100 YEARS AGO.

A very happy tea party was held in the Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening, when some 180 of the poorest children of Malvern were entertained to a substantial tea, followed by games and the distribution of gifts from the Christmas tree. The funds for providing the entertainment were raised in a unique and praiseworthy manner. A number of lady employees of Warwick House raised the funds by carol singing at Christmas. They visited the houses of the leading residents and met with a generous response, over £8 being collected.

Malvern Gazette, January 24, 1913.

50 YEARS AGO.

The approximate cost of snow clearance in Malvern to January 20 amounted to £7,250, Malvern Council was told on Tuesday. Since the first snow on Boxing Day, council contractors, mechanical equipment and labour had been employed, the peak total figures being two ploughs, two bulldozers, eight mechanical loaders, 24 lorries and 85 men. Gravel and salt had been used at the approximate rate of 400 tons and 25 tons per week respectively. Apart from a short period during the afternoon of January 3, all main roads and bus routes had been kept open Malvern Gazette, January 25, 1963.

25 YEARS AGO.

Upton upon Severn became Upton under Severn once again as the rain and melting snow caused the river to burst its banks. The Hanley Road was flooded alongside the Severn, with commercial vehicles splashing through safely, but only the bravest car drivers trying to cross the temporary ford. In the town, much of the Waterside area found it was in the wrong side of the river bank. At the Swan Inn, long-suffering hosts Mrs Sue Davies and her husband Peter had to get up at 3.30 Monday morning and spent all day moving furniture.

Malvern Gazette, January 29, 1988.