NEWSLETTER 10 FEBRUARY 2020
Sorry it’s
taken so long to get this newsletter out, but circumstances and holidays have
got in the way. I hope everyone had a
lovely Christmas and wish you all a great 2020.
Friday 29 November 2019 was Black
Friday, one of those days when everyone rushes out for a bargain and clogs the
town up with vehicles, all queuing to get in and out of car parks attached to
shopping outlets.
Black Friday was indeed a relevant
name for the day as far as we were concerned, as I started off the day with a
heavy nosebleed and the need to contact the emergency health number and speak
to a nurse who advised going to hospital.
However, I decided we had far too much to do, visiting several stores to
change the delivery date of appliances as our
moving date into 18 St Mary’s Walk had to be changed from the beginning
of the week until 28 November as well as preparing the our meeting. We just about did it all, but my nose
bleeding began again at the start of the meeting and thankfully Cynthia was
able to take over.
We had a change of venue this month
as St Mary’s Christmas Fayre was being held the next day and they needed to
prepare, but the Methodist Hall proved quite adequate and I think everyone who
intended coming found their way there.
Food for the party was provided by Meryl White who produced
cakes and biscuits from bygone days and Cynthia brought some appropriate
cordials as alcohol is not allowed on Methodist premises.
We then had a few photos of babies or children (of those
present) to see if anyone could guess who they were (not very successfully) and
a pass the parcel which took us back to our own parties as children. A quiz was also completed, but with varying
degrees of cheating and fishing for clues going on.
All in all it was a lovely afternoon with lots of laughs
along the way as usual.
FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2020
This was our first meeting of the
new year and I had to admit that I had done very little preparation for it as
we were just back from holiday and had to face the prospect of sorting our
temporary home out. Fortunately Cynthia
and I had had a long chat about it a few days before and so we had a few ideas
to work with.
Cynthia reminded everyone that our
planned end date for the project was April 2020 and that we should establish
what there was left to do and make plans accordingly. A list
had been produced, which was circulated to everyone there, and which is
reproduced below for those who weren’t.
1.
Transcribe a few interviews/meetings which have already
been done for summarising and gleaning good information for the book. (Liz)
2.
Complete interviews with the Burleys (Liz), Watsons
(Liz), Arthur Radford (Liz), the
Williamsons (Cynthia and Liz),
Philip Hardy and Cynthia (Eunice), and Phil Cunningham (?).
Anyone within the project who
hasn’t been interviewed and would like to be included should let me know or simply submit a short family
history with the main highlights and anecdotes included.
3.
Make a basic plan of the old part of the of the village
in the 1950s, from the Lodge House to the Station House and Lower Sprotbrough,
with the corresponding list of family names.
(Arthur?)
4.
Submit good quality family photos (jpegs), including
g/parents, parents and children if possible.
5.
Submit good quality photos (jpegs), depicting village
life as it happened, eg farming, events, etc
6.
Take individual or group photos of all participants,
involved in the project, including dates of birth, so that we can put them in
the book.
7.
Obtain permission from Orchard School for their Copley
Medal project to be included in the book.
Anyone who can help with any of the requirements
listed above should get in touch with me as soon as possible or bring them
along to the next meeting.
The next meeting will be on Friday 28 February, a very
special day as it happens, so we hope to see you all there.
Liz
Email: soh.lizreeve@gmail.com
Tel: 01302 313030
