ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 6 JULY 1894

STOCKBRIDGE — ADULTERATED MILK

At the Lambeth police court George S----, of Manor Farm, Stockbridge, was summoned, on behalf of the Lambeth Vestry, for selling milk to which water to the extent of 40 per cent. had been added.—Mr.H.J.Smith, solicitor to the Vestry, stated, in support of the summons, that the milk was seized at Vauxhall Railway Station, the point of delivery, and upon being analysed was found to contain 40 per cent. of added water. The Vestry regarded the case as a very bad one, as milk dealers in London were frequently punished, although probably the farmers in the country, from whom they derived their supply, were to blame.—H.T.Wiggs, an inspector appointed by the Vestry, in cross-examination, said the churn was not fastened in any way, and it would have been possible for it to have been tampered with after it left the defendant’s premises. He had heard it suggested that railway servants sometimes tampered with the milk.—Mr.Blackwell, for the defence, said the defendant would tell the Court that he did not, nor did anyone by his orders, put any water into the milk.—Mr.Biron fined the defendant £9 and 32s. 6d. costs.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO — 4 JULY 1919

NOTICE

ANDOVER AND DISTRICT

BABY DAY.

On SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919,

A Pram Parade

Town Hall, Andover, 2.30 p.m.

Two Sections: 1, Town; 2, Country.

Prizes are offered for best Decorated Prams in each section.

PROCESSION via High Street and Winchester Street to the Meadow kindly lent by Dr.Farr.

The Procession will be headed by the …

ANDOVER MUNICIPAL BAND,

which is kindly giving its services on this occasion.

OPEN COMPETITION FOR BEST BABY

at 3.30. Several Prizes offered. These will be awarded on the result of voting by those present.

A CONCERT AT 5 pm.

REFRESHMENTS can be obtained at Moderate Charges.

DANCING on the Lawn at 7.30,

Organised by the Andover Entertainment Committee. A Varied Programme of Dances, old and new, has been arranged.

Prices of Admission: To Meadow, 3d.; to Lawn for Dancing, 2s.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 7 JULY 1944

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FIFTY YEARS AGO — 4 JULY 1969

WE ARE CREATING A “COUNCIL HOUSE TOWN”

Councillor Cecil Horne stirred up a “hornets nest” at Andover Borough Council on Monday when he suggested that in pegging the town’s population at 48,000 the councillors would create a “council house town” and in any case not all the facts were before them when the decision was made.

“We are going to have a very unbalanced town,” he said. “It is becoming quite clear that to build the agreed 6,000 houses we will have to go beyond our 48,000 limit. We cannot break our legal contract to build these houses. What the Town Development Committee has said is that there should be no more private development.

“Private house development is as important as council house development. I would hate to see a council house town. If you are going to have a balanced town you must have a balance between private and council development.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 8 JULY 1994

SPECTACULAR CHAIN REACTION

Europe’s greatest cycle race, le Tour de France, moved across the Channel this week for the first time in 20 years—and Andover was in the front line of this great sporting invasion.

Thousands of residents turned out to watch as racers, retinue and back-up teams as well as the now-famous pre-race cavalcade streamed through.

And they were rewarded with superb spectacle as the contestants hurtled by on their route from Winchester to Basingstoke which took them via Wherwell, Andover, Whitchurch and Overton.