From the Archives - November 22, 2007

12:51pm Friday 23rd November 2007

100 Years Ago November 23, 1907 ON Sunday, Sir Richard and Lady Martin, of Overbury Court, gave a very kind welcome to all who availed themselves of the privilege of seeing the beautiful grounds and conservatory of the Court, which were open for the occasion. In the conservatory were four hundred chrysanthemums staged either in circular groups under spreading palms in the centre and fringed with decorative specimens, or in semi-circular groups around the sides, connected in some instances with rows of single begonias in pots, whose bright pink colouring formed a very effective contrast to the rich yellow, bronze, white and pink trusses of the flowing and incurved varieties of Japan's favourite flower.

75 Years Ago November 18, 1932 THE annual meeting of the Pershore and District Pig-keepers' Association was held at the Plough Inn, Pershore, on Tuesday evening. Mr Hubert Bick, president, presided. The president presented the balance sheet, showing a profit of £6 1s 11d. At the end of the year a total worth of fund of the Association at £152 15s 8d, the main portion in conversion stock. It was stated that there had been no claim on the Association, either by loss by death or expense through the illness of any insured animal. In his report, Mr Bick expressed regret at a decline in the membership of the association, but said this was easily understood by all who had anything to do with the feeding of pigs, and even by those who did not keep pigs.

50 Years Ago November 22, 1957 Conscious of the 300 applicants for council houses on their waiting lists, Evesham Town Council is intent to go ahead with their house building to the limit of the possibilities under Government financial restrictions. Sitting as a housing committee, the council decided on Monday to proceed in principle with schemes already envisaged, including Bewdley Street re-development and the erection of 25 dwelling units on a site adjoining Battleton Lodge, on the Fairfield estate. The Town Clerk Mr N F Davies said at their December meeting the committee should receive details of the revised Bewdley Street scheme and another site which they would not want to discuss publicly that night.

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