Bygones: What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1997, 1972 and 1922
The Advertiser has once again opened its archives to see what was in the news 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
In 1997, there were proposals for a Sustrans track from Newark to Bottesford, but there were protests over plans to run it next to Balderton Lake.
Fifty years ago hit by floods and giant-sized hailstones while 100 years ago the controversial subject of allowing games on Sunday was under discussion.
25 years ago — July 25, 1997
Above: Thrill-seeking youngsters pushed for glory when Caunton Youth Club held its sixth annual pram race.
Teams in the two-mile dash from Norwell Village Hall’s carpark to Caunton Community Centre were invited to dress up and dash.
Pictured are Lindsey Weedon, 14, Rebecca Friel, 14, and Helen Thompson, 15, of the Southwell team named Three Little Girls Went To School.
Joint winners, ahead of ten others, were two teams from Kneesall Youth Club.
More than 300 jobs will be created if plans for a new £8m mill clothing store on Newark Industrial Estate go ahead.
Libra Textiles Ltd wants to relocate its existing Boundary Mill Stores from Grantham to Newark.
The development will be on a nine-acre site at Brunel Drive, next to the A1 and Brownhills Motor Caravans.
Traffic-calming measures are to be introduced on Newark’s Hawtonville Estate where residents have petitioned Nottinghamshire County Council for action following a spate of accidents.
Speed humps are to be introduced on the estate, which includes Devon Road, at a cost of £60,000.
Plans are on track to link Newark into a national cycle network. The charity Sustrans has applied to Newark and Sherwood District Council to develop part of the disused Newark to Bottesford railway line for the network.
The 3¾-mile section is from Clay Lane in Newark to Cotham village.
But residents are fighting plans to run the cycle track beside Balderton Lake.
Homeowners on Orchid Close have formed a group to fight Sustrans’ planned track, which they say would be dangerous.
50 years ago — July 29, 1972
Above: Smiling despite the swirling waters, these children take a walk in Bowbridge Road, Newark, after a storm caused havoc.
Homes were flooded, cars were stranded, electricity supplies failed in many areas, and a tree crashed across the road on the Fosse Way near Farndon.
At the height of the storm many places were bombarded with giant-sized hailstones.
Firemen were on duty until the early hours pumping water from stricken homes.
There are 60 buildings in Newark listed as worthy of preservation under a scheme to spend around £120,000 in the next five years to safeguard the town’s historic heritage.
The most significant buildings included in the scheme so far are those in the Market Place and buildings opposite the castle between Stodman Street and Kirkgate.
In a bid to win a reprieve for two elms in Devon Park, Newark, which are threatened with the axe to make way for a football pitch, members of the town council have been invited to visit the park.
The move to cut down the trees has angered locals, who have threatened to mount a 24-hour guard on the elms.
Heavy rain made going difficult at Southwell Rugby Club’s donkey derby.
Among the attractions was an egg-throwing contest where the receiver had to catch the egg cleanly without breaking it. The winning throw was 241ft.
There was also an auction where goods, from lampshades to a pair of silver teapots, both in need of a good clean, were sold.
100 years ago — July 26, 1922
A warm discussion was aroused at Newark Urban District Council’s Markets Committee over a letter complaining about the noise made in the Market Place by traders.
Councillor Pratt considered it unfair that these men should be allowed to make the noise they did since they got pitches for a new shillings while the shopkeepers paid big rates and taxes.
The controversial subject of games on Sunday was raised at a meeting of the Newark Urban District Council.
Alderman Priestley wanted to know, in view of the decision of the London County Council’s decision in allowing Sunday games, what action would be taken in Newark?
The clerk said bye-laws provide for no Sunday games and this applied to all recreation grounds.
Councillor Stroud congratulated Alderman Priestley for raising the matter, and said he was not even in favour of Sunday golf.
North Collingham choir and churchworkers had their summer outing, to the number of 30.
A large charabanc was chartered to take them to Cleethorpes and although the weather at the start was very cold and gloomy, it cleared up later and was very enjoyable.
Three Newark youths appeared at Police Court in answer to a summons for playing cricket in the street on Sunday evening.
The chairman told them: “Everybody likes cricket but you must be careful not to play where you are a nuisance to passers-by.”
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