Echoes from the past (From Malvern Gazette)

Echoes from the past

7:00am Friday 19th June 2009

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100 years ago.

Mr C W Dyson Perrins has contributed one hundred guineas to the fund for the purchase by the nation of Holbein's Duchess of Milan.

Malvern Gazette, June 18, 1909.

We are informed that Mr H Tarbath, the Seven Stars, Ledbury, who met with an accident by slipping from the step of a trap recently, has been able to be about during the week, though he suffers considerable pain.

Ledbury Guardian, June 19, 1909.

50 years ago.

The parking of cars and the lack of parking space at the Wyche Cutting for visitors, particularly on Sundays and at holiday times, is causing concern among members of Colwall Parish Council.

Malvern Gazette, June 19, 1959.

Saturday, June 27, promises to be a memorable day for Ledbury. It marks an outstanding effort by members of the Ledbury Round Table with the help of other organisations in staffing a day of varied events on the cricket ground with the worthwhile object of using the proceeds for the benefit of the youth of the town.

Ledbury Reporter, June 19, 1959.

25 years ago.

County officials have denied a Malvern road used by heavy lorries is in danger of collapsing down a quarryside because of bad drainage.

Malvern Gazette, June 21, 1984.

The new Ledbury water system came in for praise last week when Leominster MP, Mr Peter Temple-Morris, officially opened the Bradlow reservoir, about a mile east of town. The reservoir holds over one million gallons of treated water.

Ledbury Reporter, June 21, 1984.

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