HERE'S our latest batch of pictures from the cuttings files of the Evesham and Cotswold Journals.
Pershore High School pupils, from left, Jared Thomas, head boy, NatalieTorbett, head girl, Rupert Dixon-Clarke, Adam Gordon, Hannah Thompson and Jessica Dawkes featured in January 2005 after the school was named one of the most successful in the country by Ofsted.
St Nicholas CE Middle School in Pinvin were crowned District champions at the annual gala in January 2004
Bowbrook School, represented in the picture by, from left, Luke Seller, 14, Ashley Keetley,13, headteacher Stephen Jackson, Rachel Savage, 14, and Ellis Charles, 14, after the school topped the county’s ‘value-added’ table in January
St Richard’s First School and Evesham Nursery School started a breakfast club in January 2004. At the Early Birds club are, from left, Bethany Burdett, Jack and Will Gardner
The Willersey Young Peoples’ Project were celebrating in January 2004 after being awarded £4,000 in Lottery funding
January 2003 saw Crown Meadow covered in a thick coating of ice
John Barton, of Broadway Ferret Rescue, was elected chairman of the National Ferret Welfare Society in January 2003
January 2003 and Snowshill villagers turned out in force to see 89-year-old Jack Hodge (centre) receive his gifts from Tim Harrison, watched by Jack’s wife Olive. Jack had been delivering papers in the village for 54 years.
The Princess Royal was front-page news in the Cotswold Journal in Janury 2003 as she met Condicote parish clerk Ivy Dronsfield and Anne Mercer of the Mothers Union during her visit to open the village’s new hall.
The Northcot Brick Company featured in January 2003. Pictured is the company’s clay quarry just outside Blockley
January 2003 saw staff at St James Primary School in Chipping Campden start a mopping-up operation after a flood left classrooms under several inches of water
January 2003 and Pershore’s 1st Hockey XI were featured. Front row, from left, Matt Hughes, Jamie Hughes, Will John, Toby Whiting and Graeme Rushin. Back, Scott Attwood, Iain Sweatman, Richard Waite, Stuart Speake, Owen Joyce and Stephen Ridsdale.
January 2003 and Littleton have their sights set on a second successive promotion in the Midland Combination. Front row, from left, Rob Hands, Darren Reeves, Matt Edwards, Perry Beddoes, Curtis Major, Mark Gledhill and Adrian Wilde. Back, Lee Rogers,
January 2003 and Littleton have their sights set on a second successive promotion in the Midland Combination. Front row, from left, Rob Hands, Darren Reeves, Matt Edwards, Perry Beddoes, Curtis Major, Mark Gledhill and Adrian Wilde. Back, Lee Rogers, Billy Hiden, Phil Haines, Nick Burrows, Adam Moss, Stuart Sollis, Chris Bate, Robbie Harris and Andy Robbins (manager).
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