A couple of days after the summer solstice, the chosen five met to bring together ideas for the Osgodby Feast on 10 September. The first marker put down was the display of the research throughout the project in the main
It’s been a while…..
Well, after all the excitement of the Osgodby Dig, what have we been up to? We got involved in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the village, and did some research and put on a display in Barlby & Osgodby
Osgodby Dig – Week 2
Where did the week end go! Back on site on Tuesday and April showers did not stop the enthusiasm of the volunteers. It really is heartening to have the support of individuals from other local groups helping us., together with
Osgodby Dig – Week 1
Full of anticipation and excitement, the Osgodby Dig began on 5 April, with professional direction by Jon Kenny, Community Archaeologist. It was great to meet all the volunteers on site. The first job of the day was to put-up the
It’s time to get digging!
You can be excused for thinking we are about to give some Spring advice for your garden – but no – the Osgodby Dig is about to start! Jon Kenny our Community Archaeologist will be leading the dig in the
Using Maps for Local & Family History Workshop 20 March 2022
We were delighted to welcome back John Lee to give a talk on Using Maps for Local & Family History. It’s great that John lives locally and can relate his topics to the local area. We got off to a
Learning about Building Archaeology – 8 March 2022
It was our monthly meeting last night. We were pleased to welcome Janet and Jen to the meeting. We all introduced ourselves, and Jen had brought along a Guinness cake – which went down very well with the group! Mark
What’s occurin? – w/c 28 February 2022
The village has been without one of it’s social hubs The Wadkin Arms since it closed in November 2020, and after much rumour and speculation, Simon the new landlord, had sent a social media message that the pipes had had
A Trip to the Pub – 25 February 2022
Mark, Jan and Shirley had a trip to The Waddy at lunchtime – and not a drop of alcohol passed their lips. They met with Simon, the new landlord of the Waddy, to chat through doing some building archaeology surveying.
Upcoming Talk – Sunday 20 March
We are looking forward to John Lee returning to Osgodby after his very interesting talk on Knights Templar way back in 2019 to a large audience. At that talk, there was “controversy” and lots of loud debate about if Knights