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Newspaper article from Melton Times: 'Licence-fee threat to village's big day'.

Article from Melton Times, Thursday August 31 2000 'Old Dalby celebrates: Thousands raised in Millennium event but… Theft of charity cash ruins happy day'. Donations totalling more than £100, intended for Romanian orphans, were stolen from the…

A follow-up article in the Melton Times on the 15th Old Dalby Day, dated Thursday Sptember 3 1998 'Fun day for all the family'. Pictured are owl breeder Lauren Hollingshead with nine-week-old Sweet Pea barn owl and wannabe heroes Scott Garthcote (7)…

An article from Melton Times, on the 15th Old Dalby Day 1998: '£6,000 boost for Old Dalby groups'. Pictured are children being entertained by Dave Kallos, 'Magic Balloon Man' and 'Stars and stripes' siblings Ryan (7), Jack (9) and Sean (4) Silverton,…

"Article from the Melton Times, on the first publicly announced 'Old Dalby Day' Bank Holiday weekend, August 1986. Denis Coath, from Central Television, opened the event and his wife judged the fancy dress. The winners of the 3 classes were Kate &…

Article from Melton Times for one of the first Old Dalby Fetes 1984/85, 'Old Dalby's Wild Bunch'! Pictured are children in fancy dress, sitting pretty in the stocks; Julie Stokes (6); Helen Rodgers (5); Louise Dixon (4); Meric Little (7) and Craig…

Article about the Old Dalby Music Hall performance, undated, with photo of the men in the act 'Full Monty'

Text and photo of villagers participating in a Music Hall event in 1999: Sarah Hendey, Stuart Endall, Andrew Bunney, Kevin Olivier, Paul Schorb, Ian Tewson, John Barnacle

Photo of members of the Coronation Club from 1950s including man on unicycle

Photo of Womens' Institute fancy dress party 1970s showing
June Ware
Mavis Bamford
Eva Howe
Jenny Barnett
Joyce Walker
Eunice Tyers
Dorothy Marshall
Val Anderson
June Bednall
Margaret Bairstow
Sue Hodson
Dorothy Orson
Nora Jepson