| 1997 |
1 June |
Issue 1 of Drumbeat hits the streets ! |
| 1998 |
22 March |
A new War Memorial
is dedicated and unveiled at the
Tidworth Royal British Legion Club on 22 Mar 98 to coincide with the 75th
Anniversary of the Tidworth Royal British Legion Branch and Club. |
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9 - 13 June |
The National Theatre perform their production of "Oh
What a Lovely War" in a circus big top in the grounds of
Tedworth Park as part of Salisbury Festival 1998. The show attracted
national media interest ! |
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July |
Station Road improvements :
New street
lighting, traffic calming and landscaping are financed by the Single
Regeneration Budget |
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2 September |
New All-Weather
Sports pitch funded by money from
the Army Sports Lottery. The opening ceremony was performed by the
Adjutant General Sir Alex Harley |
| 1999 |
May & October |
First radio trials take place in the Garrison.
British Forces Network BFN
(a
partnership between BFBS and Chiltern Broadcast Management formed
specifically for the trials) broadcast to the 4 main UK garrisons using FM
Restricted Service Licences. |
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September |
Haig Centre opens in Bulford. The Haig Centre caters
for young people from Tots to Teens, housing all Bulford's youth
organisations and amenities. |
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16 October |
1st Tidworth Scouts : The new scout hut in Humber Lane was
officially opened by Garrison Commander Colonel Robin Faulkner. |
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December |
The Millennium Yew is planted
in Tedworth Park |
| 2000 |
1 January |
Drumbeat celebrated the new millennium with a special
edition. Click here to read the
Millennium Edition |
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1 April |
Tidworth Development Trust, a company limited by Guarantee,
was formed on 25 Jan 2000 and opened its doors for business on 1st April
2000 |
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May |
Australian Estate in Perham Down : first occupants move in
to the newly re-built quarters. |
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15 June |
Millennium Beating Retreat
by the massed bands of 3rd (United Kingdom)
Division on the Tidworth Polo Ground. The show included a display
flight by the new Apache attack helicopter. |
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8 October |
Tidworth
Leisure Centre opens its doors to the public |
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21 November |
Official Joint Opening of the TLC and the refurbished
Oval |
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11 December |
The Garrison gets its own permanent radio station.
BFBS Forces Radio 1287 begins broadcasting to TNB Garrison from their
studio at The Beeches Families Centre in Bulford. |
| 2001 |
February |
The Army Learning Centre opens at 10/78 AEC |
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16 - 18 May |
Channel 4's Time Team
spend a week investigating an area of
Salisbury Plain near Netheravon Airfield : they discover many artefacts
and evidence of Iron Age and Roman habitation - and they build an Iron Age
hut with the help of local children and soldiers from 3(UK)Div in Bulford.
The Channel 4 programme on their website |
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6 - 9 June |
Swedish Circus comes to the TLC as part of the Salisbury
Festival 2001 |
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2 July |
Garrison Radio 1287
begins broadcasting to TNB
Garrison. The studio moves to premises co-located with Naafi
Financial in Station Road, Tidworth. |
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July |
Community "Workshop" held at TLC as part of the
Entec Survey for the Tidworth Town Strategy, sponsored by the Tidworth
Partnership. |
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July |
Launch
of E-Info - Bringing Information to Everyone in
Tidworth. Co-located with TEMPO in Wylye Road. It is now
easier for people in Tidworth to gain access to information and public
services via computer links in the new drop-in centre. |
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26 August |
HRH The Princess
Royal, Patron of the Basic Skills Agency,
visited 10 AEC to see the work the Army is doing to help improve the
numeracy and literacy skills of its soldiers. |
| 2002 |
February |
Tidworth Parish Council starts process to join the parishes
of North and South Tidworth to form the Town of Tidworth |
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March |
Primary Health Care Centre - contract signed with
contractor, Taylor Woodrow plc. New Health Centre due for completion
in Summer 2003 |
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25 April |
BBC's Antiques Roadshow filmed at the
Tidworth Leisure Centre. The BBC team spent a week in Tidworth
filming the show. |
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June |
Golden Jubilee 2002 |
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July |
Jubilee Beating Retreat by the 3rd(UK) Division Massed
Bands on Tidworth Tattoo Ground |
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August |
Castledown School starts fundraising to become a Business
& Enterprise Specialist School |
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6 September |
HQ Theatre Troops Formation Parade
at Netheravon. Salute
taken by Gen Sir Mike Jackson, CinC Land Command |
| 2003 |
January |
Lucknow Barracks : Rebuild Project Contract signed with
contractor, Carillion Construction Ltd. New barracks due for
completion in October 2004 |
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1 May |
Tidworth's "Roadhouse" is finally
demolished |
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9 June |
TV's popular gardener, Charlie
Dimmock, officially opens the new pond and wildlife area at Zouch
School in Tidworth |
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23 July |
Aspire
Defence Limited is named as the Provisional Preferred Bidder for
Project Allenby/Connaught. |
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28 July |
Tidworth's new Primary Health
Care Centre opens its doors to patients. This Health Centre was one
of the first building projects to be carried out as a "Prime
Contract" : contractors Taylor Woodrow plc designed the building in
close conjunction with the MOD and will maintain the building for the
first 3 years of its life. |
| 2004 |
January |
The Market and Coastal Towns
initiative (MCTi) Working Group publishes the Tidworth Community Area
Partnership (TCAP) Plan. View
online |
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January |
12 Mechanized Brigade
completes its move from Aldershot and raises its flag outside its new
Headquarters in Bulford |
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1 April |
Ministry of Defence Police
operations on Salisbury Plain move to a new HQ in Tidworth. |
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16 April |
Two floodlit tennis courts
are opened in the grounds of the TLC by Major
General Simon Lytle CBE, the Director of the Army Sport Control Board.. |
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9 September |
"Topping out"
ceremony unveils the new clock tower at the almost completed Lucknow
Barracks in Tidworth. |
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15 September |
Tidworth's new Health Centre
is officially named "The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Health Centre"
by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester |
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6 December |
The Lucknow Barracks rebuild
is completed and the Barracks handed back to the Garrison. The first
Unit to move in to it is 1RRW in February 2005 |
| 2005 |
19 January |
Aspire Defence Ltd, the
Preferred Bidders for Project Allenby, completes
the construction of a Demonstration Accommodation Block in Swinton
Barracks in Perham Down. |
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12 March |
The Castledown Media Centre
is launched by Phil Harding, of Channel 4's Time Team fame. |
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April |
Defence Estates sells Station
Road Green in Tidworth to Tesco Supermarket |
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June |
Work begins on the new Courts
Martial Centre in Bulford.
Contractors : Mansell Construction |
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August |
Buildings in Airfield Camp in
Netheravon, which date from 1913, are given a 2 Star Grading as listed
buildings by English Heritage. |
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October |
The first "Tidworth 10K
and 3K Fun Run" raises over £11.000 for the Pembroke Cancer Unit at
Salisbury Hospital |
| 2006 |
January |
"Topping out"
ceremony at the Courts Martial Centre in Bulford |
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January/February |
Tesco outline planning
permission "Recommended" by Kennet District Council Regulatory
Committee |
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16 March |
OfCom announces the award of
two FM community radio licences in our area : Salisbury Plain Army Radio
and Castledown Radio |
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20 March |
First of the Edwardian
buildings in Assaye Barracks, Tidworth, comes down in the pre-contract
work for Project Allenby |
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7 April |
The start of Project
Allenby/Connaught is officially announced by the USofS for Defence. |
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10 July |
Vesting Day : From today,
Aspire Defence Ltd are responsible for delivering Project
Allenby/Connaught in the Aldershot and Salisbury Plain garrisons. |
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4 November |
Castledown Radio,
broadcasting to the Tidworth Community Area, goes live on 104.7 FM |
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November |
The NAAFI / Spar shop at the
top of Station Road in Tidworth closes. |
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November |
Garrison Radio moves to new
premises at The Old Armoury at the top of Ordnance Road, Tidworth. |
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11 December |
The Army's radio service
moves to FM 106.8, officially launched by radio & television
personality, Johnny Vaughan. The better strength of signal now
reaches Larkhill Garrison. |