radcliffeontrentcarnival: July 2016

Sunday 10 July 2016

How Radcliffe Carnival looked from a Spitfire!

Aerial View of the Carnival at around 2:30pm on Saturday

I can't pretend that there weren't a few anxious moments on Saturday morning as the hardy volunteers from the Carnival Working Group, plus stalwarts of just about every organisation in the village braved torrential rain to put up gazebos, unload vehicles, layout the site and think about making sure that we could keep everyone safe on the site as it was getting a bit slippy underfoot!

But at about 11:30 the rain stopped and everyone started to smile ....

In an incredibly fast time wet tables were transformed into groaning displays of produce, sideshows and games, arrangements of delicious cakes and information about everything from Canals to local Archaeology. The Mayor of Rushcliffe and the Chair of the Parish Council visited all the stalls and selected a winning 'Best Dressed Stall!

The Procession - stunning spectacle of colour and music in Radcliffe

Meanwhile at least 200 intrepid souls from the Methodist Church, Radcliffe Olympic FC, Radcliffe Guides, Brownies & Rainbows, Radcliffe Pre- School Playgroup, Simply Dance, Radcliffe Sword Club, SNATCH, Radcliffe on Trent Drama Group, and the Boys Brigade had donned their glitter, feathers and masks and were ready to show us Mardi Gras !

Led by the Boys Brigade Marching Band with the United Schools Samba Band bringing up the rear in a very lively fashion, the procession made its way through Radcliffe.

They were watched by a magnificent crowd, who especially enjoyed the Samba Music& Dancing from SNATCH and the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang walking float built by Steve Phair for the Boys Brigade.

A special mention has to go to the inspired Brownie or Rainbow leader who devised Mardi Gras multicoloured and beautifully decorated waterproof ponchos for the girls ! ( Did she know something we didn't?)

So how do you top that ?

With a Flypast by a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight !

I should add that this wonderful photo was taken by Adam Thacker

who has generously allowed us to share the image on this Website

Friday 8 July 2016

Radcliffe Carnival Procession leaves Bingham Road Playing Fields at 1:00 pm on Saturday 9th July

A selection of the great raffle prizes available at the Carnival tomorrow

Have you got your raffle tickets for the Carnival ?

There are so many great prizes to be won including a first prize of £100 and other cash prizes!

All our prizes have been donated by local businesses and retailers, so every £ raised goes into the Carnival funds which, as you know, are all given back to the Community Groups and good causes in the village, who do so much to make Radcliffe on Trent a great place to live.

Raffle tickets will be on sale at the Carnival tomorrow in the Grange grounds.

Don't worry if you aren't going to be there at 4:30 when the raffle is drawn as we'll give you a call if you are a winner and make arrangements to get your prize to you.

Wednesday 6 July 2016

Mardi Gras Shop Window Competition ...The heat is on !

Great 'Mardi Gras' Window Displays are starting to appear around Radcliffe on Trent - how many have you spotted?

Thank you to all the shops and businesses in Radcliffe who are supporting Carnival by decorating their windows for Carnival and helping us to get into the 'Mardi Gras' spirit.

A quick walk round today and it was great to see displays at House into Home, Lesley Cree Opticians, Nottinghamshire Hospice, Cancer Research UK, Bowler & Charsley Opticians, and Love Fabric already.. plus lots of activity at Burleys. There will be more ....

A really imaginative & detailed display at the Nottinghamshire Hospice Shop from their team plus the Duke of Edinburgh volunteers

At Love Fabric, a new business in the village, giving Carnival their full support

Lively and very colourful from Cancer Research UK. Display all from donations to the shop created by volunteers.

Look out for their Mardi Gras costumes on Saturday too!

Judging for the Shop Window Display will take place from 2:00 Friday 8th July

Tuesday 5 July 2016

Spitfire Flypast for Radcliffe on Trent Carnival

Look up in the sky on Saturday 9th July at 1:40pm

Radcliffe on Trent Carnival are delighted to welcome The Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which should flypast as the procession reaches The Grange, at around 1:40pm

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) is a Royal Air Force flight which provides an aerial display group comprising an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane.

The flight is administratively part of No. 1 Group RAF, flying out of RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.

This iconic British single-seat fighter aircraft was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries before, during and after the Second World War.

The Spitfire played a major part in achieving ultimate victory in World War Two and truly deserves its place as probably the most successful fighter design ever, and certainly as the most famous and charismatic of all time.

The development potential of the original design allowed the Spitfire to establish and then maintain the air superiority so vital to the defence of Britain and to keep pace with the improvements in performance of enemy fighters throughout World War Two.

Spitfires fought in every operational theatre of the War and remained in RAF front-line service up to 1954.

At the end of its development the Spitfire carried an engine producing more than twice the power of the original, its maximum take-off weight and rate of climb had more than doubled, its firepower had increased by a factor of five and its maximum speed had been increased by a third; all this in essentially the same air-frame.

Monday 4 July 2016

Great Entertainment at the Radcliffe Carnival on Saturday 9th July

The Dako Flying Angels will entertain at