The urban council was told the new bus shelter in South Market Place was expected to come into operation at Whitsun. Buses, which now used West Street and pulled up on each side of the road in the main market place by Barclay's Bank, would be re-routed along South Street and Hamilton Road.

* The council learnt Alford's rateable value had gone down over the last two years from £23,709 to £22,376.

* WIs in Alford, Willoughby and Ulceby joined to put on a May fair in the Corn Exchange. It was opened by Theodore West, who was presented with a spray of flowers by little Susan Kirkham. There was maypole dancing by pupils of Crane's Dancing School and a spring hat display by the Hat Box in Louth.

* A small blocked-up window over the south door of St Wilfrid's Church was exposed during work on the south wall. Its existence surprised the builders and church people as did the condition of the wall, which was going to need more attention than anticipated.

* Mr F. Hunt drove a party of football fans to Wembley for the FA Cup match. They brought back the colours of both teams (unnamed) and installed them in one of the local hostelries (also unnamed).

* Prizes of national savings stamps were presented by Coun Miss D.E. Higgins at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School's sports day. Travers was again the champion house and D.G. Boulton again the senior champion Twelve records were broken and Mrs Lapage's Hungarian ward, David Molnar, carried off four awards.

* It was announced Spink, runner up for the Travers Cup, had been selected to represent the county in the hop, skip and jump at the White City in London.