From the Archives - February 13, 2008

12:24pm Thursday 14th February 2008

100 Years Ago February 15, 1908 From the attendance at the annual dinner in connection with the Evesham Cricket Club on Wednesday evening, it is evident that the efforts to make the great national game again popular in Evesham are meeting with success but, as was pointed out in the course of the speeches, something more than attending the dinner and witnessing a few of the more important home matches is necessary. Thanks mainly to the enthusiasm of Mr EG Righton and a number of friends, an excellent field has been secured; it is indeed doubtful whether any small town in England possesses a better one. The club membership embraces a number of cricketers of all-round excellence and all that is needed to enable it to turn out a really first-class eleven is to have facilities for systematic and regular practice.

75 Years Ago February 18, 1933 At Wednesday's meeting of Evesham Town Council the question of the Bridge Street entrance to Abbey Park came up for discussion, and it would now appear that a controversy which has raged - not without bitterness - for several years has been amicably settled. We certainly hope that the scheme detailed, particulars of which were not made public, will add to the attraction of the bottom of Bridge Street and erase an eyesore which has ever since the wanton destruction of the Fleece property been a blot on the good name of the town. We are still of the opinion, however, that no scheme would have been so satisfactory as that submitted by the Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings for the restoration and reconstruction of the picturesque buildings which formerly stood on this site.

30 Years Ago February 16, 1978 Members of the Evesham Twinning Association are hoping to "smuggle" a British pillar box into Dreux next month as a preliminary to their visit in April. The pillar box has been promised by the postmaster at Worcester and is being given as a surprise gift to the inhabitants of Dreux. Once in Dreux, it will be hidden, with as few people as possible in the know, and it is hoped to have an unveiling ceremony when the Evesham party arrives in Dreux at the end of April. The pillar box gift was the idea of Mr Arthur Knott of Evesham who wanted the French to have something that was typically English. The postal authorities were happy to co-operate but warned the box weighs seven-and-a-half hundredweight and measures more than eight feet with three-and-a-half feet below the ground.

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