What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1925, 1975 and 2000
The Advertiser has once again opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
25 years - February 25, 2000
ABOVE: Pupils from Hawtonville Junior School, Newark, have raised £856 for the NSPCC by playing a sponsored game designed to teach them safety issues.
The game featured a picture of a park with scenes of children doing various activities. The children had to identify possible danger situations as well as areas of safety.
* The Dessert Company is to close its factory at Brunel Drive, Newark, with the loss of 700 jobs.
The closure is being blamed on a decision by Tesco to stop trading with the company. More than 75% of its business is with the supermarket giant.
It is understood the Newark factory was unable to meet the demand for chilled desserts despite the introduction of new seven-day shift patterns and round-the-clock working.
* An ambitious engineering project to replace two 110-year-old railway bridges was well under way.
The two bridges, side by side, carry the East Coast Main Line over the River Trent north of Newark.
They are being replaced with a single £8m, 250ft twin-track bridge, the first side of which is clearly visible to drivers from the A46 Newark bypass.
* Calls have been made to bring back a rail link for Southwell.
Mr Rowland Hoggard, of Thurgarton Parish Council, suggested a new railway could be built on top of tha track that has become Southwell trail.
He said something had to be done to improve the town’s rail links which meant it could sometimes be impossible to travel to Nottingham foir 9am by train.
* A posse of regulars from the White Swan, Newark, gave chase to a man who ran off after a garden strimmer was stolen from a car in the pub’s carpark.
50 years ago - March 1, 1975
ABOVE: Pupils at Southwell Edward Cludd School crowd into their new minibus.
The 17-seater vehicle cost £1,994 and will be used to take the children on field trips and to sporting events.
* Some of the first shots in the referendum battle on the Common Market issued were fired.
Mr John Yates, secretary of Newark and District Chamber of Commerce, said from their point of view members were in favour of EEC membership and a campaign was being launched to familiarise members and employees with their attitude.
* A big recruitment drive is being launched immediately by a Newark clothing company, which will provide plenty of jobs for school leavers.
Meritina, of Sleaford Road, are searching for 200 women and girl workers by August and another 200 by Christmas as part of a planned expansion.
Currently, there is a workforce of 260.
* Council house tenants should pay £22 a week rent, say Carlton-on-Trent and District Ratepayers’ Association.
The association say council houses are a burden on the rates. They say fewer, if any, should be built in the future and then only where they are really needed.
* For the first time ever the stage of The Palace arts and leisure centre, Newark, revealed two naked bodies locked in an embrace, swaying so naturally that the mainly young audience could only comment that it was beautiful.
The scene was part of Strindberg’s A Dream Play presented as an experimental theatre in the extreme.
100 years ago - February 25, 1925
The old-time well-known fruit growing spot on the Lincoln Road, Newark - Strawberry Hall - has been purchased by Mr Sneath, of Collingham.
It is interesting to note that there are 3,000 gooseberry and currant bushes in the gardens. Mr Sneath intends to dispose of a quantity of these and market the remaining fruit of the season.
A bungalow is about to be erected on the site and later building plots will be offered for sale.
* A welcome change from the common round was spent by the inmates of the Newark Workhouse at a concert organised by Mr Councillor Berry.
Peals of laughter and applause from the inmates showed their great appreciation. At the close Mrs Thompson very feelingly proposed a vote of thanks to the artistes for their services and for the very happy time they had given the inmates.
* Record entries for the Southwell March Races have been received, that there is practically a certainty of a great day’s sport.
The new motor entrance from Fiskerton Lane will enable road traffic to be dealt with expeditiously while the doubling of the turnstiles at the entrance of the railway platforms should now avoid any congestion or crushing.
* Before commencing the business of Newark Town Council. the Mayor drew attention to the picture of the 139th Brigade, including the local Sherwoods, in action at Bellenglise, which hung in the Chamber.
He had accepted it from Colonel Huskinson on behalf of the council.
This was one of two pictures selected as depicting the greatest episodes of the war. The other was one of the Battle of Jutland, and he thought this spoke for itself.
