Radcliffe-on-Trent Parish Council
--Taking Radcliffe forward--
Welcome
to
Radcliffe-on-Trent
2012
The Olympic
Torch is coming to Radcliffe
- June 28,
2012 -
BE THERE!!
A brief
history of Radcliffe-on-Trent
Early history - The red cliffs along the river gave
Radcliffe-on-Trent its name. The first specific information
about the village comes from the Domesday Book of 1086, some
twenty years after the Norman Conquest. This records two
manors and fisheries, but there is no mention of a church or
mills. Lamcote, Radcliffe’s neighbouring hamlet, had three
manors. Eventually it would be absorbed and administered by
Radcliffe, despite being in the ecclesiastical parish of
Holme Pierrepont. In medieval times the main landowners were
the Deyncourt, Basily, Grey and Strelly families.
Kindly provided by Radcliffe-on-Trent Local History Group
The parish council is
once again organising its annual Litter Pick Day, to take place
on Saturday June 9, and is looking
for volunteer to help litter pick the village. Everyone
interested is asked to turn up at The Grange at 10am for an
hour's litter picking - with coffee and hot muffins served
before you set off.
For more details
contact the parish council office on 0115 933 5808 or call in
The Grange between 9am and 12.45pm.
GETTING READY FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE
The
parish council has a number of plans to help the village
celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee early in June and in fact the
events being organised start in May when the council will be staging
a Tea Party and Concert and a "Radcliffe's got history" in Grange
Hall.
Those two
events will be taking place on Thursday May 31 with the concert
starting at 2.30pm and the evening event at 7.30pm.
Tickets for both events have now sold out!
The title
for the concert, which is being organised by Roy Taylor (Vince
Eager) and Bob Flower, is "20th Century Review" and it is
planned there will be seven acts in the event, including Sue Hodges,
better known as 'Mimi the maid' in the BBC hit series 'Allo Allo'.
Also appearing is Trevor Leeson, the ex Merseybeats guitarist, and
Teddy Alexander who thrilled those attending the council's Christmas
Party and who will be presenting his own tribute to George Formby.
13-year-old Coco, billed as a wonder juggler, will also be helping
to entertain our visitors as will Roy Taylor in his guise as Vince
Eager.
On
Saturday June 2, the first day of the country's official
celebrations, the council is staging an evening dance with music
from the tribute band Queen II. And to round off that evening there
will be a firework display in the grounds of Grange Hall.
On Sunday
June 3 a "Picnic in the Park" event is being held in Grange Hall
grounds and entertainment being provided at this free event includes
music from the highly rated Nottingham Concert Band, a Morris
Dancing team, face painting, bouncy castle, free helium balloons, a
child's rocket making competition, a treasure hunt and traditional
outdoor games. The party will start at 12noon and go on until 5pm.
Grange Hall will be open with a licensed bar. Visitors are invited
to bring their own picnic and join what will be a traditional
British party day out.
Tremendous interest is being shown for a 1950's exhibition in The Grange where
two rooms will be on show with memorabilia etc dating back to the
1950's. The exhibition concerned will be on show from May 31 until
June 5 and is being organised by The Women's Institute with the
contact being Sandra Thornley on 0115 841 3595. Lots of offers to
loan goods dating back to the time of the Coronation of HM Queen
Elizabeth II have been received - but the organisers are still
looking for a 9" TV set and a china cabinet from the period in
question.
Anyone in
the village interested in assisting at any of these events is asked
to contact the council office on 0115 933 5808.
Grange Hall, Radcliffe on Trent
Looking for
the perfect venue for your wedding ceremony and reception?
You might
have just found the perfect answer
Grange Hall!!
Our
picture above shows the Main Hall set out for a
social function. The use of internal drapes is
an extra feature which the hirer can organise if
they wish.
The ideal
place to not only hold your wedding ceremony but reception as
well! Two in One!
What more can
you ask for!
For further
information on how to book please contact the Parish Council
office on 0115 933 5808.
STREET LIGHT ENERGY SAVING - WE NEED
YOUR VIEWS!!!
NottinghamshireCounty Council has approved plans for
changes to street lighting designed to save 25 percent of current
energy usage.
The changes will be implemented over four years and will include:
• Switching off completely some lights where they are no longer
considered necessary
• Dimming of some lights on main roads between the hours of 10pm and
7am when traffic flows are low and a lower level of lighting will
not affect road safety
• Switching off some lights between midnight and 5.30am in
residential areas in consultation with local communities.
The parish
council sought views of parishioners and nearly 70 contacted the parish council office
with views both for and against the changes. All these message have
now been sent on to the County Council.
TRENT WARD BY-ELECTION RESULTS
An election for the Trent Ward of Radcliffe on Trent Parish
Council was held on May 10 following the resignation of Mrs
Yvonne Purser.
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NEWSLETTER
The
latest edition of the popular parish council newsletter is out and
is available for download from the website. To get an electronic
copy of the 8-page magazine please
click here.
OLYMPIC TORCH FOR RADCLIFFE
Thursday June 28, 2012, will be a red-letter day for Radcliffe.
It has been chosen as one of the two places in Rushcliffe Borough for
the Olympic Torch when it makes its way across the country prior
to the opening of the Olympic Games in London the following
month.
A spokesman for the Borough Council says they are delighted that
Radcliffe has been chosen as one of the areas through which the
Olympic flame will be carried by torchbearers during the Olympic
torch relay.
The announcement was made by Coun. Mrs Jean Smith, local
Radcliffe Borough Councillor and cabinet member. She said: “This
is fantastic news for Radcliffe, for Rushcliffe and for
Nottinghamshire. The flame and local torchbearers will shine a
bright light on the area bringing beams to many faces. On June
28, Radcliffe will be honoured to be one of only five places in
the county taking part in this historic ceremony.
“I want everyone young and old to spread the word, so we can
build up a momentum over the next few months ensuring Rushcliffe
is ready to come together to celebrate the games. We’ve got
plans to get everyone involved in
the excitement and will be using social media like Twitter and
Facebook, as well as other methods, to keep everyone informed.
We want the torch to ignite people’s flame and enthusiasm to get
more involved and active in sport, art and culture.”
Georgia Moore, chairman of Radcliffe Parish Council, says: “This
is wonderful and exciting news for Radcliffe and will provide us
with one of the most important days in our village for many
years. I hope the whole village will play a part in helping the
parish council celebrate in the way such an event as this
deserves. It will, I hope, bring all ages together and we will
see hundreds of people out on our streets to give the torch a
truly sincere Radcliffe welcome.”
The Torch will arrive in Radcliffe soon after 4.30pm and will be
carried through the village as far as St Lawrence Boulevard
where it will return to the convoy on its way to Holme
Pierrepont.
Lots
of entertainment is being planned for the village centre to
interest the expected hundreds of people who will be on hand to
see what is an historic occasion for the village. The South
Notts Academy's Samba Band and the Nottingham Concert Band will
be providing music and there will be street entertainers
performing their skills as well. The Radcliffe Skate Park Group
will be assisting in the entertainment with a display as will
play workers from Nottinghamshire County Council.
On
Sunday June 24 the parish council are staging a Family Olympic
Day in Grange Hall grounds and again Nottinghamshire County
Council will be closely involved through the play workers.
1950s
APPEAL FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE
One of the attractions for the village celebrations for the
Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen is the plan to convert two rooms
in The Grange into the style of the 1950s.
Currently the parish council and the Women's Institute - they
are co-ordinating the exhibition being established - are
appealing for items that could go on show for the exhibition and
would welcome anything ranging from period furniture to any
household items from the time, any printed material and any
souvenirs that were produced to mark the Coronation in 1953.
It is
planned the exhibition will be open to the public from May 31 to
June 5.
Anyone who can offer items is asked to contact Sandra Thornley,
from the WI, on 0115 841 3595.
WASTE
LAND TO WELCOME LAND
Progress
is being made on a scheme by the parish council
to improve the appearance of the present waste land near the
junction of Bingham Road and the A52 traffic lights opposite
the sports ground.
Nottinghamshire County Council has made the land available
to the parish council for just the legal costs of transfer
of ownership of it and once that has been completed the
parish council will be looking to instigate a scheme to
improve the area concerned.
One suggestions that is being considered is the provision of
a 'Welcome to Radcliffe on Trent' sign to greet motorists
coming to the village from the direction of Bingham.
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REPORT-A-PROBLEM
FORMS
Residents are being invited to report any problems in the parish
that they feel require attention by using the "REPORT-A-PROBLEM"
forms. These can be downloaded here or could be obtained from
the parish council office on request.
To
download a PDF version of the form please
click here
To
download a WORD DOC version of the form please
click here
The WORD DOC file could be saved on your computer and emailed to
clerk@rotpc.com after
completion. The PDF version only allows to be printed off and
will need handing in to the parish council office.
GRANGE HALL CIVIL CEREMONIES LICENCE
Grange Hall holds a Civil Ceremonies Licence
which makes the building now
licensed for Civil Ceremonies – such as weddings and naming
ceremonies – and bookings are being taken for future events of
that kind. For further information contact Lisa at the council
office.
OLD RADCLIFFE
PICTURES
A permanent display of old pictures of Radcliffe — as well as
some modern ones — is on display in the Trent Room of Grange
Hall.
POLICE BEAT MANAGER DETAILS FOR RADCLIFFE
Pc Steve Mathias is the Police Beat Manager
for Radcliffe-on-Trent. His contacted details are as follows:
On-duty mobile: 07525 226687
Pc Mathias is assisted by PCSO Matthew Adcock who can be
contacted on the following numbers:
On-duty Mobile:07525
226455
The new police
telephone number for all calls other than an active
emergency is 101. The 999 system is the one to use in an
emergency such as serious road accident, a burglary in
progress or if life is threatened.
COUNCIL
MEETINGS INVITES
All meetings of the parish council and its
committees are open to members of the public and there are
agenda items on each allowing them to take part. A number of residents have attended recent meetings of the
council and this has been welcomed. Notices of the meetings are
posted on the village notice boards and on this website under
Meetings. Information can of course also be obtained from the
council office where the email address is clerk@rotpc.com
RUSHCLIFFE BOROUGH COUNCIL
would welcome input from local organisers of dates of events to
be included in their Rushcliffe Reports Publication. Entries are
welcome via
http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/yourevents
GRANGE HALL
DISPLAY CABINET IS YOURS TO USE
All organisations in
Radcliffe are invited to make use of a display cabinet
in the foyer at Grange Hall for their own use from time
to time. The cabinet has been provided by the Radcliffe
Twinning Association and is available free to use for
village organisations. Ask at the Council office for
available dates.
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Click
here to contact the Clerk to the Parish Council by
e-mail
or Telephone 0115 933 5808
Postal address: The Grange, Vicarage
Lane, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG12 2FB
The
success of the newly formed U3A branch in Radcliffe has
been tremendous and several hundred people are now involved in
the numerous sections that have been formed.
Secretary is Mr Bill Sylvester and he can be contacted on 0115
933 1948.
IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR VICARAGE LANE
Nottinghamshire
County Council has started work on a scheme to reduce dangers and
to improve the condition of Vicarage Lane under its Local
Improvement Scheme programme.
The work is scheduled to take two weeks to
complete and is involving the provision of a raised pavement and new drainage. When
the work is complete there will be no provision at all for parking on
Vicarage Lane and in due course double yellow lines will be laid
down.
A PARISH PLAN?
Good
progress is being made in the work to form a Parish Plan
group in the village and Mrs Sue Clegg has been appointed
chairman of an 18-strong steering group.
Local
residents had turned out in large numbers for the initial
open meeting
that was held at Grange Hall last year.
That meeting helped obtain the feelings of residents with
more than 180 being present, many of whom put their names
forward to be involved in future discussions and the running
of the steering group which has now been established.
ARISH COUNCIL
MEETING SCHEDULE 2012
Dates of the parish
council meetings to be held in 2012 are now available under the Meetings section of the
website.
Every meeting has a 15
minutes session when members of the public are invited to raise any
matters pertaining to the work of the council, during which Standing
Orders are suspended.
SEE WHO YOUR COUNCILLORS ARE
Back Row (left to right standing): G S Moore, W A Banner
(deputy clerk), B R Brears, Mrs J Smith, J McKechnie, R G
Upton, G Leigh-Browne, P M Robinson, Mrs J V Maughan, D P
Tompkin, W Sylvester, M D Elliott (clerk)
Front Row (left to right seated): Mrs Y E J Purser
(now retired), Mrs J M
Spencer, Mr D V Smith (vice-chairman), Mrs G Moore
(chairman), Mrs P Astill, Mrs Y P Thompson, Mrs M McKechnie
Not on photograph: J P Spencer,
J Thorn
(click on image to see a large version of the picture)
TREES AND PRESERVATION ORDERS
Rushcliffe
Borough Council is undertaking a project to review existing Tree
Preservation Orders including one in Radcliffe on Trent.
It has advised the parish council that the
Radcliffe 1973 Tree Preservation Order which was to cover
unspecified trees in specific locations was never confirmed and the
protection it sought to offer has lapsed.
The Borough Council is now to replace that
Order with a new one for more specific locations.
The 1973 Order related to trees in the Wharf
Lane area, at the Royal British Legion, St Mary's Parish Church, the
village centre and The Black Lion public house.
The parish council is
once again organising its annual Litter Pick Day, to take place
on Saturday June 9, and is looking
for volunteer to help litter pick the village. Everyone
interested is asked to turn up at The Grange at 10am for an
hour's litter picking - with coffee and hot muffins served
before you set off. 
The
parish council has a number of plans to help the village
celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee early in June and in fact the
events being organised start in May when the council will be staging
a Tea Party and Concert and a "Radcliffe's got history" in Grange
Hall. 
The
success of the newly formed U3A branch in Radcliffe has
been tremendous and several hundred people are now involved in
the numerous sections that have been formed.
Rushcliffe
Borough Council is undertaking a project to review existing Tree
Preservation Orders including one in Radcliffe on Trent. 