100 years ago.

Malvern Link has been well to the fore in the matter of finding means for housing Belgian refugees, and a number are expected in a few days. A number of residents expressed the desire to accommodate refugees, so as to help in some small measure to repay the enormous debt which everyone feels we owe to that gallant little nation. Mr A D Melvin was one of the prime movers in the scheme, and it occurred to him that the most convenient way of lodging them, besides being pleasanter for the Belgians, would be to take a good-sized house as a hotel. No time was lost in arranging the preliminaries, and a suitable place was secured at Colston Buildings. Quantities of furniture have been lent by generous residents and voluntary help was given in the work of cleaning down the house. Mrs Creese was at the head of the party , which included an number of Boy Scouts of the 1st Malvern Link Troop, of which Mr H R Creese is the Scoutmaster.

Malvern Gazette, September 25, 1914.

50 years ago.

Since the recent strike by Malvern busmen, they have been barred from the Star-fish cafe in Newtown Road, Malvern. The owner, Mrs Barbara Nowakowska, told a reporter yesterday that she had taken this action because there were a few hotheads about and she did not want any trouble. A notice on the cafe door read "Malvern crews of the Midland red will not be served in this cafe". It has been there since the one-day strike by the busmen on Wednesday last week. At Wednesday's meeting of Malvern Trades Council at the Fir Tree Inn, Malvern Link, a resolution "viewed with disgust the deplorable action of the cafe proprietor". Busmen's representative Mr Alf Davis told the Trades Council that they, like everybody else when they went on strike. They did not strike for the fun of it, and the Malvern crews felt very peeved over being barred from the cafe. "We have never caused any disturbance, but the woman there is apparently against strikes. The morning after the last strike several of the crew were turned away."

Malvern Gazette, September 25, 1964.

25 years ago.

An appeal fund has been launched to replace the lost equipment donated by parents over them years to Cowleigh C of E Primary School, whose building was gutted by fire early on Saturday morning. And the county council has pledged that the 104-year-old school will be rebuilt on its site in St Peter's Road. Headmistress Mrs Valerie Rodgers, who has taught at the school since 1973, was called to the school just after 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. An off-duty police officer had seen the blaze just after 1am and alerted fire crews. Engines from Malvern and Worcester fought the fire but could not save the brick-and -timber building. Station office Stuart Chance from Malvern said: "When we got there fire had engulfed the whole place. It was impossible to save it." Mrs Rogers said "I was absolutely devastated. I still don't know that ist has really sunk in. When I saw it in flames I felt sick and burst into tears." Later on Saturday morning she was joined by children and parents in tears.

Malvern Gazette, September 29, 1989.