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Annual Parish Meeting – Civic Awards
At the Annual Parish Meeting, the Parish Council presents Civic Award certificates to residents who have made an outstanding contribution to the village.
In addition, the Parish Council will present Awards to young people who have demonstrated personal achievement that has benefited both the individual and the community of Radcliffe on Trent.
Nominations are now being sought and should be sent to the Clerk of the Council at The Grange, Vicarage Lane by Friday March 21st 2014.
To see the ‘Official Notices’ click Civic Awards Notice.
and click Young Persons Civic Award Nomination Form
Nomination forms are available from the Council Office at the Grange between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. each weekday morning, they can be downloaded from the council website
click Civic Award Nomination Form
or they can be emailed to you.
The Annual Parish meeting will be on Wednesday 16 April 2014 in Grange Hall at 7pm.
Radcliffe Village Show 2013 Pictures & Results
Now with photographs taken on the day and results of the competitions.
What a fantastic day was had by all, well over a thousand residents supported this revived show and we have received many complimentary comments since.
A special thank you to all the organisers who have worked tirelessly over the past few months to ensure that the show ran smoothly and successfully.
Last minute changes had to be made because of the weather forecast but luckily it didn’t prove to be too much of a problem in the end.
There was a magnificent number of entries in the various competition categories and well done to all the winners. The stalls and attractions kept us all entertained throughout the day and the official unveiling of the Totem pole by the visiting dignitaries was a very proud moment.
Thank you once again to all involved and there is already a buzz about plans for next year!!
Some photographs taken on the day can be found by clicking here.
For a larger selection of photographs taken at the Radcliffe Village Show click here.
The results of the entries to the Village Show can now be found by clicking Bake off Results, Children’s Section, Horticultural Section Winners, Dog Show Results.
If you would like to read about the history of the Radcliffe Village Show from the 1950’s click here.
Radcliffe on Trent Wins
The Nottinghamshire Best Kept Village competition
In Category A (Pop 2,00 to 10,000) the 2012 Champion, Radcliffe-on-Trent has retained the winners position.
Radcliffe-on-Trent, along with Beckingham, Wysall and Linby will go forward to be judged for the Wilkinson “Best of Notts Award”.
To see the ‘Press Release’ click here.
Totem Pole Appears in Radcliffe on Trent
What Happened to our original Totem Poles and why has a new one turned up in the grounds of The Grange?
In the opinion of Christopher Smith, who carved the new Totem pole, the years the Canadians lived in Radcliffe represent a significant part of our recent history.
The first Candadian families arrived in 1956 when he was nine years old. He remembers thinking that he didn’t want foreigners living here and he certainly didn’t want them to attend the village school. He later realised how wrong he was, “1956 to 1963 were wonderful happy years that I will never forget. As far as I’m aware it was the first time Canadian school children had been integrated with students in another country. In other parts of the world the Canadians had their own schools.”
The Canadian government made a large financial contribution towards the cost of the new secondary school and the local economy also benefitted, from what seemed to him at the time, really well off people.
His Canadian school friends are now all in their mid to late 60’s and they still talk about their time in Radcliffe being the happiest years of their lives. Many of them have and still do, visit Radcliffe-on-Trent and one of the things they always ask about are the totem poles.
In 1963 seventeen year old Canadian student Tim Barton carved three poles for the school, the first was a small indoor pole about seven feet tall. With the help of a caretaker this one was found in a store cupboard. The two outdoor poles one of which was twenty six feet tall have both disappeared. Christopher was told they had rotted at the bottom but no one knows what happened to them.
Christopher was saddened to think that something the Canadians left us to remember them by had been allowed to disappear. So he put his neck on the block and offered to supply and carve a new pole for the village; the offer was kindly accepted by the Parish Council and it was agreed that when complete it would be erected in the grounds of The Grange.
With the help of the Parish Council groundsmen the Totem pole was installed on Friday 3rd May 2013. Many thanks to Christopher ‘Hiawatha’ Smith esq. for his donation
The Radcliffe Show in the 1950s
Thousands of visitors would pour into the village of Radcliffe onTrent for the annual village fete and gala during the 1950s.
Special trains were laid on from Nottingham, the show was so popular. Traditionally held on August Bank Holiday Monday celebrities from the period would open the show and also judge various categories. Vegetables, flowers, cakes and scones, jams and jellies all were on offer with cups and certificates being awarded.
Attractions such as Punch and Judy, skittling for a live pig, childrens sports, veteran’s races for the over 40s, miniature railway, horse and pony rides and balloon races were all available.
You could also find beauty competitions such as shapely ankles or outdoor girl where girls were judged on their beauty, physique and appearance. Unfortunately there is no record of a local girl winning these competitions.
Refreshments on sale included a variety of sandwiches (actually only cheese and salmon spread!), fruit cake and of course lots of cups of tea. At the end of the show produce would be sold off.
The show was held on the extensive grounds behind the British Legion stretching upto the bypass. Mr Elwin from Hartwell House (now demolished) also lent his fields to ensure there was space for everyone.
5000 people were recorded as attending the 1950 show but the village excelled itself in 1952 when a record number of visitors came, 10,000. A fancy dress parade together with decorated vehicles would proceed through the village lead by a local silver band and the show would then be declared open by the celebrity of the day.
People such as Derrick De Marney, Guy Middleton, Major Draper (also known as the Mad Major due to his daring flying exploits) and the Duke of Devonshire. In the evening dancing would be held on the lawn in the front of the British Legion Hall.
The Radcliffe Local History Group
