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2006 Awards The annual Christmas Party of the Usk Civic Society was held on 13th December at Cefn Tilla Court, the home of Lord Raglan. Eighty members and guests were welcomed by his Lordship who presented awards for Environment Improvement or Enhancement in Usk, during the last year.
Members and guests enjoyed a delightful buffet meal while being entertained by harpist Laura Cowburn. Society Chairman Kath Collis thanked Lord Raglan for his hospitality and his continuing support of the Society, as its President, for many years. Pictured are the award recipients and Lord Raglan; from left to right Norman Edmunds, John Milsom, his Lordship, Bob Howells, Rev. Julian Gray and Glyn Edmunds. (Photograph by Malcolm Lewis) |
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2005 Awards
Our President, the Lord Raglan, presented awards to: The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust, for the restoration of the sixteenth-century house Allt-y-Bella, near Usk; The Chairman and Committee of Usk in Bloom, for its work. |
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Contact details: The Officers of the Society for 2009-10
John Barrow
Chairman (retired)
Membership inquiries and application forms are available from Stella
Collard (as above) to whom they should be returned.
The post of Secretary is
unfilled. Anyone interested is invited to telephone the Vice
Chairman.
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This
year, the recipients of these annual awards were the Vicar and
Churchwardens for the marvellous renovation of St. Mary’s Priory Church,
Usk; Mr John Milsom for overseeing the renovation work; Mr Norman
Edmunds for the voluntary clearing and replanting of an embankment on
the Abergavenny Road, Usk; and Mr Glyn Edmunds, Monmouthshire County
Council Business Unit Manager for the practical help and support of Usk
in Bloom – Usk having been awarded a Silver Medal in the European
Entente Florale.