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Cotswold Life
|August 2020
The city of Worcester is reawakening after her Covid-induced slumber, and is now ready to welcome back visitors
WORCESTER
Things of interest on Katie B Morgan’s map:
The Butts: An area used for archery practice
Dragon: Dragon boat racing club
The British Medical Association: Founded at Worcester General Infirmary by Sir Charles Hastings(1794-1866). He attended Worcester Grammar School
‘Glovers needle’: This was St Andrew’s Church, close to the Dents Glove Factory. Most of it was demolished in 1949
Ernie Payne: The ‘Worcester Wonder’, born on London Road. 1908 Olympic gold medallist cyclist
Heraldry: Black Worcester pears and Worcester Permain apples
Books: Kays of Worcester catalogue
Fay Weldon: author born in Worcester in 1931
Logo on compass: Worcester Bosch boilers
Goldfish bowl: Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was an English naturalist. Gosse created and stocked the first public aquarium at London Zoo in 1853 and his work started the Victorian craze for aquariums
William Richard Morris: creator of the Morris car, born in Worcester in 1877
Sir Thomas Brock (18471922): sculptor and medallist. Designed the Victoria memorial outside Buckingham Palace and one of the faces of Queen Victoria on coins
King John (1167-1216): buried in Worcester Cathedral.
Daisy: Ghost of a girl in The Commandery
Battle of Worcester
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