Basingstoke Gazette | Memories

The Force is with us!

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:21:22 +0100

AN OUT of this world exhibition is on show at The Willis Museum – and it is one that is not to be missed by anyone who loves science-fiction films as it brings together aliens, monsters, props and costumes.

1976: Now THAT was a hot summer

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:40:41 +0100

IT may have been hot, hot, hot last week, but this summer is not going to be remembered as a scorcher.

Friends reunited

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:08:49 +0100

THE sounds of The Bay City Rollers, Slade, Mud and Black Sabbath were belted out at a school reunion of former pupils of The Vyne Community School in Basingstoke.

Society makes song and dance of 90th

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:55:53 +0100

AN ALL-singing and alldancing exhibition is being staged at Milestones museum.

Politician’s visit led to radio show demo

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:51:04 +0100

The Gazette’s back page shows demonstration leader Arthur Maderson raising a defiant fist as his supporters wield an anti-fascist banner YOU wouldn’t think a BBC radio show would be the spark for a riot.

Tributes are paid to past masters

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:29:30 +0100

TRIBUTES have been paid, and sad farewells said, after two stalwarts of the Basingstoke heritage community lost their jobs because of Hampshire County Council cutbacks.

More light shed on Legion’s past

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:03:45 +0100

Australian beauty Christine Francis visits The Hants and Berks Gazette print works in Church Street, Basingstoke in December 1970 as a guest of the Royal British Legion. Above, left to right, The Gazette’s Keith Cordery, who went on to become works manager, with the Mayor, Cllr Roger Morris, and Christine BILL Sample’s appeal for information about the history of the Basingstoke and Overton branch of the Royal British Legion in the Memories on Monday of June 13 has produced an interesting response from reader Andrew Hughes.

Special anniversaries

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:05:44 +0100

THIS year marks the 90th anniversary of not only the Royal British Legion and the first Poppy Appeal, but also the opening of War Memorial Park in Basingstoke.

Deserved awards for duo

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:18:08 +0100

TWO pillars of local society have been honoured for their dedication to charities that have an important place in Basingstoke’s history.

Paulet’s grand design

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:19:23 +0100

ENGLAND’S last castle, completed 450 years ago, was the most opulent private residence in the country.