What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1925, 1975 and 2000
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 - May 5, 2000
ABOVE: A stereo system stolen from Newark Hospital has finally been replaced after months of fundraising work.
The 9th Newark Scout Group presented a new system to the hospital’s Friary Day Care Centre.
The Scouts washed cars, packed shopping bags and organised bingo sessions to raise £100 for the music system.
* Campaigners fighting for a leisure centre to be built on the former Sconce Hills School site in Newark are planning to stage a demonstration on the town hall steps.
The says the Hawtonville estate was in desperate need of more facilities.
The campaign group will present a petition signed by more than 4,000 people calling for a leisure centre on the site to Newark and Sherwood District Council.
* The wartime secrets of Newark’s hidden underground hospital has been rediscovered in the build-up to NSK-RHP’s centenary celebrations.
A plan, left gathering dust for years, shows the hospital is concealed 15ft under the firm’s Northern Road carpark.
There are no outside clues to its presence so staff had to turn detective to find out more.
* Newark magistrates will no longer sit on Saturdays or bank holidays. In future, defendants who need to be brought before court out of hours will be taken to Mansfield.
Newark solicitor Clive Rossin criticised the decision and said he was concered about the future of the magistrates’ court in Newark.
* Two Newark schools look set to close so they can re-open as a new one.
Members of Nottinghamshire education committee were told that before Bowbridge Infant and Bowbridge Junior schools can amalgamate both have to formally close.
The new school would have a roll of 420 full-time pupils and 60 in the nursery - making it one of the largest primary schools in the county.
50 years ago - May 10, 1975
ABOVE: Two sketches were performed by these members of Newark Charles Street Girls’ Fellowship at a coffee evening in the chapel, attended by about 60 people.
The sketches were written by Miss Mabel Burkitt.
* Notts County Council environment committee is cutting down on land available for new homes in villages around Newark.
Of 87 acres, including 46 at Sutton-on-Trent, scheduled for houses, all but three acres in Collingham should be written off, it committee decided.
But it agreed in principle to make 35 acres available in eastern Newark, providing homes for 1,000 people.
* The odds on the same set of numbers coming up twice in a year on a winning line on a football pools coupon must be millions to one. But it happened to Newark shopkeeper Mr Stuart Walker (61) who runs an off-licence in Portland Street.
Mr Walker hit the jackpot on Vernons Pools with a bumper win of £27,622 - only six months after having another winning line. But on that occasion his win amounted to £14.
* A petition slamming plans for a narrow gauge railway along part of the Farnsfield to Southwell Trail at Farnsfield is expected to go before Notts leisure services committee.
Plans include a museum, ticket office, shop and station building in the old Farnsfield station yard and use of the picnic area for scuplture displays.
The 905-signature petition claims the development would be out of character.
* About 250 people attended a Spring Fling disco in a shed at Merryweather’s Garden Centre, Southwell, organised by the Young Voters Action Group.
Dancing was to a group called Zodiac and the JBP Roadshow.
100 years ago - May 6, 1925
At Newark Quarter Sessions Mr William James, a shoemaker of no fixed abode, was indicted for stealing rings valued at £15 9s, the property of Mr W. W. Padgett, jeweller, Market Place, Newark.
Mr W. H. Franks’ opening statement showed that the prisoner broke the window with a horseshoe and was held by Miss Javens, the lady assistant.
James was sentenced to 15 months’ hard labour.
* A social evening was held at the Ceremonial Rooms, Newcastle Estate Offices, Lombard Street, Newark, when the idea of the movement of the Order Of Crusaders, which is slowly spreading locally, was explained to those present.
* Captain W. L. Renwick is again making his annual appeal for the gift of eggs for Newark Hospital.
Last year about 8,000 eggs were collected and these were preserved for use during the year.
* Tennis and badminton enthusiasts must on no account miss this week a wonderful window full of nothing but white goods for ladies’ wear at Warren’s, Stodman Street.
The prices, too, will be unbelievable as Mr Warren has got hold of some remarkable stuff at extraordinary low prices.
White hats too, that are a picture in themselves, will also be on show and these came from the London exhibition only last week.
* The Southwell members of the 8th battalion Sherwood Foresters paraded to the minster on Sunday.
Assembling at the Drill Hall, the local contingent under the command of Lieut Browne, was augmented by the arrival of the 8th Battalion Band from Newark.
The band played en route to the minste. The service was of a festive character with procession.
