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In Aldershot and Farnborough urban districts were merged to form the Borough of Rushmoor under the provisions of the Local Government Act After a campaign , the British Government allowed veteran Gurkha soldiers who had served for more than four years, and their families, to settle in the UK. Between the Census and the Census , Rushmoor's Nepalese population increased to approximately 6, people, making up 6. The Aldershot Military Tattoo was an annual event dating back to In the s and s, the Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo held at the Rushmoor Arena presented displays from all branches of the services, including performances lit by flame torches.
At one time the performances attracted crowds of up to , people. The Tattoo was organised to raise money for military charities. The Army Show was replaced in with a general Military Festival.
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Events were held across the town, including an art exhibition, live music, sports events and film screenings. Seven people, all civilian support staff, including five catering staff, a gardener, and a Catholic British Army chaplain, were killed in a car bomb attack on the 16th Parachute Brigade headquarters mess. A further 19 people were injured. It is a garrison town that serves as the location for the military presence in the area. It houses Aldershot Garrison's married quarters, barracks, Army playing fields and other sporting facilities. The military town includes some local landmarks, such as the Aldershot Observatory , Aldershot Military Cemetery , the Royal Garrison Church and other churches.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert showed a keen interest in the establishment and development of Aldershot as a garrison town in the s, at the time of the Crimean War. They had a wooden Royal Pavilion built which they would often stay in when attending reviews of the army. In Albert established and endowed the Prince Consort's Library , which still exists today.
Aldershot Military Town comes under its own military jurisdiction. It was home to the Parachute Regiment from its formation in until it moved to Colchester Garrison in Many famous people have been associated with the Military Town, including Charlie Chaplin , who made his first stage appearance in The Canteen theatre aged 5 in , [24] [25] and Winston Churchill , who was based there in the late 19th century during his time in the Army.
The area also houses various military and regimental museums, including the Aldershot Military Museum , housed in a red-brick Victorian barracks. It has since moved to the Imperial War Museum Duxford. An outline planning application has been agreed for the redevelopment of some of the former Military Town.
The Aldershot Urban Extension will bring some 3, new homes, two new primary schools, a children's day-care centre, additional secondary school places, community facilities, waste recycling and landscaping to an area of hectares. The statue is 30 feet 9. It was designed and built by Matthew Cotes Wyatt who used recycled bronze from cannons that were captured at the Battle of Waterloo.
It took thirty men over three years to finish the project. However, Decimus Burton , architect of the arch, had tried to veto this plan for his preferred "figure in a four horse chariot".
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Many agreed with Decimus Burton that the statue looked ridiculous since it was out of proportion. It was nicknamed "The Archduke" and was a popular topic in the satirical magazine Punch. Queen Victoria claimed that the statue ruined the view of the skyline from Buckingham Palace , and she privately proposed that the statue be moved. The Duke, who had only sat for the sculptor on two or three occasions, suddenly became very attached to the statue and would not consider its removal from its arch.
The observatory is a circular red-brick building with a domed roof and it stands on Queen's Avenue. Inside is a telescope , 8-inch refractor , mounted on a German-type equatorial mount with a clockwork drive. The telescope and observatory building were a gift from aviation pioneer Patrick Young Alexander to the British Army, a fact which is recorded by a plaque near the observatory door. The former Wesleyan church on Grosvenor Road has a foot tower that can be seen for miles around the town and which is described as " the only significant tower in the town".
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Today the original complex of church, Soldiers' Home and Hall has been converted into offices, a dental surgery, gymnasium and homes. Aldershot Buddhist Centre is a Buddhist temple and community centre catering for the Buddhists of Aldershot and surrounding area which is billed as the United Kingdom 's first Buddhist community centre. The town is close to several major motorways including the M3, A3 and M25, which provide connections to London and the South Coast. Farnborough Airport is 5 miles away, London Heathrow is 29 miles, and London Gatwick is 43 miles away.
The railway station and bus station are both situated off Station Road. Aldershot bus station is the terminus for many bus services in the Aldershot Urban Area ; it also services buses from further afield. There are various schools in Aldershot. These will be joined by two new primary schools being built as part of the Aldershot Urban extension development of houses. This development will also be served by a further secondary school places being created at the Connaught and Wavell schools.
Following the demolition of the Theatre Royal and Hippodrome theatres in and , the local council opened its own Princes Hall in as an entertainment venue. The location of Aldershot between Southampton and London meant the club became a mecca for Hardcore and it was regularly sold out during this time. At the height of the club's popularity, a teenager's death from a suspected overdose of Ecstasy [44] was the catalyst that saw dance music leaving the club and had a negative impact on the hardcore dance scene in the Aldershot area.
Sam Leach, their then agent, and wanting to become their manager, attempted to introduce the Beatles to London agents by promoting shows at The Palais Ballroom, on the corner of Perowne Street and Queens Road [45] [46] [47] in Aldershot on 9 December The show was not advertised properly and, as a result, only 18 people attended. The local newspaper, The Aldershot News , failed to publish Leach's advertisement for the show. However, the band and friends had their own fun after the show, including a mock funeral for Paul McCartney. Weeks after this Brian Epstein became the group's manager. At the end of the s and the start of the s, an underground scene of rock bands cropped up around Aldershot.
Union Street and Wellington Street at the centre of the town's shopping district were pedestrianised in the s when the Wellington Centre, a covered shopping centre, was built over the site of the town's former open-air market. In the s the Victorian shopping arcade and various other period buildings in Wellington Street were demolished to allow for the building of an extension to the Wellington Centre known as The Galleries. The Galleries has remained almost vacant for many years now and is currently under consideration for proposed redevelopment into a mixed use retail and residential scheme, with potential commercial leisure space.
Aldershot has many parks, playgrounds and open spaces for sport, play and leisure, including Aldershot Park , Brickfields Country Park, the Municipal Gardens , Manor Park and the Princes Gardens , the latter three a short walk from the town centre. The legacy of the Army has meant that the land for leisure use, as well as protected areas for flora and fauna, has been preserved over many years. On the Surrey border can be found Rowhill Nature Reserve which is popular with nature-lovers, walkers and joggers.
Formerly the town also hosted short circuit motor racing including speedway and stock car racing. Greyhound racing took place at Aldershot Stadium, and point-to-point racing at Tweseldown.