From the Archives - May 22, 2008

12:07pm Thursday 5th June 2008

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100 Years Ago May 23, 1908 Blockley Choral Society's annual concert took place in the Northwick Institute on Thursday week. This marked the close of a season in which hard work and careful training have brought about a considerable advance in the rendering of choral music. The Rev Canon Houghton, the president, was in the chair. Mr F C Chaundy, who has coached the choir throughout the season, as last, conducted the chorus and orchestra. The programme included two psalms by Mozart, the Laudate Dominium and the Dixit Dominus. Miss Marjorie Southam sang the solo in the former and the latter was sung throughout in chorus.The string band gave the Serenade Angelique in a very pleasing manner. All these were appreciated by the audience.

75 Years Ago May 20, 1933 A well-attended meeting of the members of Newbold-on-Stour Bowling Club was held at the Grange Hotel on Thursday evening with the President, Mr A W Whitcombe, in the chair. Mr R Birch (hon secretary) reported that the Rector (the Rev H Baxter) had very kindly offered to lease the club a site for a green in the centre of the village and it was agreed to accept the offer. A number of members offered their services to help in laying the green and it was proposed to start the work as soon as possible. The secretary said he had received a donation, together with a letter expressing their good wishes from the ex-officers who had spent the previous weekend at the Grange, which he had acknowledged. Several matches had been arranged and he hoped to complete the fixture list shortly.

30 Years Ago May 25, 1978 The use of bollards in the Square at Stow-on-the-Wold is being opposed by Stow parish council, which feels such things would be out of character. Otherwise, the council is approving the new lay-out of the Square, which has just been re-surfaced by Gloucestershire county council and is to be marked out with white lines. The council meeting was attended by Mr David Jones, the county's traffic engineer, who said that the new marking would bring more order to the Square and would be supplemented by bollards. Mr H Dart immediately objected, saying bollards would alter the whole character of the of the town. "Country people do not like change," he said. "We are not dealing with city centre problems. A traffic jam in Stow only lasts for two or three minutes. So white lines are quite sufficient."