Here are some more pictures from a trawl through the Malvern Gazette cuttings files.
Do you recognise any of the faces from the sporting line-ups? Or perhaps you remember some of the stories that appeared in the paper in the early 2000s?
Choristers old and new gathered for the Malvern Priory Old Choristers Association’s 44th annual reunion in Malvern in 2004
Ledbury English Fair in May 2005 and young team members take part in the string of sausages relay in the contest between the town’s butchers
The Malvern League division one championship winning Bishops Frome team retained their title in 2005
April 2002 saw local band This Year’s Model (from left) Lee Smith, Carl Haffield and Kris Stammer pictured in rehearsals
Members of Leigh and Bransford WI were all aquiver after taking part in an archery session in April 2004
Working on the dragon centrepiece for Evendine Well in 2003 are (from left) Karen Berzack, Jenni Griggs, Moth, Carol Claffey and Tricia Paul
Malvern's Community Action presented certificates to hardworking fundraisers at The Chase Technology College for their efforts in April 2002
The Malvern Angels face the camera in May 2005, ahead of their planned joining of England Women’s National Championship the following September
West Malvern Garden Club members with their winning effort in 2002's well dressing competition
All smiles in April 2003 are the team at the women-only gym Bodyworks II in Wells Road
In view of the pond clean-up in Priory Park, it seemed like a good idea to rerun these pictures, shared with the Gazette in 2004 by Jane Newbould, of Murren Avenue, Malvern. They were taken by her husband in the early 1950s
Brian Iles, of Malvern, provided the Gazette with this picture in 2003, showing aviator Gustav Hamel's Bleriot monoplane taking off from Jamaica Meadow, Malvern Link, in 1912 or 1913
Tucking into a barbecue in April 2003 as a reward for their litter-picking efforts are (left to right) James Birbeck,James Cooper, Aine Kelly, Mark Badham, Trevor Clark, Tim Tyler and Norman Barrow. The volunteers targeted litter blackspots and collected 16 bags of rubbish
Hanley Castle High School and Upton Library joined forces to launch Upton Bookworms, aimed at 12 to 15-year-olds, in 2004. Pictured are (from left) Charlotte Berry, Alex Cameron, Laura Martin, Joe Freeman and Amelia Davies
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