Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | November
MANOR Players of Tewkesbury will be presenting Calamity Jane at the town's Roses Theatre from Tuesday (November 12) to Saturday, November 16. The musical, which was made into a film musical starring Doris Day, is at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are £9 for adults, £6.50 for children and matinee (concessions available) from the box office on 01684 295074. more...
The travelling Hijinx Theatre Company celebrates its 21st anniversary by bringing a drama about ambitions and dreams to Ledbury's Market Theatre. more...
THE wide-ranging talents of local children are the centrepiece of a new show from Malvern entertainer Richard Swerrun at Malvern Theatres later this month. more...
ANTHONY Hopkins returns to his Oscar-winning role of Dr Hannibal Lecter in Red Dragon (15), an adaptation of the first of Thomas Harris's novels to feature the homicidal psychiatrist. more...
LIVE surveillance cameras and DVD footage will be used in a new production of the 1986 play Road, being staged at Worcester's Swan Theatre. more...
RAGTIME might have had its heyday almost 100 years ago, but it is far from being dead and forgotten, according to the director of The Ken Colyer Trust New Orleans Jazz Band. more...
ONE of the most highly acclaimed comedies of recent years, Stones in his Pockets, which describes the culture clash when Hollywood descends on rural Ireland, visits Malvern next week. more...
CS LEWIS' first tale from the magical world of Narnia is providing families with a theatrical alternative to the Fanta-fuelled screams of panto this Christmas. more...
Flight of the Eagle by Peter Watt (Corgi, £6.99) more...
War Letters, edited by Andrew Carroll (Simon & Schuster £12.99) more...
The A-Z of Hitchcock, by Howard Maxford (B T Batsford £15.99) more...
WORCESTER Male Voice Choir is holding its annual concert at 7.30pm on Saturday, November 16, at St Martin's Church, London Road. more...
ABBEY Jazz convenes at Malvern Rugby Club, Spring Lane, for an evening of music on Sunday (November 10) from 8pm. Guest performers will be Tony Pipkin, trumpet, Cormac Loane, clarinet/sax, Martin Veasey, trombone, Ken Jones, piano, and Malcolm Garrett, drums. Admission is £2.50. more...
COVER band Medford kick off a week of music at the Marr's Bar, Worcester tonight (Friday). more...
THE sounds of Ragtime will fill the Huntingdon Hall tonight (Friday), opening the venue to a week of different musical styles. more...
AN evening of exciting foot-tapping music is on offer when Worcester Festival Choral Society brings Africa and Brazil to Worcester Cathedral. more...
Malvern samba band Basha are inviting people to try their hand at the snare drums, shakers, cow bells and surdos. more...
AN intermediate orchestra course for young musicians is being held later this month by the Malvern-based ESO. more...
MALVERN Festival Chorus' opening concert for the 2002-3 season will be tinged with sadness, as it marks the end of an association with the town that has lasted more than two decades. more...
THE return of the Boyan Ensemble of Kiev to Malvern Priory on Saturday, November 16, is one of the high points on the town's music calendar. more...
Passionate Flamenco dance and music based on obscure Andalucian custom was imparted by Alma Flamenco. more...
AFTER a three-week delay caused by illness to several of the main cast members, the Pepperpot Players finally delivered their cricketing comedy, Outside Edge, on Thursday night. more...
I SPENT a wonderful evening in the company of the Von Trapp family, courtesy of Carpet Trades Operatic Society. more...
PAUL DANIELS more...
GERMAINE GREER more...
JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER more...
FOLK legends Lindisfarne finally arrived in Bewdley - a lifelong dream, the lead singer joked - on Friday to the delight of their Wyre Forest fans. more...
TONY Benn appeared "unmuzzled" in front of a respectable festival audience to win over hearts and minds to his "subversive" agenda last Thursday. more...
THE murky world of British intelligence was the intriguing topic of Kidderminster-born and bred author Stephen Dorril's talk. more...
A TATTOO artist is the person to thank for the name Lukash, because the name actually belongs to him. more...
Worcester musician Jules Benjamin will be launching his sixth album at The Marr's Bar next weekend. more...
Claudio Monteverdi - Madrigals Book 1 more...
FLAME haired diva Tori Amos will be promoting her new album Scarlet's Walk when she comes to Wolverhampton Civic in January. more...
The Charlatans front man, Tim Burgess, will be DJing at Bristol Academy and Birmingham Academy. more...
TURNING handmade textiles into imaginative gifts will be the theme of one of this weekend's workshops at Barrington House Creative Arts Centre in Bishop's Frome. more...
A COLLECTION of 50 embroidered samplers went on show in Malvern today (Friday). more...
A GERMAN, a Dutchman and a Scot are the artists whose work is on show at the Tidal Wave Gallery in Hereford. more...
DOGS of all shapes and sizes will be at the Three Counties Showground from this weekend for the first of two shows. more...
MORE than a thousand people braved the bad weather to attend the 28th Grand Charity Fair at Malvern Theatres on Saturday. more...
A WIDE variety of country crafts were on show to visitors who braved Saturday's appalling weather to attend the Frome Fair. more...
THE parish of Ombersley is one of the most intensively farmed in the county, so it's not particularly rich in wildlife. more...
A DROITWICH company has been personally thanked for its part in helping to protect former US president Bill Clinton. more...
AN ethnic food and drink conference, due to take place on Monday, has been postponed. more...
AN OPTICIANS, with branches countywide, is set to revolutionise the hearing-aid market. more...
A MALVERN cosmetics consultant has been flying high with the business elite. more...
THE National Farmers' Union has appointed a regional director for Herefordshire and Worcestershire. more...
100 years ago more...
ON September 15, 1830, the first purpose-built passenger railway was officially opened - and the first man was knocked down and killed by a locomotive. more...
EVESHAM railway station has come under fire from a pensioners' lobbying group that has slammed it as being rundown. more...
A BLACK cloud remains over a Bromsgrove home for the elderly but residents and their relatives are continuing to fight for a brighter future. more...
A SPA school is to host a major national tour this week - aimed at getting youngsters to make their own music. more...
AS Remembrance Day approaches, we ex-service people dutifully remember fallen comrades. more...
THE ludicrous assertion by Ahmed Raza that the Iraqis are content with Saddam Hussain because 98 per cent of the populace voted for him reminds me of the Zambian Presidential elections, when I lived there in the 1970s. more...
I CANNOT believe that such behaviour as has been directed towards Sharon Loveridge's family (Evening News, November 1) is considered acceptable in modern society. more...
THERE should be no need for the Loveridge/Alamarzouq family to move anywhere. more...
IN a television news report mention was made of Northampton Rugby Club raising £1,500,000. more...
IAN Duncan Smith has warned his party that the Conservatives must "unite or die". The fact is that the Conservative Party died on May 1, 1997 when the British people consigned all that they stood for to the dustbin of history. more...
WE read (Evening News October 31) that the project to transform the old Cattle Street hospital "hinges on Advantage West Midlands completing a deal to buy the Castle Street site..." more...
WITH the outstanding performances by New Labour councillors who played to the gallery at the full council meeting on November 5, one would feel that they must be considered for further roles with the coming of the pantomime season. more...
THE Evening News (You Say, November 1) carried a letter from John Cooper, Chairman of the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS). more...
IN response to L Spiteri's diatribe about the (unstated) benefits of the UK becoming just a province of a federal EU, could he please explain to me in simple terms how a country with the fourth largest economy in the world, the UK, would benefit from diluting and sharing its assets with other less wealthy countries ? more...
A STRANGE proposal seems to be gathering support following the forecast closure of the Swan Theatre. more...
MEMBERS of the Civic Society regret that the future of the Swan Theatre appears to have become an exercise in belittling individuals and organisations, whether of the arts or elected councils. more...
I WRITE as a professional actress who has had the pleasure of working at Worcester's Swan, most recently as Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals. more...
I WAS alarmed to learn that the existence of the Swan Theatre is threatened by the proposed withdrawal of their usual grant. more...
HAVING had long involvement with the Swan Theatre, I cannot believe that the city council is considering reducing funding for this gem in our midst, almost certainly forcing closure. more...
WORCESTER's closure-threatened Swan Theatre could be saved by adding only five pence per week to the average household council tax bill, city MP Mike Foster claims. more...
A MALVERN woman will be among the last people to see one of the world's most spectacular natural landscapes before it disappears under water. more...
LEGENDARY England goalkeeper Peter Shilton regaled a spellbound audience with tales of top-flight shot-stopping at Malvern College on Friday (November 1). more...
PLANS to redevelop the site of a derelict Cradley pub have run into opposition from locals residents as well as the Campaign for Real Ale. more...
THE way local authorities deal with flooding needs to be improved, according to a new report from Malvern Hills District Council. more...
PROPOSALS for a new motorway junction near Pendock have sparked a furious response from residents who say they have been kept in the dark. more...
TEENAGERS in Bromyard are celebrating news that a skateboard park is to be built on York Road. more...
LATER this month plans will be unveiled for the development of the Ministry of Defence-owned North Site. more...
PUPILS who get the bus to Dyson Perrins High School from Powick and Callow End can now travel in safety. more...
A CAMPAIGN of egg-throwing, abuse and vandalism on a Malvern estate is causing misery for residents who say they cannot cope for much longer. more...
WHEN the First World War swung into gear, hopes that "it will all be over by Christmas" and bullish patriotic pride saw the young men of the day falling over themselves to join up, while politicians and senior army figures spoiled for a fight. more...
Bromyard: Royal British Legion members will assemble at Tenbury Road car park at 2.40pm on Sunday (November 11) and march to the church. They will be led by Tenbury Town Band. Following the service, the parade will march back to the Falcon Hotel for dismissal. On Monday, the RBL chairman, members and standard bearers will assemble at 11.11am outside the public hall for the two-minute silence. more...
A MALVERN plumber and a vet from Knight-wick will see their faces in newspapers across the region as part of a pro-hunting advertising campaign. more...
SECONDARY school pupils in the Malvern area are being given a mini CD to encourage them to help police fight crime and drug abuse. more...
NO teaching or support staff at Malvern Hills College took part in a national strike on Tuesday (November 5). more...
MALVERN Hills Conservators have bought a 28.6-acre site on the hills. more...
I am currently researching early British Railways Depart-mental installations and seeking information on Newland PAD Yard, north of Malvern Link Station. more...
PLANS to demolish the original site of the Morgan Motor Company have been amended by developers to retain an historic building. more...
BAITING Malvern Town Council seems very much in season these days so might I bring up the subject of litter. more...
Twenty-six years after making his daughter a household name, Dennis Carey is about to see his floral creation cross the Channel. more...
DURING the Second World War and for some time afterwards, as far as the public at large were informed, the exact location of the deployment of HM forces was restricted to `Field PO' references. more...
RESIDENTS of Callow End were waiting yesterday (Thursday) to see if their telephones would be reconnected, nearly two weeks after their lines were cut off by stormy weather. more...
While the people of Upton may not see much advantage in the proposed link between M50 and A438, as someone who travels by car to work in Cheltenham from Malvern every day, I can see a number of benefits. more...
MALVERN Town Action Group candidate Pat Merrick has been voted into Malvern Town Coun-cil's vacant Langland ward seat after a controversial by-election last week. more...
Your report in the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter (October 26) regarding Worcestershire County Council's plan to open a new M50 motorway access point appears to raise more problems than it solves. more...
MY first Christmas card this year arrived by sea. It had taken three weeks to travel from an island in the South Atlantic and the postage stamp cost a mere 20p. more...
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has bought the Dillons newsagents and convenience store chain, which has three branches in Malvern. more...
WE have now been on the island of St Helena for one year and are loving it so far. more...
ELECTRICITY customers are being urged to pursue claims for compensation arising from power cuts last week. more...
REMEMBRANCE Sunday is here again, but shall we hear the singing of that emotive hymn 584 O Valiant hearts, by Sir John Arkwright, or will the bigots prevail again? more...
EXHIBITIONS designed to spark debate on the future of the Ministry of Defence (MoD)-owned North Site, in North Malvern, are to be set up over the coming weeks. more...
IN reply to Mr Clayton (Your Letters, November 1), who thinks that Avenue Road Surgery should not be moved `out of town' due solely to traffic problems. more...
DRIVERS who were fined for parking infringements in Great Malvern's newest car park earlier in the year could be in line to get their money back. more...
SIXTY years after his death, the grave of a Merchant Navy seaman has been tracked down and a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone put on it. more...
some weeks ago I read with dismay of plans to extend the 40mph limit on the Upton to Welland Road past the barn that has been crashed into on two occasions in the past year. more...
IN Great Malvern, at the lower end of Edith Walk just above the `dual carriageway' there is a large, (mostly unused) space between Waitrose and Somerfield. more...
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY support T Cox (Your Letters, October 25). more...
ISN'T it time some fireworks were banned for noise pollution? more...
I AND residents in Meadow Road are very angry at the plans submitted to demolish 51 and possibly 53 Meadow Road. more...
FOR some years when walking the northern end of the Hills I have chosen to avoid looking at the vast disorganised urban sprawl of Malvern Link (after all we are supposed to be an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and instead focused on an interesting ribbon of what appeared to be fields, running nearly up to the common and parallel to Pickersleigh Road. more...
I can remember in 1939 when The Glades Woodlands, in Malvern, was what you would nowadays call a garden centre, where you could buy flowers and look at aviaries of foreign birds. There were no more than two dozen trees. more...
I AM writing in response to your article `Home of own is a distant dream' (Malvern Gazette, November 1) about the acute lack of affordable housing in the local area. more...
A SHERRY and mince pie morning is being held at Beechwood in Holly Green between 10am and noon on Tuesday (November 12). It is being run to raise funds for residents and day care clients, and will feature a bring and buy sale, tombola, cakes, raffle and white elephant stall. more...
While your photographer - to the amusement of my friends - captured well my concern about there being yet another planning application to build on Malvern's "green lung" (Malvern Gazette, October 25), I am reassured by the fact the council only a few years ago threw out the pervious one. more...
A COFFEE morning is being staged at Hanley Swan Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday). It will take place between 10am and noon, with a bring-and-buy sale, tea towels and a raffle, and is being organised by the Hanley Swan Village Hall Management Committee. more...
CHRISTMAS trees and lights are due to be put up round Upton on Sunday, November 24. more...
A BEER festival with tipples from around the country is to take place at the Three Kings Inn in Hanley Castle. more...
A BLANKET policy that would see all of Upton's festivals insured together is being looked into by the Tourism and Trade Association. more...
A PRESENTATION outlining results of a residents' survey in the parish of Hanley Castle has had to be postponed. more...
AN appeal for a donation of a set of outside Christmas lights has been made by the Upton-upon-Severn Tourism and Trade Association. more...
PUPILS at Upton CE Primary School are being asked to give their ideas on how the next stage of a £10,000 outdoor environment project should take shape. more...
A QUARRY near Severn Stoke is bidding to enlarge its operation to allow it to keep mining sand and gravel for the next eight or nine years. more...
LIFE in Stourport will become "intolerable" if a huge new development is not served by major road improvements, it has been claimed. more...
West Malvern Cricket Club's winter series of quizzes will get going in the Village Hall on Saturday November 16. It will include all the popular and well-established features, with Andy `Bouillabaisse' Dakin as the genial multilingual master of ceremonies and, who knows, even some notelets among the generous prizes on offer for both quiz and raffle! Beer, wine and nibbles will be available. To book a table (teams of four) contact Lorna Dudley on 565422. Other quizzes will follow on December 14, January 25 and March 15. more...
THE autumn fair will be held on Saturday, November 9 in our hall this year instead of St Katherine's. It will be from 9.30am to 11.30am and all offers of items for sale will be much appreciated. more...
ROCK band manager Jonathan Pardoe was overjoyed when doctors told him an operation to remove a killer brain tumour had been a success. more...
Local residents will be pleased with the news that Spittalfields Playing Field is at last going to be rectified by the original contractor Pencroft, in accordance with planning permission recently obtained, when he has the plant available to do the job. As many will be aware, this has been going on for some years now, and all is in place to finish the job. Whilst talking about Spittalfields, Severn Trent have agreed to raise the manhole covers, which will increase the volume that the drains can handle at peak times or when flooding is likely to take place. This, in turn, will mean that there is less likelihood of back-flow of effluent from the drains within the village, particularly in the Brookend area. more...
CHURCHGOERS to the family service at St James Church, Staunton could see the results of the ferocious gale on the previous Sunday when a huge fir tree was snapped off like a match stick along the drive to Staunton Court. It appeared to have been a fairly healthy tree but such was the force of the gale. more...
THE children are now beginning rehearsals for the Christmas pantomime. This year the production will be Cinderella. For all of those who have bought tickets for previous Christmas entertainment and been entertained so excellently by these enthusiastic youngsters get ready to book tickets - you won't be disappointed. more...
DATE for your diary - there will be a jumble sale at Hollybush Church Room on Saturday, November 16. All proceeds from this event to Pendock Playgroup. The hall will be open on the morning of the sale, so if you have any items or cakes, bric-a-brac, raffle prizes, please bring them along. Jumble sale starts at 2pm. For more details phone Judy Dallimore (01531) 650258. more...
THE Summerfield Collection is the subject of a talk to be given by Mr Simon Chorley of Bruton Knowles. Ron Summerfield was the Cheltenham antiques dealer who amassed an enormous collection during his lifetime in his Cheltenham properties. Mr Chorley was involved with the sale of this collection. more...
HE service at St Mary's Church, Bromesberrow on Remembrance Sunday will start at 10am and will finish at 10.45am when it is then hoped to go to the War Memorial for 11am where there will be a brief Act of Remembrance. more...
Tonight (Friday) there will be a fundraising bingo session in the Parish Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. This is the first of several fundraising events in aid of Parish Hall funds. The committee look forward to your support. more...
WE have had some more items for our auction of goods and promises, if you would like to help us raise funds for our village church we would love to hear from you. We may be only a small parish, but let's show the county what we can achieve. We want our parish church to be there for further generations. more...
BERROW Village Hall is once again the venue for a jumble sale to raise funds for the running of the hall. It begins at 2pm this Saturday, November 9. Raffle prizes and cakes are needed. If you would like to donate either please take it along on Saturday morning. more...
PUPILS at Grimley and Holt Primary School have been getting into the swing of things with a new course for brass instruments. more...
EGG-throwing youngsters have been making life a misery for home and business owners in areas of Droitwich. more...
RESIDENTS fighting plans to increase the height of a phone mast are today celebrating after city planners refused to approve a replacement. more...
A DEDICATED woman who has delivered the Evening News for 40 years has decided to hang up her paper bag for good. more...
BOSSES at pub chain JD Wetherspoon were raising a glass today after their plans to join two bars together to create a new pub were given the green light. more...
SIXTY years after his death, the grave of a Merchant Navy seaman has been tracked down and a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone erected. more...
Veterans of the Royal British Legion's Broadheath Branch, have met with local schoolchildren to promote Remembrance Day. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE nature centre has blazed the way for other schools with its pioneering classroom designed to stimulate children's learning. more...
WORCESTER Cathedral's £10m facelift is continuing with the restoration of the building's apex. more...
WORCESTER's closure-threatened Swan Theatre could be saved by adding only five pence per week to the average household council tax bill, city MP Mike Foster claims. more...
SATURDAY more...
COLWALL Cricket Club held their annual dinner and presentation night last Friday at the Ledbury Rugby Club. more...
LEON Jackson has agreed to join Hinckley United for a small fee after failing to win a regular first team place at Worcester City. more...
THE ebullient Mick Tuohy travels to Weymouth tomorrow (3pm) in confident mood after a vigorous training session convinced him Worcester City's players had blown away the cobwebs that have littered recent lacklustre displays. more...
Hinckley 50, Malvern 18 more...
THEY breed them tough down in Gloucester and this side was no exception. more...
A HASTILY fixture between Malvern and Worcester U14s proved to be beneficial for both outfits even if it was to demonstrate each side's short-comings. more...
JOHN Barr won the opening round of Malvern Angling Club's winter league fished on Mathon pool. more...
MALVERN RFC more...
COLWALL started in third place in the West of England Womens Premier League before this game and played some of their best hockey so far this season defeating Bournemouth Ladies 2-1. more...
HOT on the heels of the Morgan Aero 8's stunning return to international GT racing at Le Mans, Morgan's renaissance in top class motor racing is set to continue next year in the British GT Championship. more...
COLWALL Cricket Club held their annual dinner and presentation night last Friday at the Ledbury Rugby Club. more...
MALVERN Town's last Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division defeat was at Gornal during the last week of September. more...
IT took a while for Malvern to get into top gear in this Midlands One fixture on a dank, wet afternoon at Spring Lane. more...
MALVERN Town have been busy in the transfer market this week making three new signings. more...
RALLY aces Bob Ceen and Alistair Douglas will once again be competing in the four-day British round of the World Rally Championship, the Network Q Rally Great Britain, which starts next Thursday. more...
SATURDAY more...
LOCAL karate students gathered recently at Dyson Perrins School, Malvern for a one-day training course and grading examination held by the English Wado-Ryu Sport Karate Association. more...
AFTER two weeks without a league game, Malvern Ladies hockey team travelled to Birmingham to take on Bournville Ladies Thirds. more...
PUPILS from Malvern Girls' College are currently enjoying great sporting success with 13 girls chosen for the 1st and 2nd County lacrosse squads. more...
MALVERN PRIORY Bowling Club held its annual luncheon and prize presentation at the Civil Service Club. more...
MALVERN Juniors B went to the top of the Whatley Recordon Malvern Table Tennis League Division Three with their win over Nomads. more...
CELEBRATIONS have been well to the fore at the Worcestershire Golf Club as both the A and Scratch teams have won their respective leagues. more...
NEW signing Nicky Clark is set for his Reds debut at home to Bedworth tomorrow. more...
REDS manager Rod Brown continued to reinforce his weakened squad with the signing of Jimmy Quiggan last night. more...
PHIL Mullen is backing his Evesham United side to become dragon slayers and exact revenge on Merthyr Tydfil when they travel to Wales in the Dr Martens Western Division tomorrow (3pm). more...
RISING talent Ashley Read has been invited to train with West Bromwich Albion later in the month. more...
THE ebullient Mick Tuohy travels to Weymouth tomorrow (3pm) in confident mood after a vigorous training session convinced him Worcester City's players had blown away the cobwebs that have littered recent lacklustre displays. more...
MATT Clarke will step into the side to replace the suspended Jamie Pitman for Hereford United's important Nationwide Conference home clash with Southport tomorrow (3pm). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers front-runner Bo Henriksen faces a race against the clock to be fit in time to play in tomorrow's Nationwide League Division Three clash against lowly Carlisle United at Aggborough (3pm). more...
LION Match Group roared to victory when they repeated last year's success by winning the coveted Banks's Cup title for the second consecutive year. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE golf ace John Bickerton was well down the field after the first round of the Volvo Masters in Valderrama, Spain. more...
LEON Jackson has agreed to join Hinckley United for a small fee after failing to win a regular first team place at Worcester City. more...
WELLAND continue to improve as the season progresses and this match proved to be another stepping stone in their development. more...
WELLAND'S youthful side completely dominated the first half of this Worcester Saturday Division One match with the midfield creating three excellent chances for Coles, Craddock and Thackeray. more...
EXPRESS 88 FC 1, more...
AN impressive win for RM against joint Worcester Division two leaders and previously unbeaten Pillar of Salt, Droitwich. more...
TALBOT Head extended their lead at the top of the Soccer Site Malvern Football League with an excellent home win over reigning champions Bull Allstars. more...
MALVERN Ladies entertained Redditch United in a Kidderminster Women's County Football League match on Sunday and cruised to a second league victory. more...
THREE Malvern Town players are in the 17-strong squad for the Worcestershire FA Youth's second round FA County Youth Challenge Cup tie versus Middlesex. more...
THE rain could not dampen Upton's spirits on Saturday as they took control over a youthful but promising Bromyard side in this North Midlands One derby. more...
ENGLAND womens under 19s have been handed a tough qualifying assignment for the UEFA Championships. more...
FIXTURES more...
MALVERN Town bounced back to top form with a 4-1 West Midlands League Premier Division win over bottom club Walsall Wood. more...
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