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Great excitement and not a little pride reigned in Collingham when it became known that once again the village produce association team of Mr H. Evans (Capt) Mr R. Charity, Mrs D. FitzHerbert and Mrs J. Hay had triumphed.
The team came through with flying colours in the area inter-county final of the Daily Express National Country Quiz, held at the Lincolnshire Show, Stamford, on Thursday.
This means that our team will now go forward to London in the autumn to meet other area winners in a contest for the national title.
Frank Phillips of the BBC was quizmaster on Thursday.
Earlier in the day Collingham defeated Kesteven in the semi-finals.
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Nottinghamshire's first five homes for the aged totalling 101 persons were officially opened on Saturday by Mr S. F. Wilkinson, Under Secretary, Ministry of Health.
One ceremony, held at Balderton, served for all five places. The others are Parkside, Worksop; Clayworth Hall; and Oaklands and Mount Vernon, both on London Road, Retford.
The ceremony at Balderton took place in a marquee on the lawn, and this was filled with visitors from all parts of the county.
For the first time in Nottinghamshire and it is believed in the country a demonstration of bee-keeping was given to school children from Newark and District on Wednesday.
It was held in the orchard of the Brackenhurst Farm Institute, Southwell, and was known as a Field Day.
Fifty-seven children and teachers watched the demonstration, which was given by Miss Nancy Ironside.
She told them that there are several reasons why people keep bees today.
A few hundred people in this country keep them as a means of livelihood, others like to study the bees and their habits (and also the honey) while others like to sell the honey to have a little extra pocket money.
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The British Fire Service Association North Eastern Branch Tournament was held on Messrs Rose Bros' Sports Ground, Gainsborough, on Saturday, when Ransome and Marles Works Brigade won the Earl of Londesborough solid silver challenge cup.
They won in the major fire pump wet drill.
It was a clear cut victory for the team, and considering all the members are only part time and the fact that they were competing against full time teams it is a worthy achievement.
The winning team comprised: Chief Officer A. E. Rogers, 1st Officer E. E. Lee, Fireman J. M. Campbell, Fireman A. D. Jackson, Fireman H. Gilbert and Fireman H. Cawthorne.
After an interval of 24 years the County Totem Pole has come back to Newark, won on this occasion by the 1st Balderton Cub Pack, who proudly brought it home from Mansfield on Saturday.
The competition was based on First Star tests and some Second Star tests, and included knowledge of the Union Jack, eight compass points, reef knots, the Highway Code, and the National Anthem.
Each local association in the county held a preliminary eliminating competition, which in Newark was on May 6.
The winners went through to a semi-final and from there two first teams in each association passed on to the final.
It was on the result of the final that the Balderton boys came home victorious.
The Cubs who represented their pack and the Newark Association were: Ronald Hill, Colin Goddard, Martin Gregory, John French, Gordon Richards and Trevor Hodgson.
If you were in the streets of Newark soon after one o'clock this morning and saw Dick Turpin, the famous highwayman, riding Black Bess along London Road you were seeing no ghost.
It is 226 years since Dick made his famous ride to York in the record time of 15 hours and
today comedian Billy Rhodes is out to complete the same journey in nearly twice the time.
Dick Turpin had cause to ride fast, since he was escaping from the Bow Street Runners, but for Billy Rhodes it is a publicity project.
He is wearing period clothes, and is keeping as far as possible to Dick's original route.
He left Piccadilly Circus at 9.30am yesterday and hopes to reach York by 1pm today.
He has rested at one or two historical hostelries en route for Press receptions.
Film newsreels are being made of the journey and Newark was one of locations suggested for night takes.
All previous Newark Regatta records were shattered on Saturday when the biggest crowd ever watched 66 crews from as far afield as Manchester and Hull, Norwich and York compete for Newark Rowing Club trophies on the Trent.
Newark Rowing Club won one of the eight trophies competed for - The Newark Advertiser Challenge Cup for open pairs.
The most popular oarsman of the day was Jack Stevenson, the 20-year-old Auckland, New Zealand, Sculler, who followed up his previous victories in this country with an easy win in the Senior Sculls.
A. Rollitt of Newark reached the final of the Maiden Sculls and J.R. Barthorpe reached the second round of the Junior Sculls.
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That a traffic island should be built at Beaumond Cross and the Cross removed to a more appropriate place were suggestions made by the Highways Committee at Monday's meeting of the Town Council.
Councillor J. A. Marwick said that on Whit Monday traffic conditions were so appalling that he went to the Midland station in his own car and joined in the line deliberately to find out what it was like.
He said the present situation at the Cross lost sight of the fact that there were two lines of traffic cutting right across the Main North Road.
The police, handling 2,000 cars an hour, had to switch off the signal lights and resort to manual control.
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That another splendid show - The Pirates of Penzance - is in prospect was the opinion expressed at the annual meeting of the Newark Amateur Operatic Society.
There was an attendance of between 60 and 70 members presided over by Mr J.H. Woodall.
For the first time in its history the society put on two shows in one year, HMS Pinafore and Iolanthe, which were both well supported.
The chairman of the casting committee, Mr J. Greatorex, said a large number of applications had already been submitted for the principal parts of the December production.
