ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 23 NOVEMBER 1894

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO — 21 NOVEMBER 1919

OVERTON — THE MEANING OF ARMISTICE DAY

In the School on November 11, Brig—General Portal, D.S.O., gave a stirring address to the youngsters on the meaning and use of the commemoration of Armistice Day, pointing out at what a price the victory had been won. The address was followed by two minutes of impressive silence, the concluding item being the National Anthem.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 24 NOVEMBER 1944

ANDOVER COUNTY BENCH — IN HUT WITH MILITARY PRISONER

Emily T----- E-----, aged 20, formerly of Ivybridge, and later of Bath, pleaded guilty to: (1) trespass on premises used in the service of the King; (2) breach of recognisance entered into on October 20,when she was bound over on a trespass charge on condition she returned to Bath.

P.C.Lane said that at 2 p.m. the previous day he saw accused detained in the guard room of a camp. A Provost Officer of the U.S.Army told witness in accused’s presence that she was found in a hut with an American (military) prisoner, and there was about a dozen prisoners waiting outside. As the girl had no right in the camp she was handed over to witness. She told them she had come to see a boy friend, and gave a name, but the Provost Officer said he had looked through the nominal role and could not find a man with that name. Witness conveyed her to Andover, and formally charged her at the Police Station.

Accused: I could identify him.

Supt.Liddiard gave the accused’s record. Apart from the binding over in October, nothing was known against her previously. She had given birth to two illegitimate children, he said.

Accused was sentenced to two months on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively.

FIFTY YEARS AGO — 21 NOVEMBER 1969

LORD MOUNTBATTEN OPENS NEW MEALS CENTRE

Mrs.Martha Mockett was waited on by a lord on Tuesday.

Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Mountbatten, of Burma, took on an unusual role as waiter when he officially opened the new £4,000 cooking centre at St.Ann’s Hall, Suffolk Road.

Lord Mountbatten served the first meals to the members of the old people’s Luncheon Club after he had congratulated the Borough and the organisations concerned on their work. The Centre also caters for all food prepared for the “Meals-on-Wheels” service.

Mrs.Mockett, 78, from Leicester Place, Andover, was given the first meal of chicken, mashed potatoes, peas and sausages from the Earl.

Earlier, Lord Mountbatten told the 100 guests at the Centre that his wife, the late Lady Edwina Mountbatten had been very interested in old people’s welfare. “This is exactly the sort of scheme that would have pleased my wife.”

He said that he knew four ladies in Andover had cooked 20 meals a week each in their own homes before the cooking centre was built. “This was a notable achievement,” he said.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 25 NOVEMBER 1994

TOP 10 LEAGUE TABLE SUCCESS

An Andover school is among the top 10 in Hampshire according to league tables for GCSE exam results which were released earlier this week.

Rookwood School, an independent school for girls, was placed fourth out of 129 secondary institutions in the county, with a 100 per cent pass rate of pupils achieving five or more A-C passes.

The school also came top in the county in a table for teaching hours, giving its pupils 30 hours of tuition a week.

Testbourne Community School, in Whitchurch, which became grant maintained in September 1993, was the highest ranking comprehensive in the area, coming 16th out of similar schools in the Hampshire table.

Of the 107 pupils who sat GCSE exams at the school, 58 per cent gained five or more A-C grades, with 99 per cent attaining one or more passes at grades A-G.

TEN YEARS AGO — 20 NOVEMBER 2009

CABINET IS URGED TO BACK TOWN COUNCIL

Campaigners have welcomed news that Test Valley’s Cabinet will be recommended to support a council for Andover.

Test Valley Borough Council leader Ian Carr will recommend a ‘parish council’ for the town when the borough’s Cabinet meets on Wednesday.