Village Timeline item 25: 1971
Timeline item 25: 1971 - Lord Crawshaw, Chief Scout, opens the Scout Hut following a huge fundraising campaign by local residents
Old Dalby Village
Old Dalby Village Archive
22nd May 1971
Old Dalby Scouts
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Village Timeline item 24: 1969
Timeline item 24: 1969 - Following the opening of the new primary school in 1967, three residents - Ken Harris, Pete Towsey and Sean Anderson - purchase the old school for community purposes. It is used as a play group centre for many years
Old Dalby
Old Dalby Village Archive
1969
C Radburn
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Village Timeline item 23: 1968
Timeline item 23: 1968 - Old Dalby station closes to passengers. Croft Gardens and Hawthorn Close are built, bringing new young families into the village
Old Dalby
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1968
Ann McKenna
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Village Timeline item 22: 1961
Timeline item 22: 1961 - On 18 June, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh sleep over on the train at Old Dalby station. This becomes a regular occurrence for members of the Royal Household into the 1980s
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18th June 1961
Ben Brooksbank
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Village Timeline item 21: c.1957
Timeline item 21: c1957 - Major Blount, C J Phillips's nephew and heir, vacates the hall. The estate is divided into lots and sold, thus ending 780 years of the Manor of Old Dalby
John Bairstow
Old Dalby Digital Archive
c.1957
John Bairstow
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Village Timeline item 20: 1952
Timeline item 20: 1952 - Construction begins on the Queensway houses; they are named to mark the Queen’s coronation on 2 June 1953
Margaret Bairstow
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1952
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
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1939-45
Tony Postle
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Village Timeline item 18: c.1935
Timeline item 18: c1935 - Thomas Henry Fisher, the illustrator of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories, settles in the village
Illustrated Leicester Chronicle 31 January 1953
Old Dalby Village Archive
c.1935
Old Dalby
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Village Timeline item 17: 1931
Timeline item 17: 1931 - Eva Howe (1914-1991) is a pupil-teacher at the old school. She lives in Old Dalby all her life, attending the school as a child and teaching here until retirement
Ann McKenna
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1931
Ann McKenna
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Village timeline item 16: 1914-1918
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
Margaret Bairstow
Old Dalby Digital Archive
1914-1918
Margaret Bairstow
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