October 31, 1951

Mr Ronald Watson Newark's Conservative Candidate, congratulating Mr George Deer on his election as Labour MP for Newark, after the count at Newark Town Hall on Friday.

Mr Deer was re-elected Labour MP, and increased his majority by 222 with 1,517 extra votes.

Mr Deer told the Advertiser after the declaration of the poll that but for Thursday's fog, which interfered with the labour agent's transport arrangements, he would have reached the 10,000 majority target set at the beginning of the campaign.

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Newark Town Council's plan for improving street lighting will cost £9,837.

The scheme embraces the erection of 350 lamps in Newark. Trunk roads in the borough are to be mercury lighted with 136 lamps at a cost of £6,450.

The 400 watt mercury vapour lights will be on the Great North Road, from the Balderton boundary to Newark Castle Station, including Lombard Street.

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Bingham school children have had a letter from the Queen congratulating them on their handwriting.

It all began after Bingham County Infants School annual harvest service when the teacher asked for suggestions for the distribution of the gifts they had taken to school.

Seven-year-old Christopher Cockayne asked if they could send them to the King.

The teacher said that was impossible but they could write to the Queen telling her how sorry they were about the King's illness.
 

October 24, 1951

The Newark sculptor, Mr Robert Kiddey, took ten weeks to complete work on the town's memorial to those who died in the second world war.

The vicar of Newark, the Rev G. W Clarkson, writes: "The war memorial to be set up in the Parish Church is probably the best piece of work that Mr Robert Kiddey has yet done."

It was commissioned by the Town Council and received the approval of the Church Council and the Diocesan Advisory Committee.

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Newark Agricultural Society decided at the annual meeting on Friday to take no action on a letter received from the Notts Society suggesting amalgamation with them. This would have meant the staging of one combined show of county status.

The meeting was at the Ram Hotel, with Mr J. Hallam in the chair.

Mr G. F. Hollingworth suggested they should consider the Notts letter at the first Council meeting.

The secretary of the Notts Show had written before the war, said Mr A. F. Wood, asking for the question of amalgamation to be put before Newark Council. Mr Wood asked for the balance sheet.

"They were on the verge of insolvency," he said, "and we had £2000-£3000."

The Newark Town Council turned down the proposal unanimously then, said Mr Wood.

Mr Hollingworth said that if Nottingham, Derby and Leicester shows amalgamated, Newark would be "pushed right out."

Mr R. D. K. Bradley asked where the combined show would be held. No one at Nottingham would want it in Newark.

Mr Hallam said the letter had come as a bolt from the blue.

Nottingham only had one thing Newark had not - county status.

"Let this letter lie until we know more about it," he said.

October 17, 1951

The cast of The Happiest Days Of Your Life, presented by the Southwell Theatre Club at the Trebeck Hall put on their second show on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Following their outstanding success of last year they drew a packed and appreciative audience at all three performances of John Dighton's three act comedy.

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Newark Licensing Magistrates on Monday granted a dancing licence to James Hole and Co for the Robin Hood Hotel, Newark. The application was made on behalf of the brewery by Mr J. B. Norman Larken and Co.

Mr Norman said that the hotel's new banqueting hall, converted from the old town club, was a fine piece of work. It was estimated that it would accommodate 150 dancers. The licence will permit dancing in the new room up to 10pm on weekdays.

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Ransome and Marles Works Band will make its fourth attempt to win the Daily Herald National Brass Band Championship a week on Saturday.

The contest will be held in the Albert Hall, London, and the winner will secure the national title, a trophy and 200 guineas. There will be 18 bands from all over Britain competing.

Ransome and Marles were fifth in 1949 and fourth last year. Thirty men have been nominated to play.

They are: K. Johnson, R. Oughton, L. Kitchen, A. Sykes, W. Oughton, D. Roscoe, R. W. Smith, R. James, R. English, B. Harvey, G. Stoves, D. Parr, F. Wills, J. Kearsley, G. Tomlinson, W. Connell, T. Hinson, W. Walton, J. E. Hunter, A. Veal, H. Seddon, J. Smith, W. Chaplain, L. Ward, W. Glew, A. Richardson, E. Tetley, J. Hall, N. Emerson and J. Absalom.

October 10, 1951

Alderman W. Bayliss CBE, the chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council, is pictured in this Advertiser newsphoto about to open the Old Vicarage old people's home at Westgate, Southwell.

With him, from the left, are Mr W. H. Crewe, the chairman of the homes sub-committee, Mr R. W. Lewis, the county welfare officer, and Alderman H. Hartland, the chairman of the welfare committee.

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Southwell Rural District Council are being thwarted in their plan to build six houses at Ossington because the Ministry of Supply have dumped sugar on the site where the council hoped to build the houses.

It is understood there are 15,000 tons of sugar in the dump and that thousands of wasps have "made their home there."

Col W. M. E. Denison, JP for Ossington and Carlton-on-Trent and representative on the Rural District Council, raised the matter at Friday's Council Meeting.

The Chairman, Lt-Col G. H. Vere-Laurie, said they were agreed their object was to build houses for people to live in, but at Ossington they were being thwarted by a ministry.

"We are being held up because the Ministry of Works refuses to the de-requisition of this land for us," he said. Col Denison told the story of the sugar.

"Three weeks ago," he said, "a lot of lorries arrived at Ossington Aerodrome and dumped hundreds of bags of sugar all over the place where we want to build our houses.

"They were left two or three days in the rain without any cover, then a few tarpaulins were put over them."

October 3, 1951

Mr W. H. Troop of Farndon, champion horse ploughman at Flintham and Southwell agricultural shows last week, is seen in the above Advertiser newsphoto at work with his borrowed team at Fiskerton Grange Farm, Morton, where the Southwell event was held this year.

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Newark WVS Darby and Joan club celebrated its fourth birthday on Thursday - its first with new centre organiser Mrs J. S. C. Oates.

Among the visitors were the Mayoress of Newark, Mrs J. A. Markwick, Mrs Craig, WVS county organiser Mrs Wilson, the Vicar of Newark, the Rev G. W. Clarkson and Mrs C. E. Parlby JP, the first WVS centre organiser for Newark. Telegrams of good wishes were read from the Archdeacon, J. P. Hales the club's president and the Geddington Darby and Joan Club.

Cigarettes were given to members by the Mayoress, Mrs E. Lees, and Mrs Parlby took sweets for the women. o-

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Edward Bailey and Son and B. G. Selby and sons (jointly concerned) had an entry of more than 4,500 breeding sheep, lambs and pedigree rams at their annual cheese fair sale on Wednesday.

This is a post war record.

Large numbers of buyers were in attendance from the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the adjoining counties.

Breeding sheep met with a sharp demand, whilst the trade of lambs was most satisfactory.