ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 20 SEPTEMBER 1889

NOTICE — ANDOVER HIGHWAY DISTRICT

THE HIGHWAY BOARD of this District do hereby give Notice to and require Owners and Occupiers of Land next adjoining the Highways within the District, to closely CUT and PLASH all their Hedges, and TRIM or LOP all Trees growing in or near such Hedges, so that the said Highway not be prejudiced by the shade thereof, or an obstruction caused thereby; and also immediately afterwards remove and carry away all such cuttings, trimmings, &c., arising therefrom.

Persons who have not Cut or Trimmed their Hedges and Trees to the satisfaction of the District Surveyor, within one month from the date hereof, will be summoned, under the provisions of the General Highway Act, to appear before Her Majesty’s Justices to show cause why they have not complied with this Notice. Under the above Act parties who neglect to cut and prune their hedges and trees are liable to a penalty of 40s., in addition to the charges and expenses incurred by the District Surveyor in cutting and pruning such hedges and trees.

By Order) G.H.STAGG, District Surveyor. Dated Sept.19th,1889.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO — 18 SEPTEMBER 1914

ST.MARY BOURNE — WAR NOTES

War correspondents now-a-days have obscurity of diction enforced upon them with the avowed object of keeping the enemy in a fog, but this arbitrary restriction only succeeds in mystifying the British public. Some things, however, the enemy are bound to know and feel before very long, for some of our young men have the knack of making their presence felt in the fighting line in a remarkably short time. It may not therefore be regarded as disloyal to state that Messrs.Culley Brothers have lost several of their men—all total abstainers and lads that can be depended on in any emergency. Messrs.Culley Brothers recognise the voluntary system of the country, and have not therefore placed any pressure on their men to go; but when their men expressed the decision to go Messrs.Culley paid them their Michaelmas money in advance, and assured them that their places would be kept open for them. The names are Frank Cummins, William Benham and Wedge, the two former having been three and seven years respectively in Messrs.Culley’s service. Mr.Ewart Culley is with the Territorials. Notwithstanding the loss of their men, Messrs.Culley were able to finish their harvest on Tuesday. The determination to keep the men’s places open for them entails a good deal of hard work and self-sacrifice upon Mrs.Culley, her son Mr.Gilbert Culley, and all at home. Mrs.Culley lost her husband six years ago, and is particularly hard hit by the outbreak of the war.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 22 SEPTEMBER 1939

NEW GIRLS’ SCHOOL

“This school,” said Miss Althouse, the Headmistress, to an “Advertiser” man, “has all the amenities for providing a well-balanced curriculum, academic and practical. The practical side has been particularly borne in mind; we shall have classes in housewifery, cookery, practical science and art.”

We were sitting in the Headmistress’s study at the magnificent new elementary girl’s school in London road. Erected ona site directly opposite that of the senior boys’ school, and planned to accommodate 500 girls aged 11-14, it first came into use on Wednesday, when the girls returned to school after the summer holidays.

In accordance with the modern policy of centralising education, the school is to cater for the whole of Andover and district, and children will eventually be attending it not only from the town but from some 15 villages in the area.

FIFTY YEARS AGO — 18 SEPTEMBER 1964

SUPER-NAAFI STORE OPENED AT TIDWORTH

The NAAFI’s newest—and largest—store has opened in Station Road, Tidworth on Friday by Lieut.-General Sir Kenneth Darling, G.O.C.-in-Chief Southern Command. About 120 guests of all ranks attended with their wives and families. After the opening ceremony they were invited to look around the spacious building and inspect the extensive range of goods.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 22 SEPTEMBER 1989

FAMILY BUSINESS SET TO CLOSE DOWN

Another of Andover’s family businesses is to close.

Burden’s the fishmongers and tobacconists, which has occupied the same Lower High Street and Bridge Street site since the middle 1880s, will shut its doors at the end of next month — a fortnight after owner, John Burden’s 60th birthday.

“I am sad. I shall miss the customers but I always said I would give up at 60,” he commented.

“It is becoming increasingly difficult for family shops like this top keep going.”

His intention is to develop the important site himself and he has hopes that a single store will be allowed.

Negotiations are already underway.

Burdens was started by the present owner’s grandfather, Mr H.W.Burden, and continued by his father, Reg Burden.

His son joined the firm 40 years ago when Andover had three other High Street fishmongers.

TEN YEARS AGO — 17 SEPTEMBER 2004

FORCE IS WITH HIM AS POLICE BOSS JOINS FRONT LINE

A ten-mile chase with blue lights flashing, ‘babysitting’ an arrested teenager and looking for hare coursers were just some of the incidents the chief constable of Hampshire, Mr Paul Kernaghan, had to deal with at Weyhill police station on a recent operational day, intended to keep his hand in on front line policing.

Mr Kernaghan enjoys his station visits across the county and in particular going out on patrol with the police officers.

For the officers at Weyhill it was a high-profile visit and motivational to see the chief constable leading from the front and not from behind a desk.