ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 13 JANUARY 1893

LONGPARISH — DINNERS

Through the kindness of Mrs.Tippinge, of Longparish House, a large party assembled in the Long Room adjoining the Plough Inn on Saturday last, when a capital dinner was served, reflecting great credit on the host and hostess, Mr.and Mrs.Budd. Invitations had been given to members of the choir, including the wives of the married portion, as well as to the employés on Colonel Tippinge’s estate, and others in the village. The table was tastefully decorated with flowers, and the dinner was partaken of under the superintendence of Mrs.Tippenge. The choir was taken by Mr.Potticary. The Rev.R.P.Wilkinson was also present during the dinner, which was thoroughly enjoyed, after which the room was cleared, when amusing games and dancing were indulged in, Mr.and Mrs.Budd having kindly lent their piano for the occasion. Other ladies and gentlemen joined the company after dinner and took part in the amusements, including Miss E.Wilkinson, Mr.F.Wilkinson, Col.Tippinge, Mr.and Mrs P.Hawker, Miss A.Hawker, Major and Mrs Marsham, Miss Faithfull, Mr.and Miss Hillary, Mr.and Mrs.Leverton, &c. Before separating Mr.Potticary proposed three hearty cheers, which were given for Mrs.Tippinge, in appreciation of her kindness and liberality, and many wishes were expressed that all might be spared to meet another year on a similar occasion. Another dinner of a like nature was given by the same lady on Monday to the members of the Mothers’ Union and to many of the oldest inhabitants of the village, which we need hardly say was heartily enjoyed.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO — 11 JANUARY 1918

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SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 15 JANUARY 1943

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FIFTY YEARS AGO — 12 JANUARY 1968

FROM THE EDITOR’S POSTBAG — ARE THERE NO PROTESTANTS?

Mr W.S.T———, of Millway Road, Andover, writes:

The news last Friday in your paper that the local Ministers’ Fraternal has invited the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth to preach in St,Mary’s Church on 25 January — during the week of prayer for Christian Unity will shock all true Evangelical Believers.

Have we forgotten the Spanish Armada; the Gunpowder; Foxe’s ‘Book of Martyrs’; the fires of Smithfield?

Remember Rome’s motto is ‘Sempre Idem’ equals always the same.

Our forefathers died for their Protestant faith; and we open the door to allow a corrupt faith to introduce its heaven amongst us! “Touch not the unclean thing” says the Apostle Paul and in Revelation 18.4: God says: “Come out of here My people that ye be not partaken of her sins.”

I call on all Evangelical Christians in Andover and District to fight against this so-called Ecumenical Movement.

“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the Truth.”

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 15 JANUARY 1993

BAILIFFS SNATCH TWO LATE GOALS

Bailiffs blew the whistle on struggling Andover Football Club when they took away the goal-posts as part-payment for an unpaid rates bill – just hours before an important league match.

Angry club chairman Ken Cunningham Brown, millionaire businessman and racehorse trainer, says it is now likely that he will now have to pick up the bill himself and accuses Test Valley Borough Council of petty-mindedness.

The bailiffs arrived at the Portway Ground to collect £5,000 last Saturday, just before the Lions’ Beazer Homes League clash with Braintree.

“They ended up by taking way the goal-posts and nets, two boxes of chocolates from the bar, and our copying machine which we use for the match programme.

You couldn’t get any pettier than that, could you?” asked Mr Cunningham Brown, of Stockbridge, who took over the ailing town club nearly two years ago.

He said the dispute with the council over the rates had been an ongoing affair.

As a sports club run by a committee they did not have to pay rates but since becoming a limited company just over a year ago, said Mr Cunningham Brown, the council decided that the Lions would now have to pay up.

“The only way the club can survive is through voluntary contributions. The club does not make any money and the council knows that,” added the beleaguered Andover club’s chairman.

“By charging us rates they have put the club in jeopardy. The only way they will be paid is if someone like myself pays them.”

But a spokesman for the borough council said it had been made clear to the club that they would not qualify for rates exemption if they became a limited company.