Newark Advertiser reader letters: Use stones’ link to the river

When my family and I moved to Nottinghamshire in the 1980s we were very struck by the historical importance of Newark and its Market Square as well as its other features, including the castle and the fact that the Roman Fosse Way ran through it.

To modernise the Market Square in any way would surely detract from its historic buildings — the town hall and its immediate surroundings.

While Newark sells its name to the Civil War and features Sconce Park, it has an excellent town museum as well.

However, much of the town's history is in storage and not seen! If one wishes to attract a wider public to the town and district from outside the area then it needs possibly to publicise itself outside the area and even county, although clearly there are a few events that actually do this, but may not take visitors into the town.

With regard to the Kiddey Stones, and which I was only aware of when mentioned in the Advertiser, they might be better placed if located closer to the River Trent and with suitable information boards to tell the stories of the many power stations that were close to the river and which generated energy to both the county and further over many years past. —A. M. Waddington, Sutton-on-Trent .