LOOKING BACK IN THE HISTORY
OF THE PARISH COUNCIL
In this section we
look back at news items involving the council over the years
since its formation in 1894.
in the year OF 1904
A special Parish
Meeting was held in the School Room at Radcliffe on June 24,
1904, to consider a scheme by the parish council to purchase
land and lay it out as an extension to the cemetery.
Permission was also sought from the meeting for the council
seek a loan for the scheme.
The chairman of
the council was Mr Butler Parr and he made a statement to
the meeting as to the suggestion of the parish council —
then having been in existence for ten years — and minutes of
the meeting indicate there was 26 people present and 12 of
them supported the proposal to go forward with the scheme,
for opposed it and the remainder did not vote.
The meeting
approved the council seeking a loan of £1,300 to meet the
expenditure being incurred, on a proposition from Mr Butler
Parr and being seconded by Mr Henry Marshall.
Before the end of
the meeting Mr Thomas Haynes demanded a poll be held and
this was later organised for July 7. That poll resulted in
168 people voting in favour of the proposal by the parish
council and 37 against it.
In November 1904
the Local Government Board held an inquiry into the plans of
the council, with this taking place at the Manvers Arms Inn.
The land for the extension was offered to the village by
Earl Manvers and covered two acres. The Medical Officer of
Health at Bingham Rural District Council, Mr James Ealow,
spoke in favour of the extension and said because the ground
was on a gentle slope this afforded every facility for
efficient drainage and said he felt it would be difficult to
find a more suitable site.
The paperwork
involving the extension said that this was necessary because
of the numbers of burials being accommodated for from the
‘County Lunatic Asylum’ at Saxondale. The records showed
that prior to that opening in 1902 the usual number of
burials varied between 16 and 28 a year. After it opened the
number rose in the first two years to 50 in 1903 and 58 in
1904. In 1904 there were a total of 428 patients being
catered for in the Asylum, including 57 who lived in. There
was 10 staff living in the nearby cottages, all males.
(Published May 2010)
in the year OF 1937
A parish meeting held in the village in
January 1937 appointed a committee to organise celebrations
for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on
May 12. The meeting was chaired by Mr Dowson. Various groups
from the village attended including the British Legion (then
not having the ‘Royal’ tag), the Ratepayers’ Association,
the WI, and the various churches. The parish council was
represented by Couns.. Dowson, Measures, Stanley, Taylor and
Tinkler.
Each organisation put forward views on
what should be arranged and it was agreed that the
activities be similar to those that had been provided
previously for the Silver Jubilee, such as a fancy dress
parade, a tea party for children, an entertainment event for
old people and all children to be given a Coronation mug. It
was also agreed as a permanent memorial a start should be
made for the provision of a village hall by subscription and
an application be made to the Carnegie Trust for funding.
The meeting appointed Messrs Measures, Lygo and Siggs to be
joint secretaries. The village cricket club was to be asked
to allow their ground to be used on Coronation Day.
It was agreed that any surplus of funds
raised for the Coronation left at the end of the festivities
be used to start the village hall fund.
(Published
April 2010)
Minutes of the parish council in October
1941 show that the amount of money collected in Radcliffe
for the appeal had been £30 1s 10d (£30.08) and the amount
collected in the whole of Bingham RDC area had been £298 2s
(£298.10).
(Published March 2010) |
