern Gazette, July 24, 1964.

25 years ago.

Plans to extract sand and gravel from land near Ryall House Farm, Upton-upon-Severn, have excited strong local opposition. It is proposed to extract 820,000 tonnes of sand and gravel from the 72-acre site over the next seven years, Among the 67 separate objections to the proposals lodged with Malvern Hills District Council are Twyning, Ripple and Upton-upon-Severn's parish councils a Ripple residents' action group, Upton's Waterfront Residents' Association and the town's civic society. The site lies between the A38 and the River Severn to the south-east of Ryall village, and is near two houses, though several small clusters of houses would be affected by noise, according to the district council planning department. Protesters say that the are is already making a major contribution towards the county need for sand and gravel. Traffic problem have also aroused concern.

Malvern Gazette, July 24, 1989.