From the Radcliffe Times of May 28, 1954: An information bureau to advise tenants living in rent restricted houses was to be set up by Radcliffe Labour Party and the Radcliffe Trades Council.

After 15 years as secretary of the National Union of Teachers local branch, Alderman A Greenhalgh was presented with a radio.

The administration of Radcliffe's blood donor service was transferred from the Health Department to the local St John Ambulance Brigade and Nursery Division.

Radcliffe Fire Brigade spent around an hour fighting a grass fire that covered 2,000 square yards of land at Bradley Fold.

At the Odeon, Rock Hudson and Donna Reed were appearing in It Should Happen To You, while over at the Picturedrome, Randolph Scott appeared in Thunder Over The Plains.

A mere 14 runs was all that separated Radcliffe Cricket Club from a victory over league leaders Werneth.