Lookback

Lookback at Andover 2022

The latest edition of the Society’s annual publication about the local history and archaeology of the area is available. priced £4.50.

Copies can be purchased from the Andover Museum (Church Close), Waterstones, (Chantry Centre), at our meetings. They can also be ordered via ahaspublications.andover@gmail.com or by post from Andover History & Archaeology Society, c/o 53 Borkum Close, Andover, Hants, SP10 4LE. Postage and packaging starts at £2.40. Please make cheques payable to Andover History and Archaeology Society or ask for an invoice and pay by bank transfer.

The 2023 edition of 70 pages has illustrated articles covering: local photographs from the 19th century, Andover Down Sunday School, Andover’s Carnival of 1934, The perils of thatch – fire fighting in the Pentons since 1754, Kathleen Elizabeth Inne of St Mary Bourne (a local peace activist) and publications of local interest.

Earlier copies of Lookback

‘Lookback at Andover’ has been published annually since 1990. Earlier copies are priced as follows – 1995-99 £2.00, 2000-07 £2.50, 2008-14 £3.00, 2015-17 £3.50, 2018 onwards £4.50.

All articles in past issues of Lookback are now listed here: the list can be searched so you can find the topic of interest and order the appropriate volume. The journals for 2000 and 2010 have cumulative indices for previous issues.

Publishing your work in Lookback

Written contributions for inclusion in the society’s annual journal Lookback at Andover are always welcomed by the publications committee. Outline ideas for a prospective article can be sent by way of the ‘contact us’ page on this website and will be given due consideration by the committee. Generally we would expect original, unpublished material with suitable reference to primary sources consulted. The committee reserves the right to edit any article submitted with a view to improvement and/or to fit the magazine space available. In rare cases the committee may feel it necessary to reject material that fails to reach a publishable standard or does not suit the established remit.