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Scan 38
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 20. See the scan on archive.org.
1range on Stanhope Common. The first prize was taken by Private John Askew with 35 points, the 2nd by Private Wm. Sanderson with 32 points, and the 3rd by Private J. Gibson with 31 points.
3October 5th, 1875 at this annual competition Private Robert Askew, son of the above John Askew won first prize and the cup with 34 points, Private Joseph Gibson second with 34 points, and Privates John Bainbridge and Joseph Thompson had each 33 points.
5Mr. Askew was also often very successful at the battalion shooting held annually on the Bishop Auckland Rifle range. The writer has been informed that he won the battalion shooting five years in succession, and the late Col. Sergt. W. Atkinson of Stanhope was second to him every time.
7In those days private John Askew was well known in the north of England as a skilful rifle shot.
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