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Junior exhibitors at the local Horticultural Show in 1966. Hazel and Ian Greaves (2nd/3rd left, front row)

Mr & Mrs Greaves (Ronald & Dorothy) at an event in the village hall, c1972.

Lucy Loseby (aunt to Hazel Kirk, nee Greaves) outside the family home, White Cottage, Chapel Lane, in the 1970s.

"""Article - Leicester Advertiser Friday December 30, 1960 on """"Our Towns and Villages"""" No.204, Old Dalby: """"A Beautifully Placed And Friendly Village"""". Images:
Rev. C.J.R Daybell (Vicar of Dalby & Nether Broughton) & Rev. C.N Daybell…

"Article - Leicester Advertiser Friday January 06, 1961 on ""Our Towns and Villages"" No.204, Old Dalby (Second Article): ""Three Free Schools - Strangers 2d a week"". Images:
Mr & Mrs Ian Young, Home Farm.
Mr Sep Raine.
Old Dalby Vicarage.
The…

Timeline item 16: 1914-1918 - Eleven village men are killed while serving in the First World War. A commemorative plaque is placed in the church; the parish presents all local soldiers with cups

Timeline item 05: 1543 - Andrew Noel buys the estate from the King after dissolution and builds his hall on former Knights Hospitaller land. He and his wife are buried in the parish church.

February 1970. First of a two-part feature on The Old Hall, written by Marion Freeman-Attwood. It looks into the history of Old Dalby and The Hall over the centuries.

March 1970. Second of a two-part feature on The Old Hall, written by Marion Freeman-Attwood. It looks into the history of Old Dalby and The Hall over the centuries.

Timeline item 26: 1984 - On 17 July, the stability of a nuclear flask is demonstrated in a simulated train crash at the Old Dalby test track. Also in 1984, the parish council purchases the old school and establishes the village hall committee to…