What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1925, 1975 and 2000
The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
25 years ago - June 2, 2000
ABOVE: This is the moment Sophie Allen, 8, of Claypole, met Britain’s leading master puppeteer, Derek Grant, at Newark’s Palace Theatre.
Sophie came up with the winning entry in an Advertiser competition to make a puppet. Her entry was a puppy called Peanut.
* Waiting list targets are being met, despite a dramatic increase in emergency admissions at Newark Hospital.
The manager of Newark Hospital, Mrs Barbara Dempster, said staff were stretched and surgical wards were having to double up to enable admissions to continue.
Many of the admissions are pensioners with chest problems, although there has been a wide range of emergencies.
* A computer room linked to the latest internet technology has been officially opened at Barnbygate Primary School, Newark.
The information and communication technology suite contains eight high specification networked PCs all linked to the internet and with software covering the entire curriculum.
The suite, which cost about £11,500, is timetabled for use by every class.
* A Pokemon card - thought to be the world’s most expensive - was on sale in Newark with a £550 price tag, but no one bought it.
The card, Pikachu’s Birthday, was on sale in a sealed pack at The Gigantic Pokemon and Beanie Babies Fair at Newark Showground.
Several hundred children with their parents packed into the Sir Stuart Goodwin Pavilion to try to find a Pokemon bargain.
More than 1,000 gallons of real ale was sunk by beer enthusiasts during the fifth annual Newark Beer Festival.
All 120 casks, containing nine gallons each, had been drunk by 7pm on Sunday by the estimated 4,000 visitors to the event at Newark Riverside Park.
50 years ago - June 7, 1975
ABOVE: Newark Rowing Club young fours crew set the small crowd at Newark Regatta alight when they aimed for a hat-trick of wins.
The boys - Robert Shaw, David Dulka, Peter Shaw and Eric Sims, coxed by David Burgin - won from St Neots.
* The Charcon factory in Bowbridge Road, Newark, which closed before Christmas throwing 40 employees out of work, has re-opened to manufacture concrete tunnel linings, chimneys and box culverts.
It is operating under Charcon Pipes and Tunnels of Leicester and will eventually employ between 150 and 200 people.
* A group of shops at flats at 37-43 Appletongate, Newark, which were due to be sold at auction, are now to be offered for sale to investors by private treaty.
The property, which consists of three inter-communicating shop units, a separate shop unit and four flats above and behind the shops, was due to be sold at an auction at the Robin Hood Hotel.
But this was called off when no bidders turned up.
* Southwell Minster Grammar School governors are to take over the neighbouring Edward Cludd Secondary School.
The move will prevent the 1,000-year-old grammar school being taken over by Notts County Council when co-educational compehensive education is introduced in September 1976.
The grammar school was considered too small to house a new comprehensive.
* A total of 2,400 people left Ollerton station in four trains on Sunday for Ollerton and Bevercotes Miners’ Welfare outing to Skegness.
The outing was organised by the welfare committee who gave each child 50p to spend and refreshments for the journey.
* More than half of Nottinghamshire’s Gypsy families have moved on to a site in Tolney Lane, Newark, the district council planning and development committee was told.
Planning officer said a police survey showed 50 of the county’s 90 families were on the site.
100 years ago - June 3, 1925
Dallying overlong at the Newark Fair and then risking a cycle ride home without lamps resulted in several revellers having to appear before the Newark County Bench.
All the offences were committed on May 16 and each of the defendants were fined 8s.
* Mr T. M. Blagg, formerly of Newark, has been entrusted as immigration officer with the close guard of the Port of London, under the Government’s instructions regarding the prevention of landing of foreign Communists in this country for the carrying on and development of subversive propoganda.
Rarely before has the net been so closely drawn around the ports of Great Britain.
* At a special sitting of the Southwell Board of Guardians Mr and Mrs Arthur Willatt, of Minster, near Sheerness, were appointed Master and Matron at Southwell Workhouse in succession to Mr and Mrs Cameron who are taking up similar duties at Holbeach.
* By the kindness of Mr Coulby, the children of Claypole had the importance of Empire Day impressed on them in a very pleasant manner.
A tea was given to every child in the parish in the village hall, to which the children marched from school.
On leaving the hall, each child - 157 in all - was presented with an orange and a packet of sweets, also a gift from Mr Coulby.
* In their sale room at Kirkgate, Newark, Messrs Edward Bailey and Son offered for sale a valuable attractive freehold smallholding at Cromwell, comprising dwelling house, well adapted farm buildings and 16 acres of land.
Bidding started at £500 and rose to £910 at which figure the lot was knocked down to Mr T. W. Spencer of Bleasby.
Two acres of freehold land at South Muskham with long frontage to the Great North Road and the village street were also offered, but having started at £50 was ultimately withdrawn from the sale at £100.
