Great Malvern, The Priory Church Interior c.1875

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Spent a good deal of time here in my younger years. My brother & many of his friends worked at the MoD,, & had what they called 'the Tuesday night cinema club'. Good or bad, most Tuesdays would see us at the cinema in the Winter Gardens to see a film, going for a drink - or 3 - after in the Unicorn or Nags Head. Another popular pub was The Morgan (not the later one near Barnards Green), ...see more

When in 2018 I started work as a supervisor in a shop on Church Street, it occurred to me that I had had four jobs & two volunteer posts on the road. The first was a temporary job in the late '70's under the Job Creation Scheme. We were working for the Council, the depot was in Pickersleigh Road (now a builders merchant), next to Prospect View. But our boss was based in Church Street ...see more

On the right hand side of this photo is the Post Office, & on the extreme right is the Delivery Office ‘deck’. This is where the lorries of mail were unloaded. These would arrive through the night, & the mail unloaded & sorted by the night shift. I worked in the DO for 14 years, seeing many changes - not for the better - during my time. When I started, you would go in at 5am, & on a light ...see more

See Ashgrove, on part of the hill known as the Hilly Piece, with commanding views over the town, to the left of the Priory in the 1871 picture. The house was built in 1809 for the Revd Stillingfleet, Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral and remained as shown, until the main sitting room and two bedrooms above, to the right of the house, 'disappeared' in the late 1930's. I tried to identify the ...see more