http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/ Evesham Journal /news/past/ en-gb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:45:18 +0000 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:45:18 +0000 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/resources/images/1000818/?type=rsslogo http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/ http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5069909.The_fastest_marathon_ever_/?ref=rss THE Vale of Evesham “marathon” 100 years ago created a great deal of interest – even though it wasn’t quite 26 miles long. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:41:05 +0000 0de88304de7b1f18fd2e88167f637b69 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5069905.From_the_Archives___March_18__2010/?ref=rss 100 Years Ago March 19. 1910. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:40:40 +0000 2ca9c5b6655caf80881ac80235ee21cd http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5069917.People_laughed_when_they_saw_ground_breaking____contraption___/?ref=rss England’s oldest motor unit was exhibited in Evesham 75 years ago. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:42:54 +0000 7d9526e3fc3035acca11544d69cefc4e http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5069914.Gift_for_school/?ref=rss AN ex-pupil of Pershore High used his craftsmanship 20 years ago to create a special gift for the school. Steven Cooper trained as a blacksmith after leaving, developing skills in ornamental ironwork and agricultural engineering. Using these talents, he worked the school crest in different types of metal on a hard pine base. It incorporated iconic features of Pershore – the plum tree, the Avon, a cross to symbolise the Abbey and a cog for industry. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:42:05 +0000 af04c51bfc356448dbfed6531de20c2a http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5069900.From_our_picture_archive__March_18__2010/?ref=rss BRISTLE the hedgehog and Holly the kitten teamed up at the Little Animal Rescue Centre at Blackminster following lucky escapes from the cold, 21 years ago. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:40:00 +0000 d757ae1a81098e7b36511db20c3a89da http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5055737.Train_driver_killed_as_locomotive_went_off_the_rails_and_turned_over/?ref=rss THE driver of a Birmingham to Ashchurch passenger train died and a fireman and guard were injured when the train derailed and overturned near Ashton-under-Hill station 75 years ago. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:41 +0000 6c062789bfe10a33d72dee248905fea8 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5055715.From_our_picture_archive__March_11__2010/?ref=rss AT the Old Silk Mill, Blockley, villager Martin Dee gave a record blow of 55-and-a-half seconds on a nine-inch Cotswold hunting horn, 30 years ago. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:18 +0000 d7bf286b26713424cd4103d16d8534ac http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5055725.Town_faced_a_shortage_of_retained_firefighters/?ref=rss “Pershore is facing a severe shortage of firefighters”, the Journal reported 20 years ago. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:44 +0000 1d71350e0b9ec6838f06e8570521007d http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5055723.From_the_Archives___March_11__2010/?ref=rss 100 years Ago March 12, 1910 HOW many of our readers saw the brilliant meteor which appeared on the evening of Monday, February 28? Mr E A B Barnard, our Notes and Queries editor, was one. He was standing on some elevated ground to the north of Evesham when at eight minutes to seven he saw a brilliant pearl-hued substance slowly falling from S.E. to N.W. across the sky. The substance, he says, seemed to be “about the size of a man’s fist,” and as it approached the earth it emitted a few lights of various colours. It fell in a field on the estate of the Duc d’Orleans, just in front of a large coppice, and about three quarters of a mile from where Mr Barnard was standing. For at least 45 seconds afterwards he could distinctly see a strong light rising from the spot where the substance fell. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:46:33 +0000 78597775e752de9e8eb14287b0fdaecf http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5041154.Town___s_long_history_of_education_is_still_writ_large_on_High_Street/?ref=rss THE top end of High Street has been very much in the news of late and it reminded Michael Barnard of the history of Almswood, now the home of Allchurch Bailey. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:58:50 +0000 c409415a457a53a5e0941bbbf8e2b2c0 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5041146.From_the_Archives___March_4__2010/?ref=rss 100 Years Ago March 5, 1910 AT their last meeting, the general purposes committee of the Evesham Town Council decided that during the summer months the Pleasure Grounds and Recreation Ground shall be closed every night at 10 o’clock. It will be quite simple to enforce this decision so far as it refers to the Pleasure Grounds, but the committee can only close the ground on the other side of the river by stopping a public footpath, and it is hardly conceivable that a body whose duty it is to carefully preserve all public rights of way can contemplate doing this. Years ago a footpath giving access to the river across the Crown Meadow was lost to the public without protest from anyone, and if the path through the Recreation Ground is now closed there will be no right of way on to the right bank of the Avon below Evesham Bridge except at Hampton Ferry. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:57:42 +0000 2c79fd871542b6159b4c1bba95a3daea http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5041138.From_our_picture_archive__March_4__2010/?ref=rss A BAKER came out of retirement to make a special product for the Jubilee year, 33 years ago. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:56:14 +0000 1f698cf2d9e736a42ead99daaeedb1a4 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5027812.From_our_picture_archive__February_25__2010/?ref=rss THE sun shone on Penhurst, the National Children’s Home in Chipping Norton when the annual fete was opened by Mr Peter Purves of the BBC Television programme Blue Peter to the cheers of well over 1,000 visitors, 37 years ago. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:31:05 +0000 38c83975bdf3e665d0c65890ce586578 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5027822.From_the_Archives___February_25__2010/?ref=rss 100 Years Ago February 26, 1910 From the first annual report, which was presented at the meeting on Tuesday, the Pershore Co-operative Fruit Market seems to have made a fairly satisfactory start. The sum realised at the sales has amounted to £4,721, and the commission earned to £366. The net profit for the period during which the market has been open (28 weeks), after allowances for depreciation and reserve for doubtful debts, was £5 2s 5d, which the committee recommended should be carried forward. The committee has secured a site in close proximity to Broad Street, where a covered market is in course of erection. Not so much use as expected has been made of the brand tallies issued to members, but this is no doubt a matter that will right itself in due course as the brand becomes more widely known. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:33:03 +0000 ce9c45174efebb4aad2b0af33685aeaa http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5027828.Long_serving_barber_called_it_a_day/?ref=rss A career spanning more than half a century ended 35 years ago when Douglas Trigg – pictured at work – hung up the “closed” sign in his barber’s shop window for the last time. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:34:47 +0000 ee49c03079450c1903c58d7ec5b584e7 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5027833.Obsessive_football_fan_even_had_team___s_colours_inked_on_fingers/?ref=rss THE Evesham Journal reported on a man with an obsession 35 years ago. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:35:45 +0000 67f4e72e541d257b2125433b32e3fcb2 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5014776.Rowing_club_celebrated_second_most_successful_year_since_1863/?ref=rss EVESHAM Rowing Club celebrated one of its most successful seasons ever 35 years ago. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:03:25 +0000 1d27aa8e71948338afc1114fc227aa62 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5014769.Couple_were_looking_forward_to_globe_trotting/?ref=rss A PERSHORE woman was looking forward to some serious globe-trotting as she bade farewell to the world of work. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:02:30 +0000 689815e26809370a56bc6ff2cb45d2b5 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5014760.From_the_Archives___February_18__2010/?ref=rss 100 Years Ago February 19, 1910 IT is hoped by Easter, Evesham bells will once more be ringing. Messrs James Barwell Ltd, of Birmingham, to whom the work of re-hanging the peal has been entrusted, have removed the old wooden frames and fittings put in some 30 years ago, and will re-hang the bells on a new steel frame, with iron headstock, and all the latest improvements. The Evesham Bell Tower bells are acknowledged to be the finest peal of eight in Worcestershire, and if two more bells were added, we are assured by experts that Evesham would have one of the finest rings of 10 in the kingdom. With 10 bells, Grandsire cators and Stedman cators can be rung, and cator ringing is the finest there is. There is plenty of room for two new bells. In fact, there is room for 12 altogether, and the cost would probably not exceed £120 for the two. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:01:23 +0000 ac0bc9e307342274725dba71b858ccb1 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/past/5014754.From_our_picture_archive__February_18__2010/?ref=rss Four workers escaped without injury when an explosion blew a wall and roof off the Cotek paper factory in Draycott, near Moreton-in-Marsh, 22 years ago. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:00:14 +0000 554f18fd91608c95e41c134f309cfb7c