Echoes from the past (From Malvern Gazette)

Echoes from the past

7:10am Friday 10th February 2012 in Malvern Memories

100 YEARS AGO.

Mr Frederic Villiers, the famous war correspondent, who has for many years lectured on his remarkable adventures on the warpath, will give his recent experiences entitled On the Path of Peace, profusely illustrated with over a hundred pictures, in Malvern Assembly Rooms, on Saturday afternoon, 17th February, at 3 o'clock. The lecture, which will deal with Mr Villiers' travels in different parts of the world, has been attended by large audiences in every town where it has been delivered, and the Press have been enthusiastic in its praise. It should therefore not fail to attract a crowded gathering in Malvern.

Malvern News, February 9, 1912.

50 YEARS AGO.

Malvern's oldest resident, Mrs Bertha Maud Verini, who celebrated her 104th birthday on Saturday, died on Sunday. Mother of Mrs D M Verini of Croft Bank, West Malvern, Mrs Verini was a native of Maidstone and had lived in Malvern for about 40 years. She died at Rob Roy Nursing Home, Hornyold Road. North Malvern, where she had been staying for some time. Widow of the late Rev Raphael Verini, at one time Vicar of Wentworth and private chaplain to Lord Fitzwilliam, she previously lived in Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

Malvern Gazette, February 9, 1962.

25 YEARS AGO.

Thousands of revellers are expected in Malvern later this summer to celebrate one of the most famous events in British history. Plans are in hand to light up the hills with a giant bonfire on top of the Worcestershire Beacon as part of the Fire Over England chain. Organisers hope there will be a night-long barbecue on the hillside, Tudor pageants and fairs in schools, costume carnivals and a host of other festivities to mark the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada.

Malvern Gazette, February 13, 1987.