HOW sad Malvern looks after dark. Walking back to the car park in Edith Walk after the theatre it struck me how miserable the place looks now the dark nights are here. Few shops have any lights on at all and Church Walk is positively dangerous. Were it not for the estate agents and Italian restaurant the place would be as black as the ace of spades. Negotiating the steps at the end of the passage would be difficult to say the least for anyone slightly infirm, and the place is a muggers’ paradise. Surely the owners of Church Walk can afford a few lights – they are there, just not switched on!
Hills fantasy THE directors of Malvern For All continue to spin a web of fantasy over the Malvern cable car. In over 50 years I have never known a topic given so much disproportionate publicity in the media in general. The facts which continue to be ignored are these: lEncroachment on the Malvern Hills is against the various Acts of Parliament. lThe Acts were formulated to protect the beauty of the Malvern Hills against desecration and commercial exploitation. lIndeed, Malvern For All has been forbidden by Malvern Hills Conservators to make any survey on the hills. lThe cable car would violate the Malvern Hills area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) and the protected Ancient Monument status of the higher slopes of the hills.