Back to the Past Picture 1990
Published Date:
20 June 2008
IN June 1990, children from Buckingham County First School found this racing car in their Well Street playground, and if that wasn't enough of a thrill, local firemen had parked their fire engine a few yards away as well.
For the children had been busy working on a special two-week 'safety' project, with the opportunity to study a variety of vehicles in their playground, from a tractor to an ambulance, and a motorbike and sidecar.
The children had been talking about various aspects of safety, including road safety and protective headgear like motorcycle helmets.
Each day a different vehicle was parked in the playground for the children to examine, draw or make models of.
Also in 1990:
...THERE was a lot of activity in the skies around Akeley when 30 competitors dropped in at Stockholt Farm during a navigation exercise for the 1990 British Helicopter Championships.
...VISITORS flocked to the annual fete and dog show held in the grounds of Thornton College on Sunday turning the event into the biggest and best in its history.
...A 200 Strong congregation filled Towcester Market Square on Sunday evening for an open air service organised by the town's Family of Churches.
100 YEARS AGO
SHEEP Dipping Season 1908 - Sheep can be dipped at the Manor Farm, Padbury, in a swim bath. Plenty of clean, soft, pond water; man always in attendance. Big sheep 1/6 and Welsh sheep 1/3 per score. Rees Rees, Manor Farm, Padbury.
CONSIDERABLE interest was created in Buckingham on Wednesday afternoon by the presence of a Steeple Jack examining the spire of the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul, which was built in 1780. Recently new windows have been inserted in the embattled tower of crocketed pinnacles at the angles, when it was found that the spire sadly needed renovation.
50 YEARS AGO
THERE was nearly a dozen separate sections displaying exhibits ranging from a fine pair of Roman compasses, found at Tingewick villa, to part of a whale's backbone, at an exhibition organised by the Buckingham Archaeological Society in the town hall.
THERE were over 50 Scouts and Scoutmasters camping near Padbury during last weekend, at the first Scout Rally organised since the war, by the Buckingham and Winslow Boy Scouts' Association.
THE anniversary services of the Congregational Sunday School were held in the Congregational Church, Marsh Gibbon, on Sunday, June 3. All three services were well attended.
25 YEARS AGO
FIFTY-THREE entries competed in Great Horwood's four-mile 'mini-marathon', just one of the non-stop events in the village's second annual Church Festival Weekend. Approximately £700 was raised by the weekend's activities, towards the village Church Maintenance Fund.
PRINCESS Anne and Captain Mark Phillips are to be amongst riders competing at the Amtico Stowe Horse Trials, to be held at Stowe in two weeks time.
A MAJOR programme of road maintenance has been started by Bucks County Council. It will cost around £2million, fill hundreds of potholes and lead to the surface dressing of some 200 miles of the county's roads.
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Last Updated:
20 June 2008 10:26 AM
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Location:
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