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Everyone is welcome to our next meeting.

When the Co-op did home delivery! In the first photo, the cart is standing in front of no 59 High Street (Bedlam Hall). Photos from the Group’s ‘John Wilson Collection.’

They certainly knew how to enjoy themselves in the 1920s! 90 people crammed into the W I Hut (situated on Willam Street behind ‘One Stop’), and not going home ‘til 2 am!

A summer’s picnic. I’ve colourised this early 20th century photo from our ‘John Wilson Collection’ for you. It may have been taken at Sudbrooke or Hackthorne.

A few of you may recognise some faces in this photo taken at Roses social club on William Street.

A new book to celebrate V E 80. ‘Saxilby’s War Effort 1939-45’. 42 pages and 40 photos taken at the time. Paperback £6. From M R Poole, High Street, Chapel Yard, & at our meetings. Ebook £3. From Amazon - amzn.to/4lLJ1zH £1 from each sale to the Royal British Legion.

Everyone is welcome to our next meeting. You don’t have to be a member.

Our ‘Saxilby’s War Effort’ display will be there.

Our information stands with a WWII theme will be on display in the church.

Just erected Saxilby History Group’s information boards at St Botolph’s ready for the V E Day Celebration tea, service, and bell ringing this evening. The boards will still be there for this weekend’s Open Churches Weekend.

I’ve colourised one of my favourite views from the Group’s ‘John Wilson Collection’. Dating from around 1910, the view shows ‘The Old Buffalo’, a former pub, but by this time a teetotal tearoom. With tennis courts, a croquet lawn, and boat hire, many flocked from Lincoln.

Saxilby High Street. This colourised photo was taken by John Wheatcroft Turner around 1910. On the left is the Primitive Methodist Chapel, now the location of the Fire Station. On the right, the block of shops now including Scrummies and Pooles is just being built.

History Group members had an excellent guided tour and a wander of the gardens at Doddington Hall yesterday.

The surrender of Japanese 80 years ago today marked the end of the Second World War.

I bet few people have looked closely at the 15th century roof of St Botolph’s, Saxilby above their heads. Whilst many of the roof bosses resemble flowers as in the first photo, the medieval carpenters have certainly shown their sense of humour. More in the following post.

Following on from my previous post, the roof bosses in the Daubney Chapel at St Botolph’s, Saxilby are more intriguing. The characters at either end, of which one could be a green man, are accompanied by what looks like heraldic symbols.

Odder is on the A57 between Burton Waters & Lincoln. This poem by poet Fred Dobson sums it up nicely. ‘Not much to be found, down at Odder, Except peace for a tired, sleepy nodder; Though a keen angler's wish, Might be answered with fish, Or an 'osse's, wi watter an' fodder!’

If it’s any consolation, this week’s flash flood isn’t the first time Saxilby High Street has looked like that. It reminded me of these memories in our collection from 1958.

Our regular monthly meetings are back this month on Tuesday 16th, 7.30 in Saxilby Village Hall. Please join us if you can. Everyone welcome!