Worcestershire | Archive | 2003 | November | 07
From the archive, first published Friday 7th Nov 2003.
100 years ago
Sir Oliver Lodge has been asked for his views about the weather and the interruption of the telegraphs. The electrical Earth disturbances which have caused the trouble, in his opinion, are entirely due to the Sun. The Sun, just now, is in an unusually volcanic condition. We see the effect in the Sun spots. It is also shooting out a great number of particles . . . They interfere with the telegraph and instruments sensitive to electricity. Malvern News, November 7, 1903.
We are glad to be able to state that another stained glass window is to be placed in Ledbury Church. It will be on the south side and, being the last of the series. it will complete the beauty of this side of our grand old church. It will be in St Anne's Chapel. In the lower compartment, the subject will be "The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem". In the upper, "The Scene in the Garden of Gethsemane". Ledbury Free Press, November 10, 1903.
50 years ago
Malvern Urban Council on Tuesday turned down a proposal by its Streets Committee to acquire the whole of the site of Morningside, Graham Road, for the purposes of a car park for approximately 40 cars. Negotiations are still proceeding for the acquisition of land at Edith Walk, which will accommodate some 50 cars. This scheme will necessitate the purchase of a strip of land forming part of the garden of Morningside to provide access to Graham Road. Malvern Gazette, November 6, 1953.
Farmers in Ledbury and district are now free from the restrictions on stock movements imposed two weeks ago, following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease on a farm in the St John's district of Worcester. Ledbury Reporter, November 13, 1953.
25 years ago
The rush for bread on Malvern's smaller bakeries had steadied by mid-week, as housewives came to grips with the bread strike. Early in the week, small bakeries reported long queues of people keen to buy up every crumb of bread. One bakery, Pearsons, in Court Road, reported a long queue outside the shop door before 7am on Tuesday. Malvern Gazette, November 9, 1978.
Bonfire night went off with a series of bangs, as usual, when crowds of over 3,000 gathered on land in The Southend, loaned by the Hon Edward Biddulph, for Ledbury Round Table's annual bonfire and firework display. There were some picturesque displays of gunpowder art, in over £400 worth of fireworks. Ledbury Reporter, November 9, 1978.
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