What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1924, 1974 and 1999
The Advertiser has once again opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
25 years ago - October 29, 1999
ABOVE: A 16ft high straw ‘castle’ has been built by members of Collingham Young Farmers' Club to protest against France’s ban on British beef.
They used baled straw as building blocks and draped the structure with banners. It is sited in a field alongside the A 1133 between Collingham and Langford.
Leading the protest are (left to right) club members Tamar Brunton. Byron Palmer and James Hallam. who built the castle with Charles Brunton.
* Irreplaceable wildlife habitat and flora will be at risk if councillors rubber-stamp first-stage proposals to redevelop the Balderton Hospital site, it has been claimed.
The charge, levelled by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, comes less than a week before the council’s likely approval of a planning brief for the site.
Outline planning permission to demolish most of the existing hospital buildings and build up to 850 homes has already been approved.
* Commuters can now log on to the Internet to find out the timetables of Nottinghamshire's buses and trains.
The county council has posted all the county's bus and rail timetables, plus the very latest travel information on local routes, on to the information superhighway.
The move is part of a series of initiatives launched by the authority's environment department to improve access to public transport information.
* Plans to create a new part opposite Newark town lock as part of the Northgate riverside regeneration scheme were welcomed.
The park will be developed at the 1,500sq m site of the former British Waterways offices.
* A school set up on a former Army camp will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year.
To mark the event, Bowbridge Junior School, Newark, has launched a book, appropriately entitled A Temporary Measure. The school, an old Royal Engineers’ officer training unit, was due to be replaced in 1959.
50 years ago - November 2, 1974
ABOVE: These pupils of the Cardinal Hinsley Middle School, Newark, certainly seem to be enjoying themselves at the Halloween party at the school.
Susan Rawson, Vicki Hewis and Mandy Lunn tuck into the feast that was part of the festivities.
Newark District Council’s recreation and amenities committee is to be asked to approve a joint scheme between the council and church authorities for a £65,000 community church centre on Lincoln Road, Newark.
The proposed centre will provide accommodation for playgroups, youth activities and other functions and a place of worship on Sundays.
The corner shop was described as the lifeblood of a community by Newark’s Mayor Mrs Elizabeth Yorke, when she spoke at the annual dinner of Newark and Southwell District Grocers’ Association.
She said the corner shop had a vital role to play and she would be sorry if they had to give way completely to supermarkets.
Railway enthusiasts by the hundred, including hordes of youngsters, put Newark Town Hall on their visiting list so they could gaze longingly at dozens of model railway layouts set up in the banqueting hall.
It was the Newark Railway Society’s annual show.
A building plot at Ferry Lane, North Muskham, was sold for £7,000 at Edward Bailey and Son’s auction at the Robin Hood Hotel, Newark.
A cottage at Barnby was sold for £3,000, a detached house in High Street, Collingham, for £3,900, The Grapes in Southwell for £6,000, and a shop premises in Kirkgate, Newark, for £5,500.
