DJ Jimmy Young, Hereford’s first Chinese restaurant – and how Barbours helped the county’s submariners.
Broadcaster Jimmy Young on stage at Ross-on-Wye’s Roxy cinema; a shocking display of rock and roll at F. H. Dale’s sports and social club in Leominster back in 1957; and recollections of Hereford city’s first Chinese restaurant, the Wing Hong in Broad Street, feature in the Christmas edition of the county’s local history journal, In Our Age.
Now in its 36th year, In Our Age comes on the heels of news that Herefordshire Lore will host a special, free History Day at the city Town Hall on Saturday May 9.
Our chair Bill Laws says “We’re delighted that, thanks to Hereford City Council support, we are able to run the 2026 Hereford History Day. This proved a great success in 2024 with nearly a thousand people dropping by not learn about the county’s recent past.”
Hereford History Day will also launch the county-wide Herefordshire Histories Festival which runs from May 9 – May 25.
Don’t forget: In Our Age is available on subscription from here. And is also distributed free by Herefordshire’s county libraries.
Christmas is coming! At least according to these Ledbury ladies who grace the cover of our December issue.
Our supportive subscribers should receive their copy in a day or two while the rest of must wait a few days before the free copies are released.
(Why not subscribe and get your copy direct through the post – it would help us meet the £5000 a year it costs to produce!)