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February 27, 1957

The clearance of 41 unfit houses in Balderton, Collingham, Coddington and Farndon was approved by Newark Rural District Council - its first big drive against slums.

The houses form the council's first ten clearance areas. Eleven house in Hough's Yard and Main Street, Coddington, will be vacated by the end of August. All the rest have to be vacated by the end of the month.

They consist of three in Main Street, one in Wetsyke Lane, two in Queen Street and three in Pinfold Lane, Balderton; two in South End, four in Crown Yard, four in Hind's Row and five in Low Street, Collingham: three in Chapel Row Farndon.

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Rodney Pick (13) of Montgomery Road, Newark, a scholar at Sconce Hills School, was featured in the children's programme, All Your Own, on BBC Television. He was a talented performer of mime.

He began his contribution with a man digging a garden, the actions all being in mime.

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February 20, 1957

The high standard of YFC proficiency tests was demonstrated last week when only six of the 13 young farmers seen in this Advertiser newsphoto were successful in passing a test in hedgelaying at Cropwell Butler.

Top marks of 90% went to Roger Hawthorne, of Cropwell YFC on whose farm the test was held.

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Concessions made by the police over "No Waiting" signs in Newark's busiest shopping streets had led to better understanding on both sides, said Miss M. F. Smithson, president of Newark Tradesmen's Association at its annual dinner at the Robin Hood Hotel.

Miss Smithson said: "Each year the question of parking restrictions comes up. Offenders must be made to realise that these signs are official, but that the police do allow customers to park for a short while in order to pick up large parcels."

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British Railways plans to close Claypole and Hougham railway stations and, in spite of protests lodged by residents, the East Midland Transport Users’ Consultative Committee decided to support the plans.
Only two trains a day stop at Claypole — a village with a population of 700.

The railways say that only about a dozen people use the station each week so they have decided that the station should be used for goods traffic only.

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February 13, 1957

Collingham and District Badminton Club won two of the three competitions in the first tournament open to clubs in Newark and district at Collingham Memorial Hall on Saturday.

Five clubs from Newark, Bingham and Collingham, were represented and the organisers considered the tournament, run on a knock-out basis, well worthwhile.

Some of the competitors who took part were R. Laycock (Christ Church) Miss J. Watson (Barnbygate Methodist BC) G. Scott (Collingham and district) Mrs J. Hare (Collingham and district) P. Hill (Collingham and district) F. Hardy (Bingham).

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Mild weather has brought a pear tree in the garden of Mr H. Hildreth 47 Appletongate, Newark, into bloom exceptionally early.

The normal time is between the middle and the end of March when the blossom would be protected in the event of a frost by leaves. Now should there be a frost all the blossom will be lost and there will be no fruit.

The first few days of February have produced maximum temperatures ranging from 50 to 55 degrees F.

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Newark-bred cattle have been selected by the Russians, probably the most choosy stock buyers in the world, to improve their dairy strains.

Beast which might otherwise have appeared on the prize list at this year's Newark Show are already behind the Iron Curtain.

After scouring the country and rejecting dozens of animals in stringent tests, Russian experts have returned with 19 dairy shorthorn cattle, 43 Herefords and 23 Lincoln longwool sheep.

One young dairy shorthorn bull and an 18-month old heifer came from the Collingham herd of Mr H. J. Crocker, secretary of Newark Show.

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February 6, 1957

To avoid delay in tackling fires Nottinghamshire County Fire Service now has permission to maintain a 24-hours watch with full-time firemen at its Newark headquarters.

But because Newark is a blackspot for recruiting in the county, men may have to be imported for the extra duty from other parts of Nottinghamshire when the new scheme begins.

Newark is so well-placed with a variety of industries that there might seem to be little incentive to join the fire brigade.
Says the man in charge at Newark Fire Station, Station Officer Charles Speed: "Full employment does not help our cause."

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Market Place residents who want to remove Newark's pigeon menace decided yesterday afternoon to feed the pigeons with barley.

They will place the barley on roofs and ledges for five days - but on the fourth and fifth days, the barley will be doped.

The dope, harmless to people and animals, will not kill the birds. But it will knock them out for two hours.

During the fourth and fifth days, a commando operation by the residents' recently-formed anti-pigeon committee will scour the district collecting all the unconscious birds.

While still unconscious, the pigeons will be killed. The residents will then dispose of the bodies and, they hope, of the pigeon menace once and for all.