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  • Dave and Tim are a real pair of skimmer winners!

    MALVERN is a hotbed of stone-skimming with two men bouncing their way to success in the national championship. Dave Sealey defended his title at the sixth annual British Stone Skimming Championship in Shropshire on Sunday, June 30. Fellow skimmer

  • Bridge plaque

    PLANS to erect a plaque to commemorate the refurbishment of the bridge at Upton? That total shambles? Unbelievable. Just made me laugh. The bright yellow may have been a mistake, but at least it caught your eye and livened up the area.

  • Ted and me, and other treasures of childhood

    THE great and good of Worcestershire reveal their most cherished childhood possessions in a revealing new fund-raising photo exhibition. Famous faces including West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin, Malvern antiques expert Philip Serrell and

  • Sherlock is back

    ONE of the greatest fictional sleuths of all time will be brought back to life in a one-man show next week. Don’t Go Into The Cellar presents the Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes at Re-Con, Church Street, Great Malvern, on Thursday. The

  • Well done, PTA

     WE went to the Somers Park School annual fair on Friday, June 28. It was all extremely enjoyable, and a very happy occasion, with many different stalls and games for the children, so raising lots of money for the school. It was organised and

  • Malvern gets call to fight huge fire

    FIREFIGHTERS from Malvern fought one of the biggest blazes of their careers when they were called to lend a hand to neighbouring forces. They were among hundreds of emergency personnel called to tackle a massive blaze at a recycling centre in Smethwick

  • Can you remember WW2 hospitals

    BETWEEN autumn 1943 and early 1944, five large American field hospitals were built around Malvern to deal with casualties from the upcoming invasion of Europe. The hospitals were the subject of the recent book Return to Duty by Fran and Martin

  • Why not share your Morgan pictures?

    LAST week, the Gazette reported how Malvern's flagship Morgan Motor Company had opened its first showroom in China. Morgan, Britain’s oldest privately-held motor company, has been taking the name of Malvern around the world since it was founded

  • Firefighters earn their keep

    FIREFIGHTERS in the West Midlands were earlier this week dealing with one of the biggest blazes in the region's history, when a recycling plant at Smethwick went up in flames. Although there have not been any big fires on the Malvern Hills for

  • Film company enjoys success

    A SUCCESSFUL Malvern film company was profiled in the Gazette 50 years ago this week. Stewart Films had its headquarters in Orchard Road, Malvern and operated a studio in Clifton Hill, London. The company was founded by John R F Stewart, who

  • Rocking down the years

    THE Rolling Stones celebrated 50 years in the rock biz by playing Glastonbury last weekend in front of an ecstatic audience of 170,000. In that half-century, they have played more that 2,000 gigs, from their humble beginnings in west London to

  • Hepburn steers Green to huge win as they go sixth

    BARNARDS Green skittled Worcestershire rivals Ombersley for just 46 in a powerful 197-run Birmingham and District Premier League Division One victory. Green are sixth in the table, 52 points off the top two and 32 away from second-from-bottom Brewood

  • Do you recognise yourself?

    READER Alan Stevens sent in this picture showing his father-in-law, Dr A L Brown, a St John Divisional Surgeon, examining nursing cadets' skills. Mr Stevens wonders if any readers recognise themselves or any relatives in the picture, which was

  • Re-living ox roast 60 years on

    KATE Forrester, who now lives in Lower Howsell Road, Malvern, was one of those who attended Ledbury's fantastically successful ox roast at the start of the month - and the original. She recalls: "60 years ago my uncle, Jack Parry, was the chairman

  • Royal baby party hopes dashed

    PLANS for a street party in Belle Vue Terrace, Malvern, to celebrate the birth of the royal baby were this week dashed by district councillors. Town centre event organisers wanted to repeat the stunning success of last year’s jubilee party, which

  • Chain good thing

     What a barefaced cheek Shelia Swarbrick and her husband Anthony have to start a petition against Costa coming to Malvern. I take it that when they opened their second cafe in April they did not think about the other eateries and how it would affect

  • All-star English field in town

    AT least six current and previous champions contest the English Men’s Mid Amateur Championship for the Logan Trophy at The Worcestershire from today until Sunday. Thomas Burley from Somerset’s Burnham and Berrow club defends the title he won at

  • Echoes from the past

    100 YEARS AGO. A few weeks ago we suggested that during the hot weather the main thoroughfare of Malvern might be watered by the council on Sunday mornings. Motors and vehicles are continually passing through Malvern Link, along the Worcester Roadand

  • Malvern in red-hot form

    MALVERN are targeting a fourth win in five games tomorrow as they bid to strengthen their claim for promotion from Worcestershire Cricket League Division Three. The Regency Road team have risen to third in the table following a purple patch of

  • Not Costa again

     Upon my recent return to Malvern for a holiday I was saddened to hear about and to see the closure of some long established shops in Church Street. I was then astounded to hear that the council was contemplating allowing Costa to open another

  • Footy hoax dashes the hopes of 50

    ABOUT 50 aspiring footballers had their dreams of getting paid to play the sport they love crushed when they fell foul of a cruel internet hoax. Trialists from as far afield as Carmarthen, Birmingham and Coventry turned up to Malvern Town Football

  • A private event

    understand that Malvern Environmental Health had allowed the Morgan public house in Clarence Road an out-of-hours music licence to operation until 1am. The Morgan, which occupies a very small space within this closely built-up area within Great