This year’s Gaddesby Gallop will be held on Saturday 14th December. More details nearer the time but it will probably start at 11:00 from the field opposite the Cheney Arms. Entries on the day only from 0900 at Gaddesby Village Hall.
Keep up with news about the Gallop on our Facebook page . For more details visit the 2013 Gallop Web page
If you have any questions about the organisation of the event please email Lance at shaw.lance@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01664 840 550 or 07966 015 851
The Parish Council meeting on Monday 13th July 2020 will be held on Zoom from 1900. If you wish to participate, the meeting details are as follows:
Meeting ID: 846 615 6466
Password: 726872
(Hosted by John Simon – https:us04web.zoom.us/j/8466156466).
Alternatively contact the Clerk, Mrs Trudy Toon to express your interest.
For the agenda follow this link:- gaddesby.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Standard-agenda-converted-3.pdf
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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...I have in my possession an original watercolour of Gaddesby Hall painted by Alick Riley circa 1940. Note the third storey which was removed post WWII.
Although born in London, the Riley family of artists (father Jack and sons Harry and Alick) were descended from Rileys in Barsby and Ashby Folville and were regular visitors to 'The Bushes' at Gaddesby, then the home of my great-aunt Nellie 'Dot' (née Smith) and her husband, Arthur 'Hop' Baker.
Harry Riley was a well known commercial artist and cartoonist (for the Daily Sketch) who also presented and guested on BBC TV programs during the mid-20th century, but probably best recognised for his 'British Railways' posters used to advertise holiday destinations. Harry also painted a number of scenes of Gaddesby including Mill Farm, the brook and local farms. Unfortunately these were recently sold to private buyers, but I do have images of them.
Alick evacuated his two children to 'The Bushes' in 1940, where they lived for eighteen months, his son attending the local school.
1911/12 Membership Card for "Gaddesby and District Football Club" showing full fixture list and results of matches up to December 1911.
Annual membership fee was two shillings and the club seems to have faired reasonably well thus far with eight wins, five losses and two draws.
Assumed to have belonged to Thomas Jones, who was a 28 year-old servant working for Baron de Forest at Gaddesby Hall.
The next meeting of Gaddesby Parish Council will be held on Monday, 8th June 2020 commencing at 6.45pm.
The meeting will take place virtually via Zoom.
If you wish to participate, the meeting details are as follows:
Meeting ID: 788 6975 4099
Password: 4JyrYN
(Hosted by John Simon – https:us04web.zoom.us/j/78869754099)
Agenda is here - gaddesby.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Standard-agenda-converted-June.pdf
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The Parish Clerk is Trudy Toon, 7 Barrow Crescent, Gaddesby, LEICESTER LE7 4WA 01664 840490. Contact Trudy by email via gaddesbypc@hotmail.co.uk.
