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The Qatia memorial for the Worcestershire Yeomanry soldiers who fell in battle EACH April there is a small gathering in Worcester Cathedral to Remember the brave mounted men from Worcestershire who fought in the actions at Oghratina and Qatia, during the First World War. This small service was cancelled in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic but the Friends of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Museum declared that this year the commemoration will take place. A small gathering, following Covid guidelines, will take place at the Yeomanry Memorial in Cripplegate Park this weekend. To allow ever...

By Mike Pryce The judges eventually chose Mary Radford (centre) as Sabrina, Goddess of the Severn, with her attendants (from left) Barbara Pitt, Wendy Vernall, Ena Cooper, May Yeomans, Barbara North and Betty Perkins TO the immediate post-war generations of young men, the name Sabrina probably conjures up visions of a blonde, frontally endowed young lady who kept popping up on the black and white television screens of the day, never seeming to do much apart from stand there. Well, in Worcester in 1946 we had our own Sabrina who was a...

NOW that the days are longer and the weather kinder, it seems timely to share my favourite family ride around Worcester. We have used it for years as it is easy to access, fun for the kids, beautiful and completely car-free. It is a flat 10-kilometre long loop, which follows the Severn and takes in three parks (Gheluvelt, Cripplegate, Diglis) as well as our historic cathedral. Remember to take some games for the play parks, a change of clothes for getting wet (at the Splash Pad or fountain), and some money to buy snacks on the way. A map of the ride can be found at bikeworcester.org.uk.

CAN you identify the parks shown in these photos of Worcester? Give us your answers in the comments below. Read on for our article about the transformation of one . LAST week’s article on Tybridge Street prompted a few memories of the area; some readers recalled fish & chips in the Tybridge Street snack bar, while others remembered bands playing upstairs in the Bush Inn. This article also prompted a number of memories of Cripplegate Park and the grand house that overlooked the park before the St John’s flats were built.  One local resident, Kathy Harding got in touch and shared h...

Can you identify the places shown in these seven photos of Worcester in the 1960s? Give us your answers in the comments below. Read on for our article about the transformation of Worcester in the 1960s. In last week’s feature we took a look at life in the Blockhouse area of the city.  This week, we delve into another area of the city that saw huge changes during the mid-20th century, around St Clement’s and Tybridge Street in St John’s.  This is another part of the city that saw wholesale demolition in the 1960s, after housing conditions were shown to be very poor in many cases.