Newark Advertiser reader letters: A worldwide town celebration
Thirty years ago the Newarks Of The World reunion in 1995 came to our town. A large bronze plaque is located on Church Street on the road in front of the parish church, this being the mother of all the other Newarks.
There are 26 Newark names - 21 American states use a Newark (Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin) and there are more Newarks in South Africa, Canada, and Australia.
Not on this plaque is Newark Bay in the Falkland Islands and Newark in Cambridgeshire is nowadays absorbed as part of the city of Peterborough.
The Newark reunions started in 1987 in Newark California to give communities in Newark across the world the chance to get together.
They took place every two years and have been hosted by Newarks in Vermont, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, California and of course, in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
I believe wholeheartedly in being actively involved with every issue of importance by promoting Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
Let's do our bit by promoting what is good about Newark-On-Trent, which is full of history, a good place to live, visit and work. — Laurence Goff, Newark.