TWO Ledbury women took part in the Jubilee parade along The Mall in London on Tuesday. Brenda Hill, of Albert Road, carried the Ledbury Branch Standard of the Women's Section of the Royal British Legion, while Viv Watkins carried the Herefordshire County
A LEDBURY man is honouring the memory of a friend and fellow motoring fanatic by repeating the European adventure they shared nearly half a century ago. Barry Ashton will even be doing the trip in the same Triumph car after his late friend, Eric Hinds
A LOTTERY grant of £43,000 is being sought by the Urchins out-of-school club in Ledbury so it can move into the new Community Hospital in September. If the bid is successful, the club, which caters for 30 local children at the youth centre, off Bridge
A TEAM of 15 hunt supporters and countryside workers from the Ledbury area was due to travel to London today (Friday) to take part in a vigil at the Houses of Parliament. The vigil has been organised by the Countryside Alliance to illustrate its strong
Organisers of the Ledbury Town Party are urging local businesses and charities to get in touch as soon as possible if they want a stall at this year's celebrations. The party is one of the highlights of the annual poetry festival and draws hundreds of
Andy Ward, manager of The Talbot Hotel, has returned from a trip to Romania, where he used money raised in Ledbury to buy food and clothes for needy families. Mr Ward spent a fortnight on holiday in the East European country with his Romanian-born wife
The Horseshoe Inn Companions of Broom's Green, who are battling to save their local pub, raised £80 through a raffle for the Great Oaks Hospice campaign, which seeks to boost day care provision in the Forest of Dean. The draw was made at a 'pub night'
The timber value of the Dymock Oak, felled controversially this spring because of disease, was only between £50 and £100. Jenny Thick, Dymock Parish Council clerk said of the oak's condition: "The majority of the canopy was effectively dead." Also, a
A GARDEN made entirely from metal in the workshop of a Ledbury blacksmith is about to get national television coverage, after coming to the attention of BBC producers. Presenters Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper have been visiting Stephen McRae, from Upperfields
Youngsters from the Ledbury and Bromyard areas have been invited to Hereford for a day of pilgrimage and story telling on Wednesday, June 12. A total of 600 children from 29 schools across the Diocese of Hereford will be asked to visit one of 12 city
A former Dr Who scriptwriter who lives in Ledbury has written the latest show to be tackled by the town amateur dramatic society. Author Eric Pringle, of Knapp Ridge, recently joined LADS and has offered them his script, Meeting Bea, for their autumn
The president of Ledbury Rotary Club, retired vet Neal Farr, has been asked to help with an international fundraising drive to eradicate Polio from the planet by 2005. He has been appointed chairman of the Rotary Club District Committee of Polio Eradication
BROMYARD residents came out in force to support a myriad of Golden Jubilee activities organised by the town council on Monday. About 200 townsfolk followed John Everett and The Red Dragon Jazz Men from the Square to St Peter's Church, where a special
Bromyard Nature Trust is finalising plans for a series of summer walks. For details, ring Dr Boddington on 01885 482495. The trust is also holding three autumn lectures at the Methodist Hall. The first, on September 27, is on the Conservation of Wildlife
A DOZEN gardens will be open to the public in Pencombe on Sunday, June 16, in the village's Jubilee garden trail. Organised by the fete committee, admission to the gardens is £2.50, including tea and a map, available from the parish hall. The event begins
FORMER Hereford player Jamie Pitman is set to join Ben Smith as the latest Graham Turner signing. The Woking utility player, who is Hereford based, is set to sign a part-time contract and renew his acquaintance with his old club. Turner meanwhile has
THE search is on to find a photograph of a Colwall pilot lost during the Second World War. Flying Officer Michael John Hedley Cooke, a pilot in the RAF, died on March 15, 1945, at the age of 23. The Remembrance Society, based in Buckinghamshire, is searching
FEARS that skateboarders could endanger themselves and others have been raised by Colwall Parish Council. Coun Ray Knight said the youngsters congregate in Station Drive and local people have complained. Ron Wills, sub postmaster at Colwall Post Office
CAVES Folly Nurseries in Colwall will be exhibiting at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's Wildlife and Organic Gardening Fair on Sunday, June 9. The fair features numerous stallholders selling plants, peat-free composts, organic produce etc. Also exhibiting
A COLWALL man has completed the challenge of cycling all the way from Land's End to John O'Groats. Wil Leaper, the owner of Caves Folly Nurseries, covered the 930-mile route in seven days, finishing on Wednesday (May 29). "A chap up there told me he thought
PLANS have been submitted to Herefordshire Council for a retail and office development in Bye Street, on the site of the furniture and house removal business run by the Jenkins brothers. Landlord Roger Allsop, of Malvair Properties Ltd, Malvern, is seeking
WHEN two new arrivals were born within weeks of each other at the Newbridge Farm Park, the patriotic Gardner family thought long and hard about names. Eventually, the settled on a right royal solution. Now visitors to the Aylton tourist attraction can
LEDBURY artist Wendy Gibson is to be honoured with an exhibition of her floral watercolours at the Mayor's Parlour in Hereford, between June 10 and June 15. Some of her stunning designs can now be bought on greeting cards. But Mrs Gibson's growing success
wet weather on Monday meant Colwall's Jubilee celebrations, which took place on the Downs School playing field, attracted fewer people than expected. Organiser Granville Orange said the village's Rotary Club had hoped for a crowd of around 3,000 but the
COLWALL parish councillors have praised Railtrack for refurbishing a footbridge at the village station. The bridge has been repainted in Great Western colours and damaged panels replaced.
Organisers of the Millennium Room project in Colwall are holding a fundraising race night. The event takes place atColwall Village Hall on Friday, June 21, at 7.30pm. Admission is £5, including a first glass of wine and ploughman's supper.
MORE than 2,500 visitors flocked to a spectacular and successful Golden Jubilee flower festival at St Michael and All Angels' Church in Ledbury. Tourists from as far afield as Canada, New Zealand, Poland and America joined Britons in leaving comments
THE Steam Fair at Eastnor Castle on Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday proved to be a great hit with the public, attracting more than 5,000 visitors across the two days. Star of the show was the steam traction engine Atlas, restored to working order by castle
A Red Cross collection in Ledbury on May 11 raised £1,001. Organiser Barbara Goodhew would like to thank all those who helped and contributed.
A major fundraising drive has been launched to restore the peal of six bells at All Saints' Church in Coddington. Coddington Parochial Church committee spokesman Denis Savage explained: "The bells at our parish church have rarely been heard over the past
