We took delivery of our new flyers today – a trip round the local libraries calls to ensure we’re #puttingosgodbyonethemap
Another trip to Northallerton’s North Yorkshire Archives
We went to collect the hard copies of the aerial photographs – they look great. Arriving at 10:20am, Jan and Shirley looked at a few odd documents and then loaded-up the microfiche to read the Barlby & Osgodby Parish Council
An interesting train journey to North Yorkshire Archives
Jan and Shirley went on an interesting train journey today. They went to North Yorkshire Archives in Northallerton to seek aerial photographs of Osgodby. On arrival, we had to explain we were Osgodby near Selby – not Osgodby Scarborough, Thirsk
The day the drones came to Osgodby
Shirley was feeling very excited today – drones were coming to Osgodby. About 30 people attended the Aerial Archaeology Workshop. Jon Kenny, Community Archaeologist, and Tony Hunt, Yorkshire Archaeology Mapping, ran the afternoon covering all aspects of aerial archaeology, taking
Our display at the Selby Abbey Living History day
We were on the road today – #puttingosgodbyonethemap. We had a display at the Selby Abbey Living History day. This is an annual event, and as a result of attending the networking meeting on 25 July at Selby District Council
Afternoon Tea for our guests
It was a busy day for us. It was the Afternoon Tea for our specially invited guests. About 40 people attended the event. Some folk had not seen each other for years, and others didn’t recognise folk. It was great
Networking in Selby
Jan and Shirley attended the “Celebrating Selby’s Heritage” workshop at Selby District Council offices. It was organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Selby District Council. It was great to listen to other HLF projects around the district. We came
A trip to Beverley
Jan, Mark, June, Dave, Karen, and Shirley visited the East Yorkshire Archives in Beverley. A big list of archives had been pre-ordered and awaited us on our arrival. A £10 fee for a photograph permit for the day was well
We’re expanding our social media presence
As well as our dedicated Facebook page OHHGroup, we opened a Twitter account @OsgodbyHeritage. Promoting our project is important as is the need to recruit new volunteers over the next two years. #puttingosgodbyonthemap
Let’s involve the “younger generation”
Exciting day today. We met with staff from the Selby College who are keen for students to be involved with the project, in particular design of a website, and photography and graphics design. We are keen to involve the “younger