Oodles of Doodles

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• Rob Turner of Future Creative commented "It was surprising to see how freely people just started drawing and writing. Maybe doodling is outside of being judged as art, and people are more comfortable in this area. It was interesting to see if an existing doodle became integrated into parts of a doodle done by the second visitor to the table. I did not see many examples of this, and people kind of respected the previous drawings".

• Sometimes the original Newport Minutes doodles reflect the topic under discussion in a Council Meeting such as car allowances or a mobile crane. Other drawings are believed to be of fellow officers, councillors and aldermen.

• Newport's senior finance officer, first as Borough Accountant and then as Borough Treasuer was Ron Machin. He held the post from 1937 and is believed to be the artist.