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About Us

Webmater Shayne.T

The object of the society to be the promotion of

interest in the breeding and exhibiting of all varieties

of Cage Birds by holding regular meetings and

organising shows open to the public.

As a bird society dedicated to cage birds, our aim is to

teach those who are interested in cage birds. If you

have cage birds and want to know more about them.

Please come and join us. We have members from all

age gaps, which will be willing to teach you what they

know.

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The Chairman

I would like to sincerely welcome everyone interested in aviculture to our club news.

I have put together some information, which you might find interesting.

We have discovered some very old records of the Newark & District Cage Bird Society meetings dating back some considerable years, which are showing some interesting reading. We have discovered the club must have been, formed prior to the year 1910.

I have been searching also in the local newspaper archives the Newark Advertiser and I have found show records, which state the 38th annual members show of the Newark & District Cage Bird Society, was held in St Mary's Rooms on Saturday 1st December 1948. The best in show was an unflighted buff Border canary exhibited by J. Parker of Newark. The most interesting exhibit being a waxwing shown in superb condition by Mr Hebblewhite of Lincoln, which secured for him the British Trophy. It also stated that all previous records were broken regarding the entries to the show of some 273, which for a club show is a pretty high for a members show against today's standards.

Webmaster Shayne.T

Greetings From The Chairman

The information in a very old minute's book of the Newark & District Cage Bird Society, which we have found, does make this a true record regarding the Advertisers newspaper article. This data, which we have now found, makes our club to be approaching if not already 100 years old. Making it our centenary year in 2010 I think this is a remarkable achievement, and it deserves recognition in some way.

Also recorded in the minutes book shows information that when the Second World War was on going no shows was held, obviously. It is quite remarkable though that the club still carried on regardless and all situations documented. And when the war ended show reports started again as though nothing had happened this I find amazing. Every person showing birds and the winners are all documented down fully for that period. It just goes to show that with hard work and determination they all pulled through. It was a great achievement in that era. It must have been a struggle to breed and show birds at that particular period, but they all worked together and survived. Members must of found it very hard work in those times attending shows with hardly any transport to get them to and from show venues.

In the book of minutes of Newark & District Cage Bird Society we have found data that as revealed in the year of 1952 there were 106 paid up members, and in the following year 1953 there were 105, a lot difference from today's figures.

Years ago members seemed to be plentiful, no doubt television, electronics, computers, and transport were virtually none existent people could not get about so freely, all these points must of played a very important part about the type of hobby people took up. Time was plentiful making a hobby with birds more viable. Obviously when dad kept birds the son would follow in fathers foot steps, this is not happening now, hence we have not got the following we would like.

The youngsters today seem to have too many distractions to what life is all about, to even think of joining and keeping show birds, if you ask them would you like to keep birds they shake their heads and say no. We need somehow to educate the youngsters at school level this is just my thoughts I may be wrong. What do you think please let me know?

I am in no doubt that some of you older ex members of the club are still alive and out there somewhere, we would like to hear from you. Don't hesitate to contact me for a chat you will find my telephone number from the web site.

I would like to invite anybody who is interested in aviculture old or young whether it be an aviary that you own, a pet bird and want to know how to look after it, or you just want to come to our meetings and listen to the speakers that we have got booked. Our club membership and myself would like to hear from you. For more information come along to our monthly meetings which are held in the Function Suite at the Chester's Public House Main Street Balderton Newark Notts NG24 3LL at 07.30 pm every last Thursday in the month except December. Speaker's start at around about 8pm

I would sincerely like to wish everyone good luck with there bird keeping.

Chairman Trevor Woodruff

Newark & District C.B.S.

Waxwings (Bombycillidae) are a plump, crested bird they often come to Britain around the winter time. waxwings do not breed in the UK. But can been seen from October to March.

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