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Angel Place in the early 1950s, this lady is heading into town, shopping basket in hand You might chat to the shopkeeper or one of your neighbours, while an assistant gathered the items on your list on your behalf, weighing out a pound of this and a quarter of that, and wrapping them all up in paper bags and newspaper, before placing them in your basket to carry home. It’s easy to forget that supermarkets haven’t always been a fixture of our towns and cities. Although the first self-service shops arrived in the UK during the late 1940s, it took a while for them to gain in popula...

WORCESTER may rejoice under the title the Faithful City for its perceived, but in reality rather opportunist, support for the monarchy during the English Civil War, but that didn’t mean the Queen had to dig it out of a financial hole in the last third of the 20th century. But she did, knowingly or not. Because it was the investment by the Crown Estate, the commission that handles the Queen’s property holdings and investments, which lifted Worcester’s fortunes considerably. The dramatic reversal came in the wake of the 1960s redevelopment disasters and the doom and gloom of the 197...