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s storm clouds gathered, so did the crowds, eagerly awaiting their annual dose of Upton Jazz. The Festival in its 27th year, evolved from the small group of followers in local pubs to gatherings of visitors spreading out from the town, under the bridge and into Fish Meadow.

Strains of Traditional Jazz came from under the Bridge (great acoustics) with Bands like Terry’s Dead Good Boys, Roger Mark's Cornish Armada, Dave Stradwick's Sussex Jazz Kings and the Millennium Eagle Jazz Band amongst others, whilst Lamarotte played their style of Jazz with a wink under the Bridge, in Tommy’s Bar and at Fat’s Place Marquee. Leading the Saturday and Sunday Parades in their newly acquired wellies, this very entertaining, 11 piece, Dutch Band got the feet tapping, the umbrellas twirling and the followers dancing as they belted out their unique blend of Dixieland and Traditional Jazz. Tom Kincaid Trio played their mix of blues-cumswing and Jazz in Lizzie’s Boathouse, Sir Alan’s Hot Groovers improvised in church whilst Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators belted out some traditional material from the Ellington and Armstrong era of the Roaring Twenties, also in the Parish Church. The venue substituted along with Hanley Green School for some rather soggy ground in some

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marquees, on Fish Meadow. Fat Sam’s Band, lead by Hamish McGregor, entertained with performances from the Ellington, Basie, Fats Domino and Glenn Miller era, in Fats’ Place. Wellies definitely the order of the day if you wanted to hear quality Jazz coming from the marquees on the Meadow. The mud didn’t dampen the enthusiasm or reduce the

enjoyment one jot, it actually enhanced it. Stoic British

to the last, through muck and more to hear talented Young Jazz Musicians play in Jazz City, hear Claire Taylor singing solo or Barbara accompanied by All That Jazz or even to catch Chris Barber and his Band as they rounded off Saturday night, in Fat’s Place. Too many venues and not enough time even by running between them, which was no mean feat in wellies! This fan will be back for more Traditional and New Orleans style Jazz next year . . . . bring it on!

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August in the Garden Flower Garden

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Its now time to stop feeding roses as this will encourage soft growth that won't have a chance to ripen before the winter, and will then be prone to diseases. Prune rambler roses that have finished flowering. Cut the long old stems that flowered this year, but leave non-flowering shoots as these should bloom next year.

Herb Garden Take cuttings of woody herbs, such as hyssop, lavender, rosemary, curry plant, rue and sage; treat and pot as per perennial cuttings.

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Prune gooseberries, and shorten the main stems and side shoots to five leaves; prune raspberries and tie in new shoots.

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Copying from copies A young monk is assigned to helping the other monks with copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So he goes to the Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The Abbott says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He finds the Abbott banging his head against the wall and wailing: "We missed the R !

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Pershore: 100

The Weather

A hundred years ago, Pershore experienced the wettest summer in living memory with high floods. This followed a heavy snowfall in January after which the river meadows flooded, 16° of frost making an ideal skating rink that the locals took full advantage of. During January conditions were so bad that one Pershore woman had to apply for relief to help her provide for her family of 24 children - with one exception - all girls, and included two sets of twins and one of triplets!

Pershore Swimming Pool

About this time concern was being expressed over facilities available to youngsters to help them to learn to swim in safety. In a riverside town such as Pershore too many accidents were occurring. During the summer months river bathing was fairly widespread. Due to the fact that until well into the 20th century few working class homes had tapped water, it became something of a tradition for people to use the river in which to wash as well as bathe. The problem with swimming in the Avon was the numerous deep stretches with dangerous currents, debris and frequent flash flooding. There were no proper bathing facilities and casual bathing took place almost anywhere. A favourite spot was by the weir where there was an attractive view of the waterfall and the Abbey, with adjacent grassy banks for picnicking. But it was also very dangerous because of its fast rushing waters and many were drowned here over the years. By 1899 accidents had reached such a level that the jury, following yet another drowning, asked that immediate steps be taken to provide the town with proper bathing facilities. In 1911 several townsfolk got together to raise money for a swimming pool to be built. One of these was Peter Hanson, a drapery shop owner in Bridge Street, who organised several whist drives in the town. At one of these, held in the ‘Three Tuns’ he shaved off half his 18

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beard for a £5 wager, paid by Mr Brant of the Sawmills, Newlands. The following year he organised ‘a jolly dance’ with proceeds going to the pool fund. The pool was to be built by the autumn of 1912 at a cost of £300, and on 29th May 1912 a Swimming Club was established at the Angel Hotel. Presumably the fact that the pool was not built was due to the outbreak of WWI. The money collected was however eventually used for this purpose. In the early 1970’s a group of volunteers led by Win Summerton, opened a second-hand shop in Priest Lane. Together with many others, they organised all kinds of fundraising activities and eventually an indoor pool was opened, appropriately during the celebrations commemorating Pershore’s millennium in 1972.

Aerobatics

In 1912 Pershore had its first aeroplane visit, which circled twice over the town. By the following year such sightings were becoming more frequent, with some wonderful

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0 Years Ago exhibitions being given by Gustav Hamel. These took place at the racecourse in Defford Road which by then had been licensed by the Ministry of Air as an aerodrome. Subsequent flights took place from here by C.S. Kent who performed flying exhibitions on Sundays that were well patronised by the local inhabitants. However, the racecourse, in addition to often being wet and muddy, was subject to flooding, so a new racecourse was opened in 1935 on Lord Coventry’s land off Station Road.

Golf

On 4th October, 1912, Mr J.H. Baker of Pershore won the Daily Mail Open Golf Competition for a Gold Challenge Cup valued at £500 plus a replica of £50. Pershore had long had a reputation for taking part in various sports, with Craycombe Bank, (the home of the present Evesham Golf Club) being the first local club to be established in 1893. Then known as the Pershore Golf Club, within two years they were holding monthly medal competitions. Mr Baker was a long standing captain and honorary secretary with James Gray, publican at the Duke of York, appointed green-keeper in 1908. He held this position until he retired in 1919, when his son Raymond took over and continued until his death in 1991.

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During WW2 the course was taken over by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1941 with play continuing for two years around gun emplacements! In 1943 control passed to the Ministry of Works and the course was developed as a training centre for 3,000 American drivers. Huts, tents and service roads were built. In 1944 the old club house was destroyed by a fire which started when the top was left of an anthracite stove. The Americans left on 1st July l944 as part of the D-Day operations, and the camp was then used as a prisoner of war camp.

The Church

On the last day of October, 1912 Fr. Norman Holly of Spetchley promised £300 for the maintenance of a resident priest in Pershore for three years. Although a religious Benedictine monastery was established around 689 this was dissolved on the orders of Henry VIII and the few remaining monks disbanded. Following the Act of Uniformity in 1559 when all were expected to worship at their local Anglican church there must have been many who felt unable to change their allegiance but little is known of the Catholics in Pershore at this time. However by 1914 we do know of some Catholic families in Pershore, among them members of the Hudson family at Wick For some time Fr. Holly had been chaplain to the Berkeley family at Spetchley Park and he set up a Mass Centre in Pershore in the gatehouse of Mrs and Mrs Phillips (the music Hall). By 1912 the Catholic Missionary Society had organised two missions when collections enabled a chapel to be erected in Priest Lane using an old iron chapel that had once stood in the grounds of Wood Norton at Evesham. This had been specially built for the marriage of Louise, sister of the Duke Orleans and Prince Charles, brother-in-law of the King of Spain in November 1897. But that’s another story – and another year! Article by Marion Freeman

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