Brixworth History Society

We have made a start interviewing a few older villagers to record their memories. Now we are ready to take it to a new level with the help of Northamptonshire ACRE and funding from the HLF.
We are looking for people with local stories to tell from the 1940s to the present day. We would particularly like to talk to people with memories of the Iron Ore quarries, working on the local railway and the Pychley Hunt.
We will need more volunteers to be trained in interview techniques and the use of the recording equipment. We also need volunteers to transcribe the recorded interviews. We plan to have a training session for volunteers in the next few weeks. This will probably last about five hours. At the moment we haven’t decided whether this will be in Brixworth or at the ACRE headquarters at Hunsbury Hill. We also need to decide whether people would prefer the course on a weekday or Saturday.
This is an exciting opportunity for us to build up an important picture of life which has changed rapidly. If you would like to take part or know more about this project please let me know or contact another member of the committee.

For those of us who are joining the Naseby Battlefield tour on June 20 you may find a preliminary visit to their web site below is very worthwhile enabling you to get a better understanding of the significance of the viewpoints when we get there although our guide will also explain the battle. Familiarising yourself before hand with a map of the area is also something I plan to do to make it easier to navigate from point to point. Some of you of course may just be planning to follow Heather. You do so at your own peril.

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The exhibition in the Brixworth Heritage Centre is open every Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm ( except the Brixworth Festival weekend 6/7 June) until 27 September.

If you haven’t already done so why not come and visit this charming building and see something of Brixworth’s Roman past.

Passing Times
The History of Brixworth Football Club.
By David West
Published by Brixworth History Society
£9.95

The author, Dave “Tasty” West is a lifelong Brixworth villager well known throughout the village and especially in football circles where older members still remember Dave’s own formidable abilities as a striker.

Dave has spent years in painstaking research to produce this history of his beloved club. He has consulted widely with football colleagues past and present as well as digging through the archives of local newspapers and official footballing records.

The result is a book of over 200 pages covering the whole history of the Brixworth Football Club from its formation in 1911 with its headquarters in the Coach and Horses through to the 2007/08 season. In between are detailed just about every fact and anecdote about the club that you could possibly want to know. The pages are liberally dotted with team photographs, as well as pictures of dozens of individual players accompanied by a brief biography. There are also details and plans of the various pitches used throughout the clubs history together with extracts from various Parish Council minutes when they considered what at the time were considered contentious issues such as whether the club should be allowed to use the Recreation Ground on a Sunday afternoon.

This book is well researched and written and makes an enjoyable read for anyone with any interest in football or local sport. It’s the sort of book that village football fans will want to keep handy for reference and to settle arguments (or start new ones) for years to come.

Copies can be obtained from the author on 01604 880194 or through Brixworth History Society (07725 432651) www.brixworthhistory.org . They can also be obtained through the Library. The price is £9.95 plus £2.00 p&p.