October 27 1954

A crew of three escaped injury when this RAF Varsity aircraft ended up with its belly in the River Witham and a wing-tip on each bank after a forced-landing in a field.

RAF officers inspected the damaged machine, which had been on a routine training flight from Swinderby when it developed mechanical trouble.

The Varsity, its undercarriage up, made a neat emergency landing in a field at The Gables Farm, Barnby.

It skidded 100 yards in an almost straight line to the edge of the field, cut through a boundary hedge, climbed the 5ft river wall and plunged 10ft down the other side into the water.

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Balancing delicately on a tumbler on the bar of the Ram Hotel, Newark, are about 1,500 pennies.

The pile has grown to 27ins in a month and manager Mr Frank Cotton hopes that it will complete the 5ft to the ceiling by Christmas.

When the pillar of pennies reaches the ceiling, the money will be given to Harlow Wood Hospital and the Children's Trust, Market Rasen.

If anyone knocks the pile over (and no one has done yet) they will be asked to pay 5s.

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Townsfolk of all denominations and their ministers filled St Mary's Rooms to say good-bye to the vicar of Newark, Canon G. W. Clarkson.

They saw the Mayor, Coun G. R. Walker, present a pectoral cross to which Newarkers had subscribed.

Chairman on Monday evening was the Bishop of Southwell, Dr F. R. Barry, who said that the trouble with Newark was that it insisted on having such distinguished vicars that it never kept them for long.

October 20, 1954

Condemned to removal is the 25ft "His Master's Voice" advertising sign at Coyne's premises in Newark Market Square.

The firm's appeal against the county council's ban on the sign has, it is announced this week, been refused by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.

The August public inquiry into the appeal was a test case - now it is likely that several other advertising signs around the Market Place will have to be removed.

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First of the coloured covers for Market Place stands - purchased as an experiment by Newark Corporation - has arrived. Green-and-white striped, it was put up on Saturday and again yesterday in readiness for today's market.

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Workmen will move into the Palace Cinema at mid-day on October 31 and will work until 4pm the next day preparing the theatre for its first ice-show. Cinderella On Ice will be presented for a week beginning November 1.

The show will include skaters, dancers, singers, acrobats, speciality acts and ponies and will be produced by Vic Templar and Della Sweetman. The ice-skating arena will be 25ft by 22ft.

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Seven of the nine people who have attended the course in clean food handling at Newark St John Ambulance headquarters during recent weeks achieved 100% success in the examination which ended the course last week.

The lectures were given by the chief sanitary inspector, Mr J. Catlow, and the examination was conducted by the assistant sanitary inspector, Mr R. Vaughan Spedding.

October 6, 1954

In 1954 Newark had three cinemas and a wide choice of films to see, as this advertisement from the Advertiser shows.

On offer at The Savoy was The Far Country with James Stewart and Ruth Roman, and Dial M For Murder with Ray Milland and Grace Kelly.

The Palace was showing a comedy, Up To His Neck, with Ronald Shiner and Harry Fowler.

It's A Grand Life, with Frank Randle and Diana Dors, and East Of Sumatra, with Jeff Chandler and Marilyn Maxwell, could be seen at The Ritz.

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Myxomatosis, the rabbit plague, as forecast in the Advertiser on September 8, has swept into Nottinghamshire.

Six outbreaks have been reported, including one at North Clifton. And these six outbreaks in the view of the Ministry of Agriculture are not isolated and localised.

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Unusual setting was chosen by 21-year-old Rosemary Barry for her coming-of-age party on Monday.

It was held in the peers' guest room of the House of Lords. Rosemary, daughter of Dr F. Russell Barry, Bishop of Southwell, is now back at Cambridge University beginning her third year.

It is because she is the daughter of a member of the House of Lords that Rosemary could enjoy the privilege of a party there. There were between 70 and 80 guests, from all parts of the country.