February 25, 1953

Customers in the Old White Hart, Newark, saved several cars and vans from a fire which broke out in the White Hart yard on Friday evening.

Two garages and their contents were severely damaged - a van owned by Mr Ernest Daybell, the Newark butcher, was completely burnt out.

At about 9pm customers in the White Hart noticed that the yard was thick with smoke.

Car headlights were switched on, but it was not until flames burst through garage doors at the end of the yard that the fire was located.

The fire service was sent for and until the firemen arrived customers ran to the garages and removed cars and vans.

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The newly-formed Newark Old People's Welfare Committee has decided to take immediate advantage of Star Cinemas (London) Ltd's offer of free cinema seats for five old people every day.

A temporary sub-committee will organise the visits, which will be to the first performance at the Savoy every afternoon except Saturday.

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The man who says he cannot afford to join his local chamber of trade is a fool, and the man who cannot be bothered to join is a bigger fool, says Mr G. H. Jobson, retiring president of Newark Tradesmen's Association, in his report which will be presented to the annual meeting.

Mr Jobson will be succeeded by Mrs D. E. Holden - the first woman to become president.
 

February 18, 1953

In the courtroom at Newark Police Station, where she had so often given evidence from the witness box, Mrs D. I. Sunman, of Bancroft Road, Newark, was presented with a reading lamp by Superintendent R. Youngs.

Mrs Sunman retired recently after 8½ years as a policewoman in Newark.

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Newark's old comrades associations, anxious because former National Servicemen will not join, should have a joint meeting to find out why, it was suggested on Saturday.

The idea came from a speaker at the Coronation year dinner of Newark branch of The Sherwood Foresters' Association, at the Clinton Arms Hotel, Newark.

Commenting on the situation, Lt. Col. T. C. Blagg of Car Colston, said a constant stream of new men was needed if organisations were to be kept alive.

"It is not enough for the men of Newark to do well in war. They must continue to do well in peace on behalf of their old comrades-in-arms and their dependents," he said.

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Newark Road Safety Council has agreed to a meeting in Newark Town Hall to support a national road safety crusade that aims to cut traffic accidents by 10%.

Reaching the target locally should be made a matter of civic pride, suggested Mr J. Gurney Braithwaite, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, in a letter read by the council's secretary, Mr H. Rayner.

"This year streets will be crowded with visitors from home and abroad and country roads will be carrying additional tourist traffic," said the letter.

"But this fact only underlines the need for doing all in our power to see that the risk of accidents - especially to children - is reduced to the minimum."
 

February 11, 1953

Sweet rationing has not ended. One of Newark's wholesale confectioners, Mr G. S. Smith, reports that some manufacturers find it difficult to increase supplies and are rationing wholesalers.

But Newark shops have not experienced a demand from the public that cannot be met.

Traders say there are no queues, although business is brisk, especially in the early morning, lunchtime and late afternoon when children are going to and from school.

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Newark Methodists are alive to the challenge and opportunity presented by the growth of Hawtonville Estate which, when complete, will have a population of several thousands.

They have bought a site at the corner of Beech Avenue and Eton Avenue and plans have now been approved for the erection of a church and youth centre.

The building will cost about £15,000 and will provide adequate accommodation for the many activities connected with church life.

Some of the money for this project is already in hand, and an appeal is to be made to the whole of the Newark Circuit to help.
 

February 4, 1953

Raymond Mays, the famous racing motorist, is seen (left) in this Advertiser newsphoto having his car filled with Regent TT petrol at the Castlegate garage of Brooks Motor Company (Newark) Ltd.

Mr Mays whose experience of motor fuels is very wide, reports extremely good results from the new Regent TT petrol, which he says represents the best value on the market.

Incidentally, the car used by Mr Mays for both these tests and his normal business motoring is a Ford Zephyr-six, similar to the one which last week won the 1953 Monte Carlo Rally.

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Plans for the roasting of an ox in Newark Market Place to celebrate the Coronation go ahead.

Newark Town Council on Monday decided against a motion proposed by Coun D. M. Start "that in view of the fact certain townspeople consider the proposed roasting of an ox an unjustifiable waste of food in a time of world shortage, and also a tedious and revolting as a public spectacle the idea be abandoned."

Eight voted for the rescinding of the minute approving the roasting, and 12 against.

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Newark yesterday sprang to the aid of the flood victims, with the opening of a relief fund by the Mayor (Coun T. W. Howes) and the organisation of a clothing collection scheme by Newark WVS.