TODAY we begin a new nostalgia series in the Evesham and Cotswold Journals, kicking things off with a selection of images covering the building of Evesham Swimming Pool in the 1970s and also some eye-catching pictures of Pershore dating as far back as 1967.
Do you remember the pool being built in the town? Or perhaps you have your own nostalgia pictures of Evesham, Pershore and the surrounding villages, or in the Cotswolds?
Whatever form they take, we’d love to see them and help you share them with your fellow readers.
You can send your pictures to our community content editor at barry.kinghorn@newsquest.co.uk
Look out for more pictures from the past in next week’s Journals.
March 1977 and the new £244,000 pool is beginning to take shape
We’ll be here for a bit yet... October 1977 and the task of filling the pool begins. It took the best part of three days to “christen” the baths with 66,000 gallons of water
Dream come true - December 1977 and the pool is ready for use
This charming picture of schoolchildren ready to board the arriving train at Pershore station was taken in December 1967
Mowing the verges in this eye-catching portrait of Pershore Abbey, sadly undated
September 1987 and Wychavon councillors tried out the new spa bath at Evesham swimming pool and sports complex. From left, Helen Neilsen; Don Lawley, Wychavon District Council chairman; Angela Tidmarsh; Colin Garrett, council officer; and Kay Summers
Who remembers these shops in this picture taken in Bridge Street, Pershore, in 1976?
March 1979 saw the launch of sessions at the pool for senior citizens. Enjoying their dip are the splendidly named Parthy Winter, Audrey Daniels and Ronald Clements
A rarely seen aerial shot of Pershore’s Bridge Street, dating we think from some time in the 1970s
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