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 - August 4, 2000
ABOVE: Pensioners in Balderton got together to celebrate the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday with a party of their own.
More than 80 people were at the event organised at the Grove Hotel on London Road. Many were dressed in patriotic red, white and blue.
* A £2m sports complex at the Magnus Church of England School, Newark, is to go ahead.
The scheme, involving new indoor and outdoor facilities for school and public use, has been approved.
There will be a multi-purpose hall, a fitness suite, refreshments/social area and reception. Outside will be an all-weather floodlit sports pitch.
* Services are being held behind locked doors at a Newark church because of repeated attacks by vandals and thieves.
Once worshippers are inside Hawtonville Methodist Church, both the front and back doors are locked.
* Hundreds of people packed Southwell Minster for an opportunity to take part in one of the musical highlights of the cathedral’s millennium celebrations.
International solo artists joined the 70-piece BBC Concert Orchestra for a live broadcast of Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night.
* People who live next to a derelict former cinema in Southwell have confronted the owner about plans to build 17 homes on the site.
He wants to build seven flats, four maisonettes and garages, but residents of Trinity Place say the development is too dense and too close to their houses.
50 years ago - August 9, 1975
ABOVE: A group of almost 200 children and parents from the Hawtonville Family Summer Holiday School paraded through the streets of Newark to Devon Park.
After the parade the recorder group entertained the audience then the children took up their positions for a play, The Siege Of Newark Castle.
* Tropical weather, welcomed by those on holiday this week, has caused problems for many other people.
More than 13 hours of daily sunshine was recorded was Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Newark swimming pool had 7,641 visitors in the first six days of the month. Monday was the busiest day this year with 1,631 swimmers and 20 spectators.
* Newark Town wants to hit the Wembley trail - with the help of the town’s businessmen.
If the club can provide up-to-date facilities at its newly-acquired Bowbridge Road ground, it will be eligible for the FA Challenge Vase.
To get the facilities (showers, changing rooms and secure fencing) the club wants businessmen to become £20-a-match sponsors of next season’s home fixtures.
* Bright moving lights spotted over Newark this week have been logged as unidentified flying objects by the Midlands UFO Research Organisation.
Mr and Mrs Robert Burns, of Newark, watched the UFO, which they said looked like a very bright star, for more than two hours early on Monday morning.
At the same time, two other people - one in Newark and one in High Marnham - also sighted the UFO.
* British Rail price rises will increase single fares from Newark to Nottingham or Lincoln from 34p to 40p from September.
The day return to London rises from £4.89 to £5.82.
100 years ago - August 5, 1925
* The Newark Town Football Club, having obtained entry into the Midland Football League, the committee makes an urgent appeal to all employers, tradesmen and sportsmen of Newark and district for financial help.
The money is required for ground improvements, better dressing accommodation, increased banking for spectators’ benefit, the signing of good-class players and other expenses incurred in bringing a higher standard of sport to town, also to endeavour to keep the people of Newark at home instead of going elsewhere to see good football.
* Members of the 5th Newark Troop of BP Scouts left Newark on Saturday morning for the annual week under canvas by the sea.
The troop numbering 50, including two mascots, is camping at Bridlington.
* In connection wth the sinking operations at Ollerton, we are informed by Mr H. E. Mitton, mining engineer, that the Butterley Colliery Company, has reached the top hard seam of coal in their number one shaft.
This has proved to be a very good seam, the total thickness of which is six feet. The coal is of excellent quality with a good roof and has been reached at a depth of 1.578ft.
* A meeting of the Newark branch of the Young Helpers’ League will be held at 1 Magnus Street next Tuesday in connection with the forthcoming American Tea and Yankeedoodle.
* Under the auspices of the Southwell Traders’ Association there was the second annual excursion to Wembley.
The train left at 6.30am, when 204 availed themselves of the opportunity and, after an interesting day at the exhibition, Southwell was reached at 2.45am the next morning.
A through corridor train was provided by the Railway Company and a most inspiring and enjoyable day was spent.