100 years ago.

The Midland Railway Company award £325 annually in connection with the platforms garden competition at stations on their system, and this year Malvern Wells is one that has secured premier honours.

Malvern Gazette, December 9, 1910.

We regret to announce the death of Mrs Spencer, the wife of Mr G C Spencer, draper, of Ledbury. She had been in indifferent health for some time, and recently suffered from kidney trouble.

Ledbury Guardian, December 10, 1910.

50 years ago.

The 1961 summer show of the Malvern Horicultural Society, in conjunction with the Malvern Urban District Council, will be held in Priory Park and the Winter Gardens, and not in Victoria Park, as in the last three years.

Malvern Gazette, December 9, 1960.

Much Marcle Memorial Hall was re-opened last week following extensive repairs and alterations, by the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire and the chairman of Ledbury Magistrates.

Ledbury Reporter, December 9, 1960.

25 years ago.

The new bandstand in Malvern's Priory Park will be filled with the sounds of brass bands next summer in a series of 17 concerts. The concerts will begin in Whit Bank Holiday Monday.

Malvern Gazette, December 13, 1985.

Detente found a new meaning when the Second secretary at the Russian Embassy in London, Mr Nikolai Kosov, came to shoot in Ledbury. Mr Kosov and his wife Natasha were guests of the Ledbury Rifle and Pistol Club.

Ledbury Reporter, December 13, 1985.