Best kept Village Award
Great Bradley won two awards in the Best Kept Village in Suffolk, in 1983 & 1985.
These pictures were taken at the presentation of the Best Kept Village in the novices class, 1983. The 'plaque' was only allowed to remain in the village for one year.
At the bottom of the page you can see the correspondence related to entires in the 1960's, including people on the village committee complaining about the state of some people's gardens! The houses in Evergreen Lane were council-owned houses at the time.
In the second last picture below note the low hedge compared to today and a view through Prospect Cottage (which hadn't been extended) and into Fox Farm, where some of the corrugated huts for the pigs can be seen.
For more of the documents related to the Best Kept Village awards see the: Best Kept Village Archive
These pictures were taken at the presentation of the Best Kept Village in the novices class, 1983. The 'plaque' was only allowed to remain in the village for one year.
At the bottom of the page you can see the correspondence related to entires in the 1960's, including people on the village committee complaining about the state of some people's gardens! The houses in Evergreen Lane were council-owned houses at the time.
In the second last picture below note the low hedge compared to today and a view through Prospect Cottage (which hadn't been extended) and into Fox Farm, where some of the corrugated huts for the pigs can be seen.
For more of the documents related to the Best Kept Village awards see the: Best Kept Village Archive
Citation for 1983
Fison's Trophy
for
Suffolk's Best Kept Village
For villages with a population less than 400.
This diploma is awarded to
the village of
Great Bradley
to record that the village was selected from a wide
range of entries throughout the County of Suffolk
and in the final judging was placed 3rd by the
adjudicators
for
Suffolk's Best Kept Village
For villages with a population less than 400.
This diploma is awarded to
the village of
Great Bradley
to record that the village was selected from a wide
range of entries throughout the County of Suffolk
and in the final judging was placed 3rd by the
adjudicators
Citation for 1985
The Kenyon Trophy
for
Suffolk's Best Kept Village
This diploma is awarded to
the village of
Great Bradley
to record that the village was selected from a wide
range of entries throughout the County of Suffolk
as the best novice entry in this years competition
for
Suffolk's Best Kept Village
This diploma is awarded to
the village of
Great Bradley
to record that the village was selected from a wide
range of entries throughout the County of Suffolk
as the best novice entry in this years competition
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