Back to the Past Picture 1987
Published Date:
13 June 2008
MAKING the ball go where you want it to blindfold is no easy task, even with a little help from your friends.
Pictured in 1987 was Steve Stipson, attempting to follow the shouted instructions of fellow Towcester Working Mens Club member, Maggie Tapp, in a bid to kick the ball out of a circle - avoiding unseen obstacles in the form of buckets full of water.
The game was just part of the fun at a 'It's A Knockout Contest in 1987 at Towcester Football Ground when some 140 supporters turned out in the rain to cheer on their teams.
Teams taking part were Greens Norton, Towcester and Cobblers Football Clubs, Towcester Football Club Supporters and the Working Mens Club.
Also in 1987:
...RAF Upper Heyford, the American base used in the bombing of Libya last year, was the scene of a large peace demonstration by Christian CND.
...TOWCESTER Afternoon WI celebrated the group's Diamond Anniversary with a party at Towcester Conservative Club.
...PLANS for 30 new homes on the old carpet factory site in Lenborough Road, Buckingham, have been given the go-ahead.
100 YEARS AGO
THE 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Science and Arts Institute at Wolverton was successfully celebrated on Monday. The dinner to the students past and present, was a very pleasurable gathering.
HAYMAKING has commenced in and around Buckingham during the past week, and it is stated that the crops are very satisfactory. The work has been favoured with lovely weather.
50 YEARS AGO
A MODEL of a Great Bible was shown to the boys and girls at the Buckingham Methodist Sunday School Anniversary. The model, perfect in every detail - the actual Bible could be read through a magnifying glass - had belonged to Her Majesty the Queen when she was a little girl and had come into the possession of Mr Gilbert Powell, the visiting preacher.
TOGETHER with the receipt for rates, was a receipted bill for coal purchased on February 29th, 1808, from Box, Gray and Co.'s Boat at the Buckingham Wharf. One ton of coal cost 28s. 4d. and a charge of 6d. was made for loading.
WANTED - Man for carpet weaving, apply Buckingham Carpet Co., Ltd., Lenborough Road.
25 YEARS AGO
DISCUSSIONS over the growing number of parents in the north Buckingham district opting to send their children to the comprehensive Magdalen College School in Brackley has attracted the attention of Anglia Television as the subject of a half-hour 'Anglia Reports' to be screened at 10.30pm on Monday, June 27.
BRACKLEY Royal British Legion Women's Section celebrated their 50th anniversary on Sunday with a Church Parade attended by the Mayor of Brackley, Cllr, Douglas Howe, and a sizeable contingent from the RBL heirachy.
IN only three years, the villagers of Granborough have almost hit the £40,000 target needed to restore the tower on their 750-year-old parish church to its former glory.
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Last Updated:
13 June 2008 10:07 AM
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