100 YEARS AGO.

What may be classed as one of the Summer attractions in Malvern is the Open Lawn Tennis Tournament held in Manor Park. This year's has been fixed for Whit week and the committee have no doubt done the right thing in holding it then, for at no period of the year does Malvern present a more striking appearance than towards the end of May and the beginning of June. The players cannot fail to be struck by the beauty of the town and its surroundings, for the scene is very picturesque.

Malvern Gazette, May 17, 1912.

50 YEARS AGO.

An important step forward in the mounting of a new Malvern festival - one with a contemporary look and devoted to the arts - was taken this week with Tuesday's appointment of Mr John Lowe as the director. He will also, it is hoped, live in Malvern. Mr Lowe is the director of the Coventry Festival, which is being inaugurated on May 25, with a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The programme will include a specially-written cantata by Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Music.

Malvern Gazette, May 18, 1962.

25 YEARS AGO.

Malvern police this week repeated their for public co-operation over the weekend, as an expected 12,000 people converge on the town for the eighth stage of the 1987 Milk Race. "There's obviously going to be delays in town on the day," said Chief Inspector Jim Pratt.

Malvern Gazette, May 22, 1987.

More than 20 residents of New Street, Ledbury, have signed a petition drawing attention to fears over possible extra truck traffic, noise and litter from the proposed new £2 million Gateway supermarket on the Hopkins garage site near their homes.

Ledbury Reporter, May 22, 1987.