Published Date:
05 June 2009
Stowe School
AT RISK - the Temple of British Worthies at Stowe School, one of the treasures in the public school grounds which needs care and cash to survive.
In 1987 the school launched the Stowe Garden Buildings Trust to help restore and maintain the garden's buildings - considered the greatest living works of art in England.
The responsibility for maintaining the 18th Century gardens became too heavy for the school in 1987.
A generation or two of neglect, said experts at the time, is all that was needed to destroy the landscape gardens forever.
Also from the Advertiser in 1987:
...OVER 1,000 CND protesters from all over the country are to take part in a Peace Pentecost demonstration at the USAF base at Upper Heyford during the annual Sky Pageant which last year attracted over 10,000 visitors.
...TOWCESTER Afternoon WI, founded in the 'flapper'decade, celebrated their arrival in the era of the punk last Thursday. Because it was the group's 60th Anniversary, and they celebrated with a party at Towcester Conservative Club, where they meet.
...WORK is due to start on Monday on the £75,000 landscaping scheme around Buckingham's Old Gaol.
100 YEARS AGO
MR WC COOPER, of Whittlebury, as one of the morning papers observes, is recognised far and wide as a sportsman of the best type, and the congratulations he has received on the brilliant victory of his filly, Perola, in the Oaks on Friday, have been many and cordial.
RECENTLY, two cases of puerperal fever have arisen in the lying-in ward at Buckingham Workhouse, and at the suggestion of the medical man, Dr V Howard, it has been decided to thoroughly renovate the room, in order, if possible, to prevent any recurrence of the most unusual disease.
NOW the road in Stony Stratford is tarred there rises the question of the danger to horses, Supt. Lait complained that his horse was nearly down more than once. There is no question that the tar keeps down the dust and preserves the road, but if there is any danger to horses this possibly will only last while the tar is practically fresh.
50 YEARS AGO
FAMILY saloons, sports cars, "bubble" cars and vans - even a "Swift" two-seater of 1913 vintage - set out on Sunday afternoon from High Street, Buckingham, to negotiate the course set by Buckingham and District Motor Club for the Motor Rally sponsored by the Buckingham Rural District Road Accident Prevention Committee.
THE 171st anniversary of the Marsh Gibbon Club Feast was celebrated on Saturday with the traditional ceremonies and gaiety in perfect weather. The Greyhound Friendly Society, to give the club its correct name, was founded in 1788, to provide benefit for members during illness.
THE Buckingham and District Fur and Feather Society - dormant for the last 13 years - was revived at a public meeting held on Wednesday last week in the Old Latin School, Buckingham.
25 YEARS AGO
THE Winslow branch of the British Red Cross Society has been awarded the Slough Cup for its hard work over the past year in decorating its headquarters and unstinting fundraising activities. This prestigious trophy is presented annually to the Red Cross branch in North Bucks which has made the greatest achievement.
DARTS players at the Stratton Arms, Turweston, have put the pub's Domino team to shame - by beating them at their own game in the Brackley and District Domino League knock-out championship, the Dave Sullivan Cup. The official pub Domino team, a Brackley League side, were knocked out of the championship in the quarter finals - while the darts players team is through to the semi-final.
IT was on March 23 last year that the Royal Charter was formally granted to the University of Buckingham, so the annual report issued last week by Professor Alan Peacock, Vice-Chancellor, was a 'first' for the new university.
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Last Updated:
05 June 2009 12:37 PM
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Location:
Buckingham
