ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 19 OCTOBER 1894

NOTICE

LUNACY ACT, 1890

BOROUGH OF ANDOVER

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that at a Special Sessions of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said Borough, held at the Guildhall in the said Borough on Monday, the First day of October, 1894, and in pursuance of the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, the following Justices of the Peace for the said Borough were appointed to Act as VISITORS OF LICENSED HOUSES within the Borough and otherwise for the purposes of the Act:—

CHARLES WALTER KELLOW, Andover, Gentleman.

WILLIAM BRACHER, Andover, Gentleman.

FRANK BEALE, Andover, Builder.

PHILIP PONTING, Andover, Baker.

ERNEST AUGUSTUS FARR, Andover, was also appointed Medical Practitioner, and

Mr.PEMBERTON ERNEST JOHN TALBOT, Clerk to the Visitors.

Dates this 15th day of October, 1894,

THOMAS LAMB,

Clerk of the Peace for the Borough of Andover.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO — 17 OCTOBER 1919

WEYHILL FAIR — SMALL ENTRIES THIS YEAR

Weyhill Fair was held on the hill on Friday in a keen biting wind. There were 11,000 sheep penned, compared with 14,000 last year, and 200 head of cattle, 150 less than in 1918. The attendance of farmers and dealers in the alleys was larger than we have seen for some years, and the prices for sheep showed a small improvement on recent quotations. Dairy cows were eagerly sought after at enhanced prices, but there was scarcely any trade for in-calvers and young cattle. Mr.Herbert had to withdraw many lots which did not come nearly up to reserve prices. The horses of the heavy draught kind did not go far beyond 50gns., thus seeming to indicate that the day of big prices is on the wane.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 20 OCTOBER 1944

CHERRY LETTER FROM BELGIUM

We have received a cherry letter from an Andoverian, Pte.R.Cox, who is now serving with the 2nd Army in Belgium. He tells us how much Andoverians over there appreciate being able to follow events in their home Town through the medium of the Advertiser. We, in turn, appreciate these letters from local lads in the Services, and hope that it will not be long before they are able to read the paper in their own homes instead of on the soil of some foreign land. We send best wishes to them all.

FIFTY YEARS AGO — 17 OCTOBER 1969

VANDALS HACK DOWN COMBE GIBBET AGAIN

Combe Gibbet was hacked down with an axe to within eight feet of the ground in the early hours of Sunday morning. And so for the fifth time — the third time in the past two decades — residents of Combe and Inkpen must get their heads together and discuss how and whether to re-erect this well-known landmark.

It is, in the words of Mr.F.H.Fosbury, 40 years a resident of Combe, “deep in the history of the village.”

While the people who cut down the gibbet, constructed by James Edwards and Son, of Inkpen, from a prime oak and erected in 1965, will see their effort as nothing more than a prank, older people think it is a great pity.

Mrs.P.Carter, of Combe, did not know the gibbet was down when an “Advertiser” reporter visited her on Tuesday. “How appalling,” she said. “It’s a great shame … it’s the only thing of note in Combe.”

This was an opinion voiced by many people in the two villages and particularly Mr.R.Racey whose wife manages Combe Post Office. He helped to lift the gibbet back into place the last time it was felled.

He said, “It has been up all this time … it’s the state of society.”

Mrs Racey who has suffered from similar senseless vandalism when the village letter box was destroyed, added, “It has been there for 300 years and no-one has touched it but in the last four years it has been cut down twice.”

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 21 OCTOBER 1994

SCHOOL MOVE GREEN LIGHT

The biggest school move project in Hampshire for 10 years has been given te green light by the county council with plans for the complete re-siting of Andover’s John Hanson School from Croye Close to Floral Way.

The £6-£8 project will result in the creation of a purpose-built secondary school complete with playing fields on a 22 acre site which already belongs to the school.

The move will be conditional on planning permission being granted.

Headteacher Gerry Wilson said the move would take John Hanson into the 21st century.

“Our main problem at the moment is that the National Curriculum and the demands of the society in which we live have been overtaking our facilities.

TEN YEARS AGO — 16 OCTOBER 2009

VOTERS IN FAVOUR OF COUNCIL

Plans to give Andover a town council have moved a stage closer following a ‘clear’ vote in favour of the idea after a higher turnout by voters.

In the second stage of voting 25 per cent of the electorate participated compared with just 15 per cent previously, and 55 per cent said that they wanted a town council — 3,927 in favour with 3,224 against.

A number of borough councillors have already said they will accept the result of this vote.

Council leader Ian Carr, said: “At 25 per cent, the turnout was still not high, but the result was clear. “One in four of the town’s electors expressed their view at this stage and over half of them said they were in favour of a town council.”