From the Rugby Advertiser archives - March 26, 2020 edition

March 26 , 1920

Polling for Urban District Councillors for the five Rugby Wards will take place on Monday and the returning officer, Mr Arthur Morson MBE has now completed the necessary arrangement for the election.

Three of the retiring councillors Messrs FE Hands, CJ Newman and TA Wise are seeking re-election, but new candidates are coming forward in the North East and North West wards where Dr Hoskyn and Mr R Walker, the former representatives have decided to retire, the latter after a long and honourable connection with the Council.

The Labour party have no seat at stake but they are contesting all the vacancies.

March 27 , 1970

Many town workers were stranded on Friday evening when Rugby’s busmen called a two-hour strike in protest against the new Road Traffic Act. Reason for the dispute is that drivers and conductors are now classed as one, which prevents drivers doing overtime as conductors. All overtime has been banned.

Another big grumble is the number of hours actually worked. The men are complaining that they can now only work ten hours a day and want to be paid for three hours work if called in between shifts, whether they have worked 5 or 50 minutes.

March 23 , 1995

Grant aid for the Percival Guildhouse, Rugby’s adult education centre, has been cut to a record low of only £16,000 it emerged this week. Spokesman for the centre in St Matthews Street, Harry Batchelor said: “We will have to look at the number of classes we can afford to run and-or examine the fee structure. We must draw in our horns.”

He said the issues would be debated by the executive next week. For the current session, the Guildhouse offered 57 courses ranging from Planning a Healthy Lifestyle to Styles in Fine Art.