100 years ago.

When the war broke out, the Malvern Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross Society offered the War Office accommodation for fifty wounded soldiers. The first batch of wounded have already arrived. They came on Wednesday afternoon from the base hospital in Birmingham and arrived at the Link Station at four o'clock. Early in the day, a telegram was received by the local officials, asking them if they could accommodate 12 wounded soldiers. Several moot cars were in readiness on the station,. The station ambulance class were ready, in case of emergency, to render assistance and a stretcher was also provided. The soldiers were all attired in khaki and there were no very serious cases, the men being able to get from the train to the motor cars without assistance. They were suffering chiefly from wounds in the legs and arms. Several of them belonged to Scottish regiments.

Malvern Gazette, October 30, 1914.

50 years ago.

Malvern Road Safety Committee is to send a letter to Supt. C A Saull, requesting that the police enforce the urban district council's ruling that there shall be no parking in Malvern Link, and if need be institute prosecutions. This was decided when the committee met on Friday, with Mr H F Lewis in the chair, after Mr J Mitchell had expressed the view that there was "too much illegal parking" in the Link. While admitting that there must be loading and unloading, he wanted to know whether there had been any prosecutions, It was no use the council passing a ruling unless the police were prepared to back it. Parking was very lax all over Malvern and and example should be made, he said. Mr J O Darlington wondered if, as in Worcester, there could be traffic wardens to keep the area free of parked cars. Another committee member said that they must be careful not to drive trade away; the matter must be handled tactfully. A further opinion was that the sight of a policeman deterred would-be parkers.

Malvern Gazette, October 30, 1964.

25 years ago.

Malvern Splash, the town's long-awaited leisure pool in Priory Park, opens today, Friday, at 12 noon. And the public will at last be able to discover the delights of the new pool, with its giant flume and its wave machine. It also boasts the Beachcomber snack bar, and its special sessions for early-morning swimming, fifties plus, aerobics, water babies, life-saving and swimming lessons. Manager Malcolm Harris said this week he was very disappointed not to have been able to open for the schools' half-term week. "It would have given a lot of people the chance to see what it is all about. The next holiday is Christmas, which is likely to be pretty quiet, and it really is a shame we couldn't open earlier. The first-floor bar and servery at the Splash will also be opening today but the restaurant on the first floor will not open until December 2. Malvern Hills district councillor and their partners, together with other invited guests, had a sneak preview yesterday when 150 children from schools form throughout the Malvern Hills District also had the opportunity to test the water.

Malvern Gazette, November 3, 1989.