100 years ago

THANKS on no small measure to excellent weather, the recruiting march through the Eastern Valleys with the object of securing recruits for various units stationed in Monmouthshire was pronounced a success.

LORD Tredegar was among those spending Easter at the Royal Yacht Squadron Castle, Cowes.

50 years ago

THE Earl of Snowden visited Newport college of art, Santon Ltd and Newport civic centre as part of a five-day tour of Wales in his capacity as an adviser to the Council of Industrial Design.

THE 1965 speedway season, the first of the newly-formed British league, got off to a very damp start at Somerton Park and the match with External Falcons was eventually abandoned as a result of the slippery conditions.

25 years ago

GWENT was chosen for a pilot project in which car and van drivers would be stopped, breathalysed and questioned about their drinking habits as the Department of Transport widened their research into road safety.

As a voluntary exercise anyone caught over the limit would not be prosecuted but they would be given either a lift home or time to sober up.