"Wanderer" (1953)

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REVIVAL OF PLOUGH
SUNDAY

There is a growing desire to re-
vive old church customs, and one
which appeals greatly to church-
people to-day is Plough Sunday,
which will be celebrated this
week-end (11th January). The
county service is to be held in
Newark Parish Church at 11 a.m.
when the Bishop of Southwell
will be the preacher, the service
being conducted by Canon Clark-
son, Vicar of Newark. both of
whom have shown a deep person-
al interest in the county's special
agricultural services. At Blyth
this will be the third occasion on
which Plough Sunday has been
celebrated since its revival, the
service being on Sunday evening
at 6 o'clock, the ceremony of the
Blessing of the Plough being con-
ducted by the Rev. H. H. Howell
(St. John's, Worksop). At Tick-
hill the custom has been observed
for a much greater number of
yaars, and here also, the
service will held 6 o;c1ock.
In villages where the ser-
vice is to be held, the procedure
will probably follow closely that
to be seen at Newark, where a
team of Young Farmers will
bring the plough into church for
the Blessing. Civic interest in
this annual service will be main-
tained by the Mayor of Newark,
Coun. T. Howes, who will be a
tending the servicc with members
of Newark Borough Council and
other civic leaders. The Chair-
man of the County N.F.U. (Mr.
W. R. Bownes), of Gamston, and
other prominent N.F.U. leaders,
will also attend the service. A
warm invitation is given to every-
one associated in any way with
agriculture to make a special
effort to attend their local Plough
Sunday service. After all what
Engiishman is not interested in
and dependent upon agriculture?

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"Wanderer"