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Back in the day: We delve into our archives to see what was going on 10 years ago, 25 years ago and 50 years ago this week




This week’s photo from our archives shows Kooky Clown leading the parade of fun at the Victoria Park Nursery School fete in 1992.

Old mems Kooky Clown
Old mems Kooky Clown

10 years ago - October 9, 2014

X Factor exit

TADLEY boyband Concept vowed they ‘will not stop’ despite their exit from The X Factor competition last week.

The five-strong group, consisting of the cousin of One Direction’s Harry Styles, Ben Selley, Matt Goodenough, Scott Dicks and Karim Newton, all from Tadley, and Nathan Gittens from Basingstoke, had made it through to the judges’ houses round with their mentor Louis Walsh – having impressed him in their auditions and at bootcamp.

However, the X Factor dream came to an end for Concept on Friday as Louis Walsh revealed they would not be among the three groups he had chosen to take to the live shows, the next stage of the competition.

The hashtag ConceptWillNotStop went on to trend worldwide on Twitter, making it one of the most talked about topics on the social media platform.

Hundreds of messages were sent to the band from their fans expressing their shock and disappointment, and also words of encouragement that they were sure it was not the last they would be seeing of the group.

25 years ago - October 7, 1999

Rich living

NEWBURY has retained its place among the five most profitable towns in Britain, according to a new survey of more than 280 towns and cities across the UK.

The town, which finished fifth on the UK list in the same survey last year, has maintained its place in the pecking order, with local firms recording an average profit margin of more than 14 per cent.

The economic development manager for West Berkshire Council, Stephen Smith, said that Newbury enjoyed its enviable position mainly because of the presence of Vodafone, Bayer and other big firms with head offices in the town.

“There’s a whole lot of big companies that are making money,” he said, adding that more retail firms were looking to move to Newbury to take advantage of the town’s high levels of disposable income.

50 years ago - October 10, 1974

Airfield plans KO

TWO plans involving the use of hangars and buildings at the now redundant airfield at Membury were rejected when they came before Newbury District Council’s western area planners last week.

Granting permission for Mr JE Ralph to use two hangars and outbuildings for general storage and warehousing would set a large precedent for allowing a use other than agricultural on the airfield, warned area planning officer Mr C Watts.

The committee agreed that the location of the hangars in the open countryside rendered them unsuitable for retention as a centre of employment.

The second application submitted by Campbell Aircraft Ltd proposed adding an extension to a single-storey building used as a motor vehicle workshop.

Lambourn representative Mr David Warr said it was performing a service which was omitted at the planning stage of the Membury Service Station, but the committee agreed that the airfield was the wrong location for such business.



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