This week in 1957:

THE much publicised protest procession along Church Street, Eckington, took place on Saturday as arranged and there is a strong chance it will happen again. Nearly 80 vehicles were used to demonstrate opposition to the parking ban along the street.

A large proportion of the local population is in favour of a public inquiry into the recent erection of No Waiting signs and the painting of double yellow lines on both sides of the street.

However, former parish council chairman, Mr FR Perks, described the protest drive as "damn silly and hot-headed".

* On Sunday and Monday, special services were held to celebrate the 299th anniversary of the formation of the Baptist Church in Worcester. On Monday evening about 80 members of the church and congregation sat down to tea, prepared by the ladies' committee.

This week in 1967:

ONE by one many of the old buildings, which over the years have become familiar landmarks of Worcester, are being demolished to make way for smart, modern office blocks and shops. Very fine examples of building styles from bygone eras have come down in the name of progress and the next is to be the Victorian-built premises of the Midland Bank in Broad Street. They will shortly disappear to be replaced by a modern new branch of the bank.

More than 100 years have passed since the bank originally opened on the site at 6 Broad Street in 1864. The building was designed by London architect HL Florence in the style of the French Renaissance period and its façade was completed in Bath stone. Like the exterior, the interior fabric of the bank has remained virtually unchanged over the years.

This week in 1977:

West Mercia's top police dog will soon be back on duty with its handler PC Ted Bradley after four of its doggy colleagues gave blood to save its life.

Seven years-old Bruno, who notches up around 30 arrests a year, ate rat poison and started bleeding internally. Only a massive blood transfusion could save his life and the constabulary vet managed to find the necessary blood donors among Bruno's colleagues.

l Kempsey Parish Council's plans for a car park on the village common have been rejected following a three-day public inquiry. The inspector said the proposed quarter-acre car park on grassland opposite the Farmers Arms would be a blot on the beauty of the area.

This week in 1987:

IF Pershore is to have a new supermarket, the district council should select the site, say Wychavon planners. Their choice is land behind the council's offices at 37 High Street, adjoining the town's main car park, and they have already started looking at likely traffic problems and means to overcome them.

Supermarket chain Gateway has been seeking a site for a new store in Pershore for the past year.

* A 94-year-old copy of Berrow's Journal has been discovered inside a time capsule buried among the ruins of Worcester's former workhouse at Hillborough. The issue of May 1893 was sealed inside a glass jar in the original foundation stone for the new' workhouse built there that year.

Notes inside the jar reveal that there was accommodation for 40 able bodied men, 74 old men, 66 able bodied women, eight male and eight female imbeciles', 20 female vagrants and 20 infants.

This week in 1992:

Worcester's new cycle and footbridge across the Severn has become an impromptu grandstand for race days on Pitchcroft. Punters and spectators gathered on the footbridge on Wednesday to get a commanding view of the racing action and to check on the fate of their selections. The bridge was opened to the public for the first time three weeks ago. The Mayor and Mayoress, Ray and Joy Turner celebrated by cycling across it on a tandem.

City OAPs are to be hit with a 50 per cent increase in the price of their concessionary bus passes in a £70,000 cost cutting measure by Worcester City Council. The charge for the annual passes will increase from £8 to £12.

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