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12 SCUNTHORPE TELEGRAPH SPECIAL PUBLICATION Saturday, September 8, 2007 visit our website www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk Continued from page 11. Continued A page 13. SUPPORTIVE 1982: Scunthorpe celebrated the news the town was to have an Enterprise Zone, which would confer many benefits on industrialists moving into them and give local employment prospects a major boost; Scunthorpe Museum received Best Small Museum Award; Messingham’s new village hall opened. 1983: A new chapter in Glanford’s industrial history was opened with the £1-million-plus Humber Bridge Industrial Estate at Barton, with Brigg and Cleethorpes’ MP Michael Brown cutting a ribbon to mark the opening; Temporary covering of swimming pool at Scunthorpe Baths with dance floor in Doncaster Road comes to an end with the opening of the purpose built Leisure Centre; The Baths reopened as an entertainment centre on March 11; Scunthorpe United promoted to Division Three with manager Allan Clarke, ex-England striker. 1984: March 11 – opening of Scunthorpe Leisure Centre by former Scunthorpe United player Kevin Keegan; The old baths in Doncaster Road Scunthorpe were turned into an entertainment centre; Normanby Park Reclamation scheme started; Trent wharfs picketed by coal miners during their 52-week strike; Scunthorpe United relegated to Division Four; Money from Europe boosted Scunthorpe’s industrial development drive, with cash for units on the Skippingdale Industrial Park and towards the Embryo Unit on Northampton Road; July 25 – the former Royal Cinema reopened as Pickwick’s Fun Pub; St John’s Parish Church, Scunthorpe, deconsecrated; Barnetby’s new Church of England Primary School, built along an existing 121 year old school, opened its doors to pupils. 1985: British Steel announced its best operating results since 1976-77; July – the Brigg-based Lincolnshire and South Humberside Times weekly newspaper closes; November – Prince Charles visited Scunthorpe; Speedway died in Scunthorpe. 1986: The number of jobs on the Scunthorpe and Glanford Enterprise Zones increased from 41 to 1,300 between designation and December, 1986. There were 1,100 jobs on the Scunthorpe zone, which started in September, 1983, and 200 jobs on the Glanford zone, which was designated in April, 1984. 1987: Millions of pounds in new investment and hundreds of new jobs were announced for the Scunthorpe area by companies including the Spring Ram Corporation, Unigate, Citizen, and Devalit-Plastik; Farming Museum added to the attractions at Normanby Hall. 1988: British Steel was privatised, with the price of shares being fixed at £1.25. The price, well below City expectations, valued the company at £2.5-billion; March 29 – Princess Diana visits Brigg; Former home of Scunthorpe United, the Old Show Ground, demolished and the club moved to new premises at Glanford Park. 1989: Woolworths closed its shop in Ashby High Street; British Steel took over the rail and civil engineering firm of Grant Lyon Eagre for an undisclosed sum; May 22 – Yarborough Mills, on the outskirts of Brigg beside the New River Ancholme, hit by fire; June 6 – The Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson) opened Normanby Park Farming Museum. IT HAPPENED IN... 1990 Quibell Park synthetic football pitch, Brumby Wood Lane, Scunthorpe, opened by former Scunthorpe United player and England International player Ray Clemence on July 23. The facility was provided by Scunthorpe Borough Council with financial support from Humberside County council the Sports Council and the Football Trust. Also in this year: Europe’s tallest building was topped out after construction work using steel from Scunthorpe. The Scunthorpe plant was one of the British Steel works which produced plate and sections for the 800 ft high central tower in London’s Canary Wharf development; Scunthorpe-educated Graham Taylor appointed manager of the England football team; October 22 – the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph converted from broadsheet to compact (tabloid). 1991: Local councils joined forces in a move to stop Government grants for industry in the area being cut. The news followed shock figures showing that more than 50 Scunthorpe businesses had failed or pulled out of town in the year; Impending closure of Brigg Sugar Factory announced; On April 25 three landmark chimneys at the coal fired Keadby Power Station were blown up. 1992: British Steel’s export performance was rewarded with a major royal accolade when The Queen’s Award for Export Achievement was presented in Scunthorpe; Work starts on building Keadby gas combined cycle power station; May – formal signing of twinning charter between Scunthorpe and Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski; Scunthorpe United lose to Blackpool on penalties after 1-1 draw in Division Four play-off finals at Wembley; May – Brigg Corn Exchanges closes to public; July 4 – first patients moved in to new £15-million ward block at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The block included four adult wards, two medical wards for elderly people and two children’s wards. Residents backed in bid to clean up streets T HE Platinum Pride campaign to clean up Scunthorpe celebrated 70 years of Scunthorpe as a town last year. It went from strength-to-strength after hitting the streets in June 2006. Targeted clean-up operations by the council’s StreetRight teams have led to new residents’ associations springing up and keeping up the good work. Platinum Pride was started by the Scunthorpe Telegraph to restore civic pride for the town’s platinum anniversary – 70 years after the granting of the town charter. The 2006 Mayor of Scunthorpe, who oversaw the project, was Coun Harold Osborne, who said the Scunthorpe Telegraph had been invaluable in the success of the campaign. “The Scunthorpe Telegraph is to be congratulated. It plays a vital role in the life of North Lincolnshire,” he said. “The paper took a lead in helping to give a voice to the vast majority of people who want to see more civic pride in Scunthorpe. “The Platinum Pride campaign played a major role in this regard during the second half of the year. It highlighted many activities, individuals and organisations playing their part in making Scunthorpe an even better place.” The campaign kicked off in response to a gloomy report in June 2006, which said that almost a third of Scunthorpe residents were ‘not really’ proud of the town, and fewer than one in 10 felt proud of local people and community spirit. In August, a four-day cleaning blitz was organised for three Ashby streets – Eastfield Road, Marshfield Road and Southfield Road. Untidy gardens were cleared, paths and roads resurfaced, skips made available for residents’ use, abandoned cars taken away and roads swept. And in November, a second clean up phase swept four more streets – Woodstock Road, Ivanhoe Road, Sandhouse Crescent and Lilac Avenue.
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12 SCUNTHORPE TELEGRAPH SPECIAL PUBLICATION S a t u r d ay, September 8, 2007 visit our website www.thisisscunthorpe .co.uk
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S U P P O RT I V E
1982: Scunthorpe celebrated the news the townwas to have an Enterprise Zone, which wouldconfer many benefits on industrialists moving intothem and give local employment prospects a majorboost; Scunthorpe Museum received Best SmallMuseum Award; Messingham’s new village hallopened.
1983: A new chapter in Glanford’s industrialhistory was opened with the £1-million-plusHumber Bridge Industrial Estate at Barton, withBrigg and Cleethorpes’ MP Michael Brown cutting aribbon to mark the opening; Temporary covering ofswimming pool at Scunthorpe Baths with dancefloor in Doncaster Road comes to an end with theopening of the purpose built Leisure Centre; TheBaths reopened as an entertainment centre onMarch 11; Scunthorpe United promoted to DivisionThree with manager Allan Clarke, ex-Englandstr iker.
1984: March 11 – opening of Scunthorpe LeisureCentre by former Scunthorpe United player KevinKeegan; The old baths in Doncaster Road
Scunthorpe were turned into an entertainmentcentre; Normanby Park Reclamation schemestarted; Trent wharfs picketed by coal miners duringtheir 52-week strike; Scunthorpe United relegatedto Division Four; Money from Europe boostedScunthor pe’s industrial development drive, withcash for units on the Skippingdale Industrial Parkand towards the Embryo Unit on NorthamptonRoad; July 25 – the former Royal Cinema reopenedas Pickwick’s Fun Pub; St John’s Parish Church,Scunthorpe, deconsecrated; Barnetby’s newChurch of England Primary School, built along anexisting 121 year old school, opened its doors top u p i l s.
1985: British Steel announced its best operatingresults since 1976-77; July – the Brigg-basedLincolnshire and South Humberside Times weeklynewspaper closes; November – Prince Charlesvisited Scunthorpe; Speedway died in Scunthorpe.
1986: The number of jobs on the Scunthorpe andGlanford Enterprise Zones increased from 41 to1,300 between designation and December, 1986.There were 1,100 jobs on the Scunthorpe zone,which started in September, 1983, and 200 jobs on
the Glanford zone, which was designated in April,1984.
1987: Millions of pounds in new investment andhundreds of new jobs were announced for theScunthorpe area by companies including theSpring Ram Corporation, Unigate, Citizen, andDevalit-Plastik; Farming Museum added to theattractions at Normanby Hall.
1988: British Steel was privatised, with the price ofshares being fixed at £1.25. The price, well belowCity expectations, valued the company at£2.5-billion; March 29 – Princess Diana visits Brigg;Former home of Scunthorpe United, the Old ShowGround, demolished and the club moved to newpremises at Glanford Park.
1989: Woolworths closed its shop in Ashby HighStreet; British Steel took over the rail and civilengineering firm of Grant Lyon Eagre for anundisclosed sum; May 22 – Yarborough Mills, onthe outskirts of Brigg beside the New RiverAncholme, hit by fire; June 6 – The Duchess ofYork (Sarah Ferguson) opened Normanby ParkFarming Museum.
IT HAPPENED IN... 1990Quibell Park syntheticfootball pitch, BrumbyWood Lane, Scunthorpe,opened by formerScunthorpe Unitedplayer and EnglandInternational player RayClemence on July 23.The facility was providedby Scunthorpe BoroughCouncil with financialsupport from Humberside County council theSports Council and the Football Trust.
Also in this year: Europe’s tallest building wastopped out after construction work using steel fromScunthorpe. The Scunthorpe plant was one of theBritish Steel works which produced plate andsections for the 800 ft high central tower inLondon’s Canary Wharf development;Scunthorpe-educated Graham Taylor appointedmanager of the England football team; October 22– the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph convertedfrom broadsheet to compact (tabloid).
1991: Local councils joined forces in a move tostop Government grants for industry in the areabeing cut. The news followed shock figuresshowing that more than 50 Scunthorpe businesseshad failed or pulled out of town in the year;Impending closure of Brigg Sugar Factoryannounced; On April 25 three landmark chimneysat the coal fired Keadby Power Station were blownu p.
1992: British Steel’s export performance wasrewarded with a major royal accolade when TheQueen’s Award for Export Achievement waspresented in Scunthorpe; Work starts on buildingKeadby gas combined cycle power station; May –formal signing of twinning charter betweenScunthorpe and Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski;Scunthorpe United lose to Blackpool on penaltiesafter 1-1 draw in Division Four play-off finals atWembley; May – Brigg Corn Exchanges closes topublic; July 4 – first patients moved in to new£15-million ward block at Scunthorpe GeneralHospital. The block included four adult wards, twomedical wards for elderly people and two children’swa r d s.
Residentsbacked inbid to cleanup streetsTHE Platinum Pride
campaign to clean upScunthorpe celebrated 70
years of Scunthorpe as a townlast year.It went from strength-to-strength afterhitting the streets in June 2006.Targeted clean-up operations by thecouncil’s StreetRight teams have led tonew residents’ associations springing upand keeping up the good work.Platinum Pride was started by theScunthorpe Telegraph to restore civicpride for the town’s platinum anniversary– 70 years after the granting of the townchar ter.The 2006 Mayor of Scunthorpe, whooversaw the project, was Coun HaroldOsborne, who said the ScunthorpeTelegraph had been invaluable in thesuccess of the campaign.“The Scunthorpe Telegraph is to becongratulated. It plays a vital role in thelife of North Lincolnshire,” he said.“The paper took a lead in helping to give avoice to the vast majority of people whowant to see more civic pride inScunthor pe.“The Platinum Pride campaign played amajor role in this regard during thesecond half of the year. It highlightedmany activities, individuals andorganisations playing their part inmaking Scunthorpe an even better place.”The campaign kicked off in response to agloomy report in June 2006, which saidthat almost a third of Scunthorperesidents were ‘not really’ proud of thetown, and fewer than one in 10 felt proudof local people and community spirit.In August, a four-day cleaning blitz wasorganised for three Ashby streets –Eastfield Road, Marshfield Road andSouthfield Road.Untidy gardens were cleared, paths androads resurfaced, skips made available forre s i d e n t s ’ use, abandoned cars taken awayand roads swept.And in November, a second clean up phaseswept four more streets – Woodstock Road,Ivanhoe Road, Sandhouse Crescent andLilac Avenue.
