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3:27pm Thu Jan 26, 2012
NEARLY 130 years ago Victorian philanthropist Sir William Gilstrap gave Newark its first free public library — the Gilstrap Centre. It has been in public use ever since.
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3:47pm Wed Jul 13, 2011
Thousands lined the streets of Newark on Sunday to watch dozens of local groups and organisations take part in the carnival parade.
Industrial link should be preserved
— MALCOLM DEXTER, Newark (Full address supplied).
I was saddened to read that a planning application had been made to demolish the old tuck shop on Farndon Road, Newark, near the Spring House pub, and replace it with yet another dwelling (Tuck Shop Site Eyed For Home, Advertiser, January 12).

I doubt that many people today realise that this “awful little hut” as it was described by Newark and Sherwood district councillor Mr Tony Roberts, is, in fact, part of Newark’s industrial heritage, and is worthy of restoration and preservation.

As a five-year-old, living in Dorner Avenue, off Farndon Road, I walked every day to Christ Church Infants’ School.
Hidden past
— ANN BORRILL, Newark (Full address supplied).
Although the building at 1 Farndon Road, Newark, had, in recent years, been used as a tuck shop, it was used by Redmond Cafferata in the 19th Century as the stopping place for his gypsum railway wagons to be counted before they were unloaded on to barges on the canal.

Because of this it forms an important part of Newark’s industrial heritage.

Having recently lost the sawmill near Longstone Bridge to a ‘tidying up’ exercise, I would like to see Cafferata’s Crossing House retained and repaired, with information available, possibly in the Sconce Visitor Centre, about its original purpose.
Lost audience
— CAROLYN DRURY, chairman, Newark Arts Forum.
So the 150 people who attend the Sunday jazz concerts won’t be going regularly to the Palace Theatre, Newark, any more (Dixielanders Bow Out of Palace Theatre Shows, Advertiser, January 12).

That’s a lot of people who won’t be picking up leaflets about future shows.

And we all thought the proposed cuts to the Palace were yet to be voted on by Newark and Sherwood District Council.
Traffic chaos
— R. LODGE, Newark (Full address supplied).
Who is responsible for the traffic control when events such as Lamma cause chaos in the town, as there appears to be no traffic control in the area?

The signs off the A1 are confusing and of no help and the whole area gets snarled up, causing people going about their daily lives to be severely delayed.

I am less than impressed when school children waiting for buses have to stand in the freezing cold for 90 minutes waiting for their school bus to arrive.
 
Replace cross
— ERIC KIRTON, Marsh Lane, Farndon.
It is my view, after all the arguments for and against demolishing the Robin Hood cottages in Newark, that it is time to see some sense and remove them.

It would give much better visibility for traffic entering Lombard Street, which is dull in itself.

A good course of action may be to open the area, lay grass and flower beds and replace the cottages with what should have been the planners’ first consideration, Beaumond Cross.
Parking points
— ANDREW SIBSON, Cullen Close, Newark.
Mr Douglas Smith, of Foston, complained that there was insufficient signage about parking regulations on Kelham Road, Newark (Visitors Fall Foul Of Parking Ban, Advertiser, January 5).

I would suggest he perhaps should not be driving as his eyesight has to be queried.

There are two large notices at the entrance to the road and smaller signs on every lamppost along the road.
Portrait of war
— JOHN STEPHENSON, Marton Road, Newark.
The portrait of Lance-corporal Nick Davis, painted by Joseph Llambias Clatworthy who sadly died from cancer (Painting Shows Reality Of War, Advertiser, January 12) shows the extent of the suffering endured by our soldiers.

The portrait, which hangs in the Imperial war Museum, London, will compel visitors to be aware of the dreadful mutilation caused by war.

As reported, Nick is joining the Forces’ charity, Soldier On. May he find comfort helping others overcome their difficulties.
 

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