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Longdon
OUTER Limits enjoyed a fantastic day out at Wye Valley Centre, near Ross-on-Wye last Saturday. The weather was brilliant, it must have been one of the best Saturdays this summer. The group visited the Butterfly Farm, where they saw many beautiful
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Radical change needed to revive town fortunes
A TOP-TO-TOE overhaul is needed to revive the economic fortunes of Uptonupon- Severn, a report says. Improving and expanding the town’s retail outlets, providing consistent opening hours, creating a strong “brand identity” and attracting a
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Community cast
A CALL has gone out for actors to help complete the cast of a production at Herefordshire’s centre for the arts. Fluxx theatre company are looking for people to take a part in a small community cast in the performance of Without Planning Permission
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Blues sensation
A ONE-man blues sensation has formed a super group for a one-off show next week. Gwyn Ashton comes to the Marr’s Bar in Worcester’s Pierpont Street on Friday, September 14, where he will team up with Robbie Blunt and Mark Stanway. Both are
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Famous beat poet has died aged 84
POET Dick McBride, one of the famous Beat Generation, who lived in the Malvern area since 1988, has died aged 84. Mr McBride lived in San Francisco in the 1950s and 60s and became friends with writers such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence
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Colwall WI
PRESIDENT Cath Blackwell welcomed members and apologies were given from those unable to attend. The speaker for the evening, Eileen Dilley, provided members with two lovely cakes to enjoy with their refreshments and these went down very well.
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Case of bike pump and circumstance
RIDERS can slip into Victorian or vintage fancy dress for the first-ever Bricycles Elgar Vintage Cycle Ride, at 2pm on Sunday, September 16. The ride is in aid of Acorn’s Children’s Hospice, and to buy a life-saving defibrillator for Malvern rugby
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Amnesty art
THE 12th annual exhibition and sale of Art for Amnesty raised £1,600 over the 10-day event in August. We would like to thank the Quaker Meeting House for the use of their premises, co-operation and for putting up with the inconvenience. Also
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Having fun outdoors
SWINGING through the trees was just one of the thrills on offer at Malvern Hills Outdoor Education Centre in its summer activities for children. The activities sessions include archery, rock-climbing, abseiling and bushcraft, with excursions to
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I was at station
HOW lovely to see the photo and write up of Leigh Court station (August 31). Might be of interest to readers, I was the youngest signalwoman there, also on the GWR, 16 years of age, still alive and fighting fit. My dad was the stationmaster there
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Bins not wanted
IT is now more than two weeks since you informed us of Malvern Hills District Council’s intention to inflict on us all the change from weekly bag collection, which are on view for a few hours only, to the appalling fortnightly bins, on view forever
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Olympic statue home search is gathering pace
THE Malvern Gazette’s bid to find the perfect home for a statue of London Olympic mascot ‘Wenlock’ has sprinted out of the blocks. A town businessman has bought the statue, one of 84 individually created to celebrate this summer’s Olympics and
