Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | January
THERE is pleasant countryside to be enjoyed throughout this walk, and several interesting buildings too, including Sugarbrook Manor, Fish House Mill and Needle Mill Cottage, a survivor from the days when needle-making was an important cottage industry in the north-east of the county. more...
ROBBIE Burns, Scotland's premier poet and songwriter, had the presence of mind to be born exactly one month after Christmas Day in 1759. more...
Theatre January more...
A REMAKE of the classic 60s film The Manchurian Candidate opens at Malvern Cinema today (Friday). Starring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber, the film is brought up-to-date with giant corporations replacing communists as the new bogeymen. It runs until Thursday, January 20, at 7.30pm with matinees on Saturday, Sunday and Thursday at 4pm. more...
Jan 12-15: Jack and the Beanstalk, a traditional family pantomime by Stephen Duckham at The Norbury Theatre, Friar Street, Droitwich Spa. Tickets available on 01905 770154 more...
Jan 18: Worcester Concert Club presents El Ultimo Tango from the CBSO at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Box office: 01905 611427. more...
Jan 14: Festivals Experience, Marr's Bar, Worcester; Fingers, Drummonds Bar, Worcester; The Shakedown, Actress & Bishop, Birmingham. more...
Until Jan 15: Fusion, designer jewellers and textiles artists from Europe and North American, have created a unique show of work at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. For further information telephone 01242 237431. more...
Jan 14 and every Friday: Country Western partner dancing at Whitbourne Village Hall, all levels welcome including beginners, for further details please telephone Jeff and Thelma on 01886 821772. more...
SAXOPHONIST Julian Siegal will be providing some late night jazz at The County Bar in the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, tonight. more...
GUITARIST Dave Miles plays at The Anchor at Welland at 9pm tonight (Friday). Singer songwriter Clive John performs in the pub on Friday, February 4, again at 9pm. more...
THE Swing Kings guest at the Abbey Jazz session at Malvern Rugby Club on Sunday at 8pm. Bassist Len Thwaites is being joined by Ron Hills (trombone), Tony Pipkin (trumpet), Cormac Loane (alto/clarinet), Roger Heeley (piano) and Roy Duitton (drums). more...
JAZZ lovers can enjoy the music of the Alan Barnes Quartet at Hanley Castle High School on Friday, January 21. more...
WENDY Austen and her band will be bringing the sounds of jazz to the Downs School, Colwall at 8pm tomorrow (Saturday). Entry is free, but there will be a collection for the school's music technology project. more...
TARRINGTON Brass is holding a concert in aid of the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal on Sunday at the Lady Emily Community Hall in the village. more...
JIMMY'S Band, a church orchestra with a difference, is playing at Cradley Village Hall later this month. more...
A unique fusion of Latin American rhythms and European music will launch the second half of Malvern Concert Club's current season. more...
THE hall of Cradley's new Primary School turns into a riverbank for the village players' fantastic production of the Wind in the Willows. more...
The floorboards of Colwall Village Hall will be put to the test during an evening of foot-stomping dance. more...
THE Bath Society of Artists will have work on show at Malvern Theatres from Monday (January 17). more...
LONG John Silver, tall ships and seafaring ballads feature in a new anthology of John Masefield's poetry. more...
THE Pirates of Penzance opens at Malvern Theatres on Wednesday. more...
THE Brewhouse Theatre Company will present Something's Afoot at The Courtyard in Hereford from Tuesday, January 18 to Saturday, January 22. more...
THE Cecilian Players will perform a concert at Pershore Abbey on Saturday, January 29. more...
WITH constant repeats of Britain's favourite sitcom Only Fools and Horses on our screens it is hard to believe that Nicholas Lyndhurst, who plays "plonker" Rodney, has actually been taking a break from acting for the past two years. more...
AL Pitcher will be causing a flap in the Everyman Theatre's County Bar in Cheltenham on Monday when he kicks off the first of the Comedy Nights for 2005. more...
MUSIC fans look set to take `Shelter From The Storm' in Worcester's Marr's Bar this month as the venue hosts a Bob Dylan night. more...
SINGER Jacqui Dankworth (right) will be bringing her distinctive vocals to Worcester next week when she plays a concert at the city's Huntingdon Hall. more...
THE CONCRETES - more...
LEA & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce has been synonymous with the county for more than 150 years - and thanks to a new development at the factory, it looks set to continue that way. more...
TO enter the covered courtyard of the Lea & Perrins factory in Worcester is like taking a step through time. more...
100 years ago more...
THE big news in the Malvern Gazette 50 years ago was the completion of the town's 1,000th post-war council house at 7 Moat Way. more...
I REFER to James Richard's letter headlined "Political correctness just causing racial divide" (Letters, You Say, Saturday, January 1). more...
I AM appalled by the BBC's decision to broadcast Gerry Springer - The Opera. As a Christian I am deeply offended and distressed by the programme's portrayal of Jesus Christ uttering obscene language, which is nothing less than absolute blasphemy. more...
PETER Luff is to be congratulated on his campaign to persuade the BBC to cancel the showing of Jerry Springer - The Opera this weekend. more...
FOR the benefit of those whose faith has been weakened by liberal theologians failing to offer any clear reason why God would permit a natural disaster on the scale of the tsunami the following is what the Bible really reaches. more...
THE British Army is to be re-equipped with a new fleet of trucks at a cost of some £1.8bn yes, billion pounds. more...
I BELIEVE if George Cowley buttered up women with the same effect as he does John Phillpott, he would soon be Sultan Cowley of the Warndon Harem. more...
GEORGE Cowley, poor old chap, is beginning to show signs of his age when he writes fondly of his childhood memories. more...
WHY Wyre Forest Birth Centre "must be made safe and reopened" is to be put in a letter to health chiefs by the district's MP. more...
A FEW of us were chatting the other night about the demise of the local village pubs. more...
BUILDING somewhere to live will be one of the first tasks facing Annabel Roberts when she arrives in Phuket to take part in the tsunami disaster relief effort. more...
HEALTH officials are going door-to-door with mosquito-killing spray guns to head off a malaria threat that one expert said could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami zone. more...
THE most senior Catholic and Anglican clerics in the UK will pray together for the victims of the tsunami disaster. more...
A Talented Chinese student at St James's School, in West Malvern, has been offered a place at Oxford University's Lady Margaret Hall to study mathematics and statistics. more...
MALVERN College is celebrating after 19 pupils were offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. more...
Secondary schools in the two counties revealed a mixed response to this year's GCSE performance tables, released this week. more...
A designer at Malvern Hills Science Park has won a leading internet award for his unusual website. more...
BUS passengers in the Malvern Hills district will have the chance to air their views next week. more...
JOHN Young, councillor and long-standing member of many Malvern groups, has died aged 78. more...
WHEN someone like Coun Pat Merrick, who has spent much of the past 25 years, as a councillor and chairman of the hospital league of friends, trying to get a new hospital built in Malvern says that now is "our last chance" you have to sit up and take notice. more...
I've never been the quietest of people, as my parents have always reminded me. more...
ORGANISERS of public events in the Malvern Hills area have been left reeling at the possibiity of having to pay a crippling licence fee. more...
A Brave woman faced up to a gunman who attempted to rob her home. more...
AN army officer from Malvern is one of more than 500 soldiers from the Worcestershire and Sher-wood Foresters currently serving in Afghanistan. more...
TWO innovative projects to encourage teenagers to get involved in their village are being launched by Cradley Parish Council. more...
A couple are putting the finishing touches to an extensive restoration project that has allowed them to realise their dream. more...
A shaggy dog story won the hearts of people in Bromyard who named a brave Jack Russell `Pet of the Year' in a special competition. more...
One of Ledbury's oldest family businesses, J C Smith and Son, Photographer, will close the doors on its Homend base after almost 85 years next Friday (January 21). more...
POLICE patrols have been stepped up in Callow End following a stream of complaints about vandalism and criminal damage to homes. more...
ALL we read in our local paper is always about yobbish behaviour regarding the young and many people think this about all our young people. more...
Police are linking two gun-related incidents in Malvern and are appealing for help in tracing the criminals. more...
Could I thank all the shopkeepers of Ledbury who so kindly donated prizes for the bran tub I organised in conjunction with St Michael & All Angels' Christmas fair. The support from most of the shopkeepers was marvellous and I thank them very much for their kind generosity in helping to make the bran tub for children such a success. more...
UPTON residents will soon be able to access police and council services via the town library. more...
I AM becoming increasingly concerned about the number of trees and branches overhanging the roads in the county. Many of these are heavy with ivy and are simply not safe. more...
A CRADLEY couple who escaped unharmed when the tsunami hit Sri Lanka are continuing their fundraising efforts after returning home. more...
I would like to express that the organisation of the hunt in Ledbury was appalling. more...
Nature's Own is spearheading an initiative to send millions of multi vitamins to victims of the tsunami. more...
WE have all been horrified by the tsunami and the heart-rending pictures and stories which have come to us on a daily basis. more...
TO start the New Year on a positive note, may I pass on two fascinating facts for residents in the county electoral division which I represent, Malvern Trinity, which covers the northern part of Malvern (excluding Malvern Link) plus the whole of West Malvern as far as the Herefordshire borders. more...
AT least £58,000 has been collected locally for victims of the tsunami. more...
Many people who had set their hearts on running in this year's London Marathon will have heard before Christmas that they had not been lucky enough to gain a place in the ballot that is held. more...
A FINAL decision on plans to site a statue commemorating the Morgan family on land belonging to Malvern Hills Conservators was due to be made last night (Thursday). more...
THE Charity Christmas card shop held at the ARCOS premises in the run up to Christmas took over £21,600 which equals and slightly passes the total taken the previous year. more...
Two new bus shelters will be provided in Malvern by Worcestershire County Council. more...
MAY I thank the lady who just before Christmas picked up my wallet from the pavement near Boots, in Ledbury, and took it to the police. more...
HORTICULTURAL expert and former Malvern Gazette gardening columnist Jim Tudge died this week, aged 90. more...
COUNCILLORS were advised to approve the allocation of extra funds to The Splash or risk putting another project into jeopardy. more...
I WRITE to express my sincere congratulations to the MTAG members of Malvern Town Council in achieving such excellent results by reducing the precept payment to the Malvern Town Council over the past three years, this year a reduction of 10 per cent - well done! more...
THE need for a minor injuries unit, the number of beds proposed and the site location were among the main concerns raised at a public meeting about the new Malvern hospital. more...
IN proposing its plans for the "regeneration" of Great Malvern, Malvern Hills District Council has unfortunately failed to consider the existing users of the premises. more...
I WOULD like to add my voice to the growing chorus of support for the continuance of the Great Malvern Club (also called the Con Club). more...
A £5,000 publicity campaign is being launched by Malvern Town Council to get people fully involved in the consultation over the new community hospital. more...
The Malvern music scene has dramatically changed since the halcyon days of the 60s and 70s when it was possible to see a plethora of quality bands such as The Who, Hawkwind, the ELO, ELP and many more. more...
A BABY'S early arrival on a roadside near Worcester sparked a police alert. more...
When I moved to Malvern this time last year I thought what a beautiful and quiet place it must be, and I looked forward to a good night's sleep every night free from the din of the city. more...
I believe you have been unfairly criticised for your leader three weeks ago about the consultation on the proposed new Malvern hospital. more...
n A PAIR of lime trees have been felled at the entrance to the car park in Old Street, Upton. They were believed to be more than two centuries old. Malvern Hills Highways Partnership removed them after a report showed they were unsafe. more...
UPTON Rotary Club has raised about £250 through its Tree of Light appeal. more...
PARENTS are encouraged to book early for a new series of children's music sessions at the Hill Centre in Upton. more...
SARA was called to help after a boat from Upton lost engine power and began to drift down the River Severn. more...
UPTON Rowing Club was forced to cancel its heads of the river race for the third year running, due to bad weather conditions. more...
A PACKED church paid tribute at the funeral of a brass band leader and prominent member of the Evesham community, who died suddenly at home. more...
A BABY'S early arrival on a roadside near Worcester sparked a police alert. more...
Students will swap schoolbooks for saucepans and whiteboards for flat screen TVs when they have lessons in Worcester College of Technology's new hi-tech kitchen classroom. more...
THE chance to pay respects to fallen comrades and reflect on the 60th anniversary of the Second World War is being offered on a trip to D-Day landing beaches and graves in Normandy. more...
A VIEW of Venice owned by an aristocratic antiques dealer will be sold for more than £2m when it is auctioned in New York later this month. more...
PENSIONERS were forced to use public and supermarket toilets for more than a week after the sewer near their homes in Wyre Piddle was blocked. more...
A FORGOTTEN orchard is being reclaimed from its ivy and bramble chaos thanks to enthusiastic volunteers' fruitful labour and Worcestershire County Council guidance. more...
CAMPAIGNERS against a phone mast put up without permission in a village near Droitwich have reigned victorious after councillors refused the application yesterday. more...
TWO county businessmen have made it to the top 50 of a Midlands rich list for the first time, with a rock star and the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire also making the grade. more...
AN assistant headteacher plunged to his death just 40 minutes after waving his wife goodbye and leaving for work. more...
FORMER schools' chief June Longmuir was "torn apart" and kicked out of Worcestershire's top education post after councillors said they had lost confidence in her. more...
WEST Mercia police have failed to issue a single on-the-spot fine to yobs who misuse fireworks, the Government has admitted. more...
THE Bishop of Worcester has launched a broadside against political parties that try to "outbid" each other on tax pledges without considering their impact on society. more...
DETECTIVES believe there are residents in Malvern who know the identities of armed robbers who committed two gun-related crimes in the town and are urging them to come forward and supply more information. more...
A PEDESTRIAN was held at knifepoint and robbed of £2 and 10 cigarettes in Railway Walk, Rainbow Hill at 6.45am on Wednesday. more...
MORE than 100 staff at Royal Worcester Porcelain have been told their jobs are on the line. more...
IN this column yesterday, we spoke of the Faithful City's most famous export - Worcestershire Sauce - and how moves by its owners, HP Foods had, we hoped, secured the firm's future. more...
FAMILIES in Worcester are being encouraged to save for their children's future - and the Government will be kick-starting bank accounts with a minimum £250 payment. more...
West Malvern lost one of its oldest and best-loved residents this week in Jim Tudge. He died on Monday at the age of nearly 91 after a year of deteriorating health. more...
MORE about the parish plan. The first meeting of the steering group will be on Monday, January 17 at 8pm at Old Mill House, Hollow Lane, Staplow. The agenda will include prioritising the various tasks involved in producing the plan, especially the questionnaires and funding. All parish residents are welcome. Meanwhile, the model makers are making progress with the contoured model of the village. more...
THERE was a wonderful reception for the Friends of Welland and the St James' Church Singers when we went around carol singing just before Christmas. more...
REDMARLEY Parish Council has received a copy of the new plans for the proposed play area adjacent to the tennis courts and the matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the parish council. A copy of the plan will be displayed on the notice boards at the school, post office and Lowbands. more...
IT'S not too late to get fit and to keep your new year's resolution. Come along to keep fit with Lyn at Powick Parish Hall every Monday from 8.15pm. Classes are to music and are for all levels of ability and fitness, for all ages. Each session costs £2.75 and is led by Lyn Snook, a qualified trainer, (01905) 830255. more...
TONIGHT (Friday) sees a famous jazz musician coming to Cradley. Chris Tyle will be playing in Cradley Village Hall at 7.30pm, supported by the Gambit Jazzmen. Alan Robinson is presenting the evening, which should be an enjoyable event for all jazz lovers in the village. For further information, call 01886 880016. more...
THE service by candlelight began the Christmas services at St Margaret's Church, Corse which was followed by mince pies and mulled wine. At the family service Samantha Pates, a young church member, played Ode to Joy by Beethoven at the church organ to begin the service. On Christmas Eve the Christingle service was conducted by the Reverend Penny Hamer, curate, when the children took decorated drawings to the Christingle to help explain its meaning. more...
A BURNS Night celebration will be held at the village hall on Friday, January 21, at 7pm for 7.30pm, at which there will be Scottish dancing. Tickets are £15 in aid of the Save the Children und available from Dorothea Marsh on 541013. more...
CASTLEMORTON Gardening Club starts the new year with the usual visit to foreign shores. The group are pleased to welcome Keith Ferguson, who will be talking about Mediterranean plants in our gardens, a welcome antidote to the January weather. more...
TONIGHT (Friday) at the parish hall, the second of this term's line dancing sessions is at 7.30pm. Admission £2. more...
TEXTILE designer Nicola Thomson could soon see glossy magazines featuring her work, thanks to a British Arts Council award. more...
A COMPUTER club is being launched by Age Concern Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Monday, January 24. more...
EVENING News readers with a passion for the world in which we live are urged to volunteer for the Environment Agency. more...
A crash in which a 49-year-old Evesham woman was badly injured in the North Cotswolds last Friday is to be reconstructed by police this weekend. more...
APOLOGY: The Evening News would like to point out that Philippa Leggate is headteacher of Malvern Girls' College, not Jane Potter as stated in a photo caption yesterday. more...
STRESSED-OUT people in Worcester can learn how to relax with new beginners' classes in the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. more...
AFRICAN dance and culture kept children at a Droitwich school entertained for a day. more...
FOUR barns in the Worcestershire countryside are set to be converted into homes after planners gave the scheme the green light. more...
IT will be lights, camera and action for movie fans across Wyre Forest when the district's first cinema in 23 years opens. more...
MALVERN Town Reserves picked up three good West Midland division one points with a 3-1 home win against Brereton Social. more...
THE girls' team at Colwall Cricket Club has been given a boost by the Lord's Taverners who have awarded them £500 in order to pay for extra net facilities. more...
A TRY from Bridgnorth within 90 seconds of kick-off was not the best start for the new year for the Malvern Pirates. more...
MALVERN'S seconds entertained a strong Longton side last Saturday on a dry, blustery afternoon and both sides provided an incident-packed spectacle for the watching crowds. more...
MALVERN RFC have signed Nigel Richardson, brother of Malvern skipper Matt, to add to the Spring Lane side's strength. more...
TRIPLE champion Best Mate, owned by Callow End's Jim Lewis, is among 40 horses entered for the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. more...
RANGERS travelled to Kington for a West Midlands League division two fixture and as soon as they arrived were fairly adamant that the game wouldn't take place. more...
AFTER a poor run of defeats in both cup and league, Town bounced back with a good Midland Alliance win away at Stratford Town. more...
MALVERN'S director of rugby David Robins was well pleased with his side's display at Old Laurentians on Saturday when the Spring Lane side won 7-26. more...
AFTER the pre-Christmas upsets against Hinckley and Burton, the Malvern first XV travelled to Rugby with renewed determination to revive their challenge for promotion. more...
THIRD-placed Stourbridge were the visitors to the Langland Stadium on Tuesday evening and came boasting the best strike record in the league, having scored 59 goals in 22 games. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have the ultimate test of their recovery under Stuart Watkiss tomorrow -- stringing two wins together for the first time this season. more...
JOHN Brain is "fairly confident" that tonight's European Shield quarter-final in Italy will go ahead. more...
ANDY Keast believes a revamp of rugby regulations could cut down the amount of injuries. more...
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THERE were clear winners in both divisions of the Sapey Golf Club midweek medal (qualifier) on January 7. more...
WINDS gusting five to six spelled big trouble for the five bold Arden Sailing Club dinghy racers who competed in the annual Icicle Race on the Avon at Defford. more...
MATHON, Cradley & Storridge (MCS) mixed A tennis team gained a hard-fought draw at Worcester Tennis Club. more...
MALVERN's cycling club VC Sevale is holding its reliability ride on Sunday (January 16). more...
LEDBURY & District ASC began the year with an impressive win in the first round of The Wyvern League at Monmouth. more...
AFTER a good win against Worcester St Johns in their first match in defence of their Worcester and District League title, Malvern Chess Club suffered a setback with a defeat at home to Droitwich. more...
IN division three of the Malvern Table Tennis League, Uckinghall got the new year off to a good start with a four point win over Dukes Way Dynamos. But Dynamos put up a tough fight with five sets going to four games and one to the fifth. more...
WITH the eagerly awaited Worcestershire Golf Club's Boxing Day foursomes competition cancelled, due to a covering of snow on the Malvern Wells course, a full field of competitors appeared for the annual New Year's Day competition. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers manager Jimmy Mullen wants to hand a debut to Phil Male in tomorrow's Southern league Division One West trip to Marlow (3pm). more...
EVESHAM United skipper Lee Knight will be thrown back into the side facing Mangotsfield Town in Southern League Division One West's top-of-the-table clash tomorrow (3pm). more...
DANNY McDonnell has insisted Worcester City cannot allow the FA Trophy to blur their Nationwide North ambitions. more...
GRAHAM Turner is calling for a much-improved performance from his Hereford United side ahead of tomorrow's FA Trophy third round clash at Accrington Stanley. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have the ultimate test of their recovery under Stuart Watkiss tomorrow -- stringing two wins together for the first time this season. more...
ANDY Keast believes a revamp of rugby regulations could cut down the amount of injuries. more...
JOHN Brain is "fairly confident" that tonight's European Shield quarter-final in Italy will go ahead. more...
LES Hines' chances of turning out against former club Hednesford Town in tomorrow's FA Trophy third round clash (3pm) hang in the balance. more...
MALVERN United entertained second-placed Bredon Colts in their first game of 2005 and it was all action. more...
THIS Nursing Cup quarter-final at Brickfields started at furious pace. more...
WEST Malvern travelled to Inkberrow Reserves in the Phipps Cup hoping to give a better performance than when they were thrashed 6-1 at home. more...
RADAR returned to their winning ways with an emphatic Worcester League division two victory over visitors Littleworth last Sunday. more...
MALVERN Referees' Society will be holding their next meeting on Sunday (January 16) at the Civil Service Club, Pickersleigh Road starting at 7.30pm. more...
ALTHOUGH this Phipps Cup game was a poor spectacle the result was never in doubt as Powick had won previous meetings by large margins. more...
MALVERN Ladies continued their run in the Wyvern Cup with a comfortable win at Langland Stadium. more...
THE Soccer Site Malvern League resumed on Sunday after a two week break and in the only league game of the day, Oak Allstars gave their best team performance of the season. more...
RANGERS travelled to Kington for a West Midlands League division two fixture and as soon as they arrived were fairly adamant that the game wouldn't take place. more...
DANNY McDonnell has insisted Worcester City cannot allow the FA Trophy to blur their Nationwide North ambitions. more...
LES Hines' chances of turning out against former club Hednesford Town in tomorrow's FA Trophy third round clash (3pm) hang in the balance. more...
NEIL Lyman is part of Worcester Warriors' squad tonight. more...
MALVERN United Angling Association members began their new year match calendar on a blustery River Avon at Birlingham, when they fished the latest winter league match. more...
AFTER a three-week break, Upton returned to rugby and league business on Saturday at Redditch. more...
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