Herefordshire | Archive | 2001 | October
A LAST Night of the Proms-type concert is to be performed by the Hereford Youth Concert Band and Leominster Schools Choir at Bromyard's St. Peter's Church on Thursday, November 29, at 7.30pm. more...
A SPATE of vandalism took place in Bromyard recently, with several properties suffering criminal damage and broken windows. more...
A WEST African woman arrived in Bromyard on Saturday foran eight-week stay on exchange with town company Micron Sprayers. more...
A performance of Handel's Messiah featuring Bromyard Choir is to take place at Bromyard's Leisure Centre on December 15 at 7.30pm. more...
TWO buildings in Bromyard's High Street are to be sold as investment properties by auctioneers Allsop & Co. more...
BRINGSTY Garage and Café on Bringsty Common has applied to Herefordshire Council for planning approval to carry out alterations. more...
ST PETER'S Primary School in Bromyard raised £106 after holding a coffee morning on Friday (September 28) to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Research. more...
AS a fundraising venture for St Michael's Hospice in Hereford, the Bromyard and District Support Group is offering people the chance to sponsor a Christmas light in St Peter's Church. more...
A DATE has been announced for next year's Bromyard Gala, which was cancelled this year because of the effects of foot and mouth. more...
BROMYARD'S new market town officer has been appointed. more...
A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the fire at the Seven Stars will help "debrief" the public on the lessons learned from the blaze. more...
The Valuation Office is charging Ledbury Town Council some £1,525 a year extra in rates, to take into account the office space that is currently used by the Ledbury Poetry Festival. more...
Ledbury looks set to get a new town flagpole as the existing one outside the Alms Houses in the High Street is rotten. more...
A total OF £4,156 was collected by firefighters in Ledbury for the families of their colleagues killed in World Trade Centre in New York. Crew carried out the collection outside Tesco and Somerfield on Saturday, September 22. A fire service spokesman was the generosity of local people was "unbelievable". more...
The latest edition of Ledbury Parish Magazine has thrown light upon the opening of a possibly Royal tomb in St Michael and All Angels' Church. more...
Around 200 local schoolchildren descended on Bosbury last week as the village hosted the Crucial Crew initiative to teach youngsters how to stay safe in the home and elsewhere. more...
The 50th anniversary of the rehanging of the eight bells in Ledbury Parish Church is to be celebrated next month with a bold attempt at a full peal. more...
Ledbury weather-watcher Warren Chalk said September was the coolest and driest for 15 years. more...
A CHARITY providing a home for young adults with learning disabilities has launched an appeal for funds to convert a garage at Keeper's Cottage, Ledbury, into two rooms. more...
BISHOPS Frome's Susan Cooper will leave this weekend for a fundraising walk along the Great Wall of China. more...
Diamond wedding couple Kath and Leon Merritt started their anniversary celebrations this week with an early morning blessing in St John's Church, Upton Bishop, where they were married 60 years ago, on October 2, 1941. more...
TEMPORARY traffic lights are to be installed outside the Ledbury's fire and ambulance stations in Bye Street so sewer pipes can be laid to the new Community Hospital. more...
Ledbury's planned Golden Jubilee Carnival could fail to materialise unless more people join the organising committee. more...
REVEREND Howard Mayell, the vicar of Ledbury's Team Ministry, says the West's response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington seemed "out of proportion to other events that have happened worldwide in the past 50 years". more...
A video link between Ledbury Town Council offices and the Market House has not been ruled out. more...
The opening of the Ledbury Community Hospital Information Office in New Street on Monday (October 1) is being hailed as a popular success by Ledbury Health, the subsidiary company of hospital developer Shaw Homes (HA) Limited. more...
Health clinics and flu vaccination sessions for elderly people in Ledbury are to be combined this autumn, following fears that particularly virulent strains of flu are likely to hit the UK this winter. more...
A former Ledbury licensee has appeared before a Worcester Crown Court judge charged with burning down the pub she ran. more...
A NEW one-family gipsy site near Bosbury could set a precedent. more...
LEDBURY in Bloom chairman Tom Deane returned home minus a trophy but with many plaudits after the town failed to finish in the top three in the final of the Britain in Bloom contest. more...
A woman campaigning for a reduction in water rates for Ledbury residents is compiling evidence to show that sales of bottled water soared this summer because people would not drink the earthy-tasting tap water. more...
ROSS-ON-WYE Golf Club played host last Wednesday week to the inaugural tournament between 32 golfers from Ledbury and its twin town Stromstad in Sweden. more...
LEDBURY & District ASC held its fifth championship gala of this year at Ledbury pool. more...
TWELVE swimmers from Ledbury & District ASC competed in the Worcester County Sprints at Wolver-hampton. more...
LEDBURY Veterans will be representing their President, John Edwards, when they take on the might of the Old Nags of Nant-y-Deri XV at Ross Road on Sunday, October 14, kick-off 2.30pm. more...
LEDBURY Bowling Club held its President versus Captain's game followed by the presentation of trophies for the club competitions recently. more...
LEDBURY'S first league encounter this season and in a new league was an important game to win as a good start was paramount. more...
DEPLETED Ledbury Town are still finding it tough in the Express & Star Premier Division but signs are they they are starting to ride the storm after a promising start to the season. more...
TOWN'S midweek League match on Wednesday could not have been more testing than an away fixture at League leaders Star who had won 6-0 away at Heath Hayes the previous Saturday. more...
LEDBURY Swifts travelled to Hereford hoping to reverse their losing start to the season in this Under 14's league game. more...
THE Bell Inn made the long trip to Kempsey for this eagerly awaited top of the Malvern League table clash with league leaders Kempsey United. more...
CARETAKER boss Phil Robinson believes Hereford United's Tuesday night win was just the tonic his side needed ahead of tonight's Nationwide Conference clash with in-form Leigh RMI (7.45). more...
IN sweltering conditions, Ledbury Seconds elected to play up the slope in the first half, against an experienced and physical pack from Coventry. more...
EASTNOR Bowling Club were hosts to Worcester Blind & Leisure Group recently, eight ends being played before a ploughman's lunch was served after which a further ten ends were played. more...
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB more...
LEDBURY Magpies took command of this Hereford League Second Division game from the whistle with accurate passing down court and excellent shooting from Sarah Bell, Vicky Mapp and last quarter Gemma Walters. more...
AFTER a scrappy start to this North Midlands Division One fixture when they conceded an early try the home side fought back to 7 - 5 at half time after Richard Moger ran in for the first of his four tries, Piers Gaunt converted. more...
BROMYARD Town recorded a hard earned 1-0 West Midlands League Premier Division victory over local rivals Westfields on Tuesday night thanks to a late Luke Willetts goal. more...
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