100 Years Ago February 22, 1908 THE annual meeting of governors and subscribers of Moreton-in-Marsh Cottage Hospital was held in the Sands Cox boardroom on Thursday afternoon. The report of the committee was as follows: "The number of patients admitted during the year, the thirty-fifth year of the work of the hospital, was 105 from 26 different parishes; of these 62 were cured, 25 relieved, three were discharged unrelieved or incurable, six died and nine remained under treatment at the end of the year. The total number of patients admitted to the hospital since its foundation is now 2,782. The average stay of patents in the hospital was 20 days and the average number of beds occupied six. The weekly cost per patient for food and stimulants only was 6s and the average total expenditure per patient £415s."

75 Years Ago February 25, 1933 Founded nearly 90 years ago, Winchcombe Agricultural Show is now one of the most important minor shows of its kind in the country. Last year the event proved very successful and entries were received from all over the country. The annual meeting of the association was held on Saturday at the George Hotel, Winchcombe. Mr Charles C Castle, the popular honorary secretary, presented the report and balance sheet and was congratulated that, in spite of the adverse time through which the agricultural industry is passing and with several of their regular subscribers reducing the amount of their subscriptions, he showed an increased balance in hand. Capt D J Mitchell, of Postlip Hall, was re-elected president, and Mr Charles C Castle, who received the thanks of those present, was unanimously re-elected as honorary secretary.

30 Years Ago February 23, 1978 STOW-on-the-Wold Parish Council is still nervous about improving Fountain Green, the most dug-up spot in the town. It fears that if the green is relaid and tidied up, some public authority will then move in and dig it up again. The arch enemy lately has been the water board. When reference was made at the council meeting to the untidy appearance of the green, which stands on a main approach to Stow, Mr I Marriott said he would prefer to see it covered with tarmac. The chairman, Mrs D D Bailey, agreed but said that as public money had been spent of restoring the Fountain, after it had been demolished by a car, she did not think it would be fair to remove the green. When the clerk, Mr L J Coyle, asked whether the water board had a statutory duty to reinstate the land, he was told that it had not been in much of a condition when they moved in.