Photo of former Army Depot
Photo of entrance to the former Old Dalby Army Depot
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1980s?
Tony Postle
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Photo of former Army Depot
Dr. Clark and Sister Skinner in the Welfare Centre of the former Army Depot
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1960s(?)
Tony Postle
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Black and White Photo
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Photos of Depot
Black and white photos of police and sergeants' messes at Depot in 1960s. Maureen's father, Insp. Samuel Kelly, is on the left in the top left photo
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1960s
Maureen Goodman
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Black and white photos
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Village Timeline item 28: 1998
Timeline item 28: 1998 - With the cold war over, the Ordnance Depot closes. A business park opens on the site; Belvoir Brewery, now The Alehouse, relocates here in 2007
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Village Archive
1998
Margaret Bairstow
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Village Timeline item 19: 1939 - 45
Timeline item 19: 1939-1945 - The Ordnance Depot opens in 1940 to support the Second World War effort. By 1942, over 2,000 military personnel and 1,700 civilians are based here. In 1943, a POW camp is established for Italian and German prisoners, some of whom work for local farmers.
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Village Archive
1939-45
Tony Postle
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Aerial photo
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Newspaper article on test rail crash July 1984
July 1984, Power News, the staff newspaper of the Central Electricity Generating Board. An article on CEGB's nuclear Flask development programme and the issue of Flask safety. The test rail crash, in the village of Old Dalby, was part of a £1.6m exercise in public reassurance, witnesses by VIPs, Mps, peers, trade unionists, and industrialists, policemen and protestors. It was also watched by millions of television viewers.
Power News
Old Dalby Digital Archive
July 1984
Hazel Kirk
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Newspaper article
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