Here are some more pictures from a trawl through the Malvern Gazette cuttings files.
Do you recognise any of the faces from the sporting line-ups? Or perhaps you remember some of the stories that appeared in the paper in the early 2000s?
It was a dream come true for Malvern singer and football fan Allan Clayton when he was picked to perform the National Anthem alongside Katherine Jenkins and Hayley Westenra at the FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Manchester United at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in 2005
Warm weather in May 2004 sparked protests from boys at The Chase School over clothing rules as they claimed their female counterparts were treated with more leniency
Madresfield Early Years Centre pupils sang and danced at their teacher Suzannah Weatherill’s wedding in May 2005
Barnards Green Cricket Club toured Barbados in 2003
Malvern’s Pam Jolley, centre, in action singing with the Blonde Bombshells and turning back the clock to 1943 in this 2007 show
Youngsters from Malvern Junior Hockey Club pictured in 2002
Children at Upton CE Primary School were busy creating the backdrop for the town’s blues festival in May 2006
Malvern Young Firefighters showed off skills at a presentation evening in May 2006
Chase year 11 pupils Sally Anne Holliday (left) and Kim Davies made an entrance as they arrived at the prom by lorry in May 2006
Chase year 11 pupils Matthew Hodgkiss, Will Middleton, Alex Albrow and Ewan Rayner at the school prom in May 2006
The selection of the first female chairman of Malvern Hills District Council was front-page news in the Gazette 65 years ago. Miss A I L Harrison JP is pictured (left )with her nominee as chairman's lady Mrs DE Baker (centre). Also pictured is outgoing chairman’s lady, Mrs RG Reed
WALKIESSSSS: Timothy Fry with Buddy, one of his rat snakes, who he hoped would be given official permission to exercise at Ledbury Recreation Ground in 2007
Malvern Cricket Club first team, who were playing in Division Two of the Worcestershire County League in 2002. Back, from left: Luke Halion, Mark Hooper, Rob Francis, Dave Arnold and James Purnell. Front, Richard Neale, Sam Peachey, Mark Baugh, Steven Carter and Paul Young
Members of Malvern and District Age Concern blew out the candles on a 10th birthday cake as the organisation celebrated a decade of coffee mornings held at St Matthias’ Church hall
Pupils and teachers at Hanley Castle High School ‘skipped’ lunch in 2002 to take part in a charity fundraiser for the British Heart Foundation - skipping non-stop for 45 minutes
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