100 years ago.

The visit of the King and Queen to Madresfield Court in September is now definitely settled and unless some unforeseen circumstances arise, the people of Malvern will have the opportunity of seeing the Sovereign during his stay, for he has consented to pass through Malvern on one of the days, as he proceeds to the Army manoeuvres, which are to take place at the southern end of the county. No doubt the route selected by His Majesty will be up Malvern Link and through the centre of town on to Malvern Wells. The festivities on the occasion of the King's visit should include a bonfire on the Beacon, together with a display of fireworks. The Council on Tuesday decided to have all three, and the school children of the district are to be invited to join in the rejoicings, for their majesties, through Lord Beauchamp, have expressed a desire to see them marshalled together, and they will probably be grouped on the Link Common - a convenient spot - where the National Anthem will be sung.

Malvern Gazette, July 31, 1914.

50 years ago.

To the students of the College of Electronics it will always be known as the 'Bomb' that did not go off. To publicise their forthcoming carnival some of the students had planted the 'bomb' in the Public Library on Saturday afternoon but it lay undisturbed until Monday, when it was found by an assistant and started ticking. It was taken outside the building and the police were called. They plunged it into a bucket of water. A bomb disposal expert was contacted just in case. He was in the district at the time and was shown the 'bomb'. Then someone thought of the students and an inquiry of them proved that the mechanism was not the real thing. The 'bomb' , a box approximately 8 by 5 by 3 inches, painted red and wrapped in brown paper, was places on a shelf in the library. There it lay undiscovered until Miss Daphne Freeman, one of the assistants, was cleaning up. She called the librarian, Mr N H Parker. He undid the brown paper, The red box with switches looked a convincing job so he called the police.

Malvern Gazette, July 31, 1964.

25 years ago.

Plans to develop 180 acres between North End Lane and the Spring Lane Industrial estate were this week submitted to Malvern Hills District Council. The scheme includes a food superstore, DIY and other non-food units, a business village, 20 acres of general industrial land, and four housing areas on a total of nearly 50 acres. The outline application has been made by Tom Pettifer Developments of Shipston-on-Stour, who are the joint owners of the land with the Madresfield Estate. It is the third application for a food supermarket waiting to be determined by the district council as planning authority, and is by far the most extensive development plan for the outlying areas of Malvern to date, with commercial development estimated to create 1,000 jobs.The housing areas lie alongside and to the west of North End Lane, with access from a single roundabout at the junction with Mayfield Road. Access to the north of the site is off a proposed new roundabout on Worcester Road, north of Goodwood Road.

Malvern Gazette, August 4, 1989.