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
25 years ago - February 4, 2000
ABOVE: More than 100 people took part in a tree planting session to start a community wood that will grow into a lasting memorial to the millennium.
Some of them took their own spades to plant 110 trees at the official launch of the Southwell Millennium Wood on land owned by the Brackenhurst College campus of Nottingham Trent University.
* Twenty-one Kosovar stowaways - 19 men and four women - found in a lorry at Carlton-on-Trent have been interviewed by Special Branch detectives and immigration officials.
It is believed they had been on the road for seven days. They were dishevelled and tired after their journey and were said to be bewildered to terrified but appeared to be in good physical condition.
* An appeal to raise money to help pay for a £60,000 Victorian bandstand in the centre of Newark Castle grounds has been launched.
It will be the centrepiece of a major restoration and improvement project on the site.
* Four Southwell residents were passengers on Concorde aircrafts that made emergency landings at Heathrow Airport.
Auctioneer Mr Douglas Gascoine and his wife, Rachel, were returning from Barbados when their pilot declared a ‘pan’ emergency - one level below a full emergency - with an engine failure.
The following day Mrs Annie Howard and his son, Tony Howard, were involved in a second scare when their Flights Of Fantasy chartered Concorde had to turn back after a warning light showed fire in the rear hold.
* Home town boxers Esham Pickering and Carl Greaves will be appearing together on the same bill at the Grove Leisure Centre for the first time when big-time boxing returns to Newark.
Pickering, both with RHP Boxing Club before joining the professional ranks, will be the star attractions, with Pickering topping the bill in a British title fight elimination.
50 years ago - February 8, 1975
ABOVE: Joan Littlewood’s biting satire on the first world war, Oh, What A Lovely War! Seems an unusual choice for a school play, but it was performed with great gusto by pupils at the Grove Comprehensive to packed houses.
* Whatever happens this year, local people will be heading in their hundreds for holidays in the sun.
Travel agents report that 1975 is already turning into a boom year for them with more Continental holidays being booked than ever before.
Spain and Majorca are still the most popular countries but Italy is catching up and more people are going to the Canaries this year.
Mr L. N. Cardigan, of Newark Travel Agency, said: “We have been inundated with bookings. We are getting to the situation when it will soon be impossible to book any more holidays in June, July and August.”
* Home owners in the Newark area have been warned not to use external stone cladding on their properties without first obtaining planning permission.
The district council said it was essential the practice was controlled in order to prevent widespread use, particularly in areas covered by conservation orders.
* Tickets for Mud in Concert at The Palace arts and leisure centre, Newark, were sold out only 32 hours after booking opened to the public.
About 100 tickets at a flat rate of £1.40 were sold to Friends of the Palace.
* Southwell’s town crier, Mr Henry Howard, received his uniform at a ceremony in Southwell Market Place.
Mr Howard was applauded when he appeared at the start of the ceremony. He was already wearing his uniform, but not the hat.
The uniform, based on the style of 1760, was made by Mrs Wendy Doncaster and a band of helpers and contributions came from Southwell people.
100 years ago - February 4, 1925
A Newark lad’s mischievous behaviour in tampering with a telephone kiosk outside the Ossington had its sequel at a Children’s Court when a 13-year-old boy was charged with causing electricity, the property of the PMG, to be wasted.
The offence was apparently the removal of the receiver at the telephone box and leaving it off the hook.
The boy admitted removing the receiver and saying ‘hello’.
The case was dismissed and the lad was warned not to repeat the offence.
* The question of the addition of a wing to Southwell Workhouse to cope with the increasing number of inmates formed the chief topic at a meeting of Southwell Board of Guardians.
The chairman said there was no question that it was absolutely necessary.
At the present time they were crowded out and a number of the inmates had had to be brought down into the House to sleep for lack of accommodation.
* The Highways Committee recommended to the town council in regard to the Government Road Scheme that an application be made to the Ministry of Transport for the inclusion of the widening and rounding of the corner of Lombard Street and Castlegate.
* The annual dance organised by the staff of Messrs A. Ransome and Co was held in Newark Town Hall and proved to be one of the most successful of such events held this season.
The music was supplied by Mr J. Longdon’s Dance Orchestra and its alluring strains ensured an enjoyable evening.
