ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 1859

TEDWORTH

Sir J Eardley Wilmott, Bart., is about to publish ‘Reminiscences of the late Thomas Assheton-Smith, Esq., or the pursuits of an English Gentleman’. The work will no doubt be very interesting to sportsmen. We hear (says The Field) that ‘the Tedworth estate is likely ere long to be tenanted by a strict preserver of pheasants, but he will, for fear of mistakes, be bound by his lease to preserve foxes. That manor has long ceased to re-echo the guns of a battle; but that it has always had a good supply of winged game and a first-rate show of foxes is a truth that needs not to be impressed upon the mind of any sportsman in England.’ The Tedworth pack still ‘goes on and prosper’ and those words of `George Carter may be daily heard in the big woods and chases where many a cub has been run into. Thursday last was considered the opening day. During the life of their late lamented Tedworth Master, that day was celebrated by a breakfast. Strong hopes are entertained that ere four years elapse, those halls, where now oblivion seems to reign, will again hear the cheering welcome of the foxhunter as his friends rally round his hospitable board on a fine hunting morning.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 1898

CORRESPONDENCE – WORKING MEN’S FRIENDS?

Sir: The working man just now appears to tumble on a lot of friends. The latest recruit is in the form of a philanthropic company promoter, who wishes to float a co-operative, and at the same time bet or sell his suitable premises to the shareholders. Can you inform your readers of the qualification needed to become a friend; is a total abstention from the public subscription list an essential to the title? I consider my real friends not those who would entice me into voluntary speculations; Balfour and Hooley did all that, and with what results are too well known. I want something more tangible for my esteem. I consider my best benefactors those on whom I can rely in time of need or danger, and who will give me practical aid and sympathy when I want help. Your humble servant, Labourer.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 1923

MAKES OLD FOLK YOUNG AND WEAK FOLK STRONG

If you look old and feel weak, nervous and discouraged; if you are lacking in the vim, courage and energy that you need to have, it’s almost certain that you have old blood – blood that is lacking in oxygen-carrying red cells; and that your nerves are also run down. What you need to make you look and feel young, strong and vigorous, is more red cells in your blood, and stronger nerves. For this purpose, one of the finest things known is to take a tablet of Blood-Iron Phosphate with each meal. This supplies just the right kind of red-cell-making iron and nerve-building phosphate to soon make you feel fine and strong. Go today to Browne and Gradidge Ltd, 19 High Street, Andover and get a package of Blood-Iron Phosphate; it costs only 3s. Take it regularly and you’ll be simply amazed at the results. Your money back if you don’t feel years younger and worlds better in a fortnight!

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 1948

THE POLICE BALL

At a recent meeting of the Andover Police Ball Committee, final arrangements for this year’s ball were made. The Drill Hall has been booked for Monday 29 November and Sim Grossman and his Broadcasting Band has been engaged. As in previous years, no efforts are being spared to make the decoration of the hall an outstanding attraction. Dancing will go on until the early hours, and an occasional licence has been granted by the Andover magistrates.

FORTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 29OCTOBER 1976

COUNCILLORS LOSE TRIPS TO THE SEASIDE

Seaside trips on the rates are being axed by the District Council at Basingstoke in order to save cash. It has agreed not to send councillors or staff to any conferences during the next financial year, starting in April. The surprise decision has been taken by the general purposes committee at the suggestion of the council’s chief officers. They pointed out that it would add up to a saving of £6,200 on next year’s budget. Committee chairman Geoffrey Rodges described the move as a big sacrifice on the officers’ part. He rejected suggestions that the conferences – mostly held at seaside resorts – were simply an excuse to have a good time at ratepayers’ expense. Instead, he said, they were hard-working affairs at which the officers especially, gained a lot of professional knowledge. ‘We will lose this by not attending the conferences’, added Mr Rodges. But in view of the pressure to cut spending, he felt the decision not to attend the conferences was the right one.