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• Diana and Harold Wells
  They lived in Beech House, Church Hill, Hollowell.
• Wedding of Lily & Jim Smith Easter 1947
  Lily and Jim Smith were Dorothy Smith's parents. Both worked at Creaton Hospital, which is where they met.
  
  Jim Smith's mother lived in Hollowell.
• Ena Smith's 90th Birthday
  Ena Smith lived at 6 Creaton Road. She was a stalwart of the church and always rang the bell, hence holding the bell-rope in the picture. She had lived in Hollowell from about the age of 2 and she and husband Jack ran the Red Lion ale house on Guilsborough Hill in the 1930s after her parents retired from running it.
  
  People in the picture, left to right:
  
  Mrs Wallace, Eva Davies (with Rev William Gibbs behind), , ???, ???,William and Vivian Hall, Hazel Grace (Ena's eldest daughter), Ena, George Grace, Joan Rowell, Kathleen Litchfield, Brs Brock, Diana Wells, Renee Bell, ???, Gill Brown.
  Front row: ???, Caroline Hall, ???.
  
  The second image is taken from the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, 31 October 1996. Included in the article are the words:
  
  "Mrs Smith was born in Northampton where her parents kept the Admiral Rodney pub, in The Drapery. She moved to Hollowell when she was aged about two when her parents took the licence of the Red Lion, then one of two pubs in the village. Mrs Smith went to the village school, married a local man and has been in the village ever since. Her daughter, Hazel, was among the congregation."
• Various Photos of the Hollowell May Queen
  There used to be festivities in the Village for May Day, with a May Queen, sometimes a procession through the village and a Village Fete.
  
  1, The May Queen in about 1989 - 1991. That year the May Quueen was Kate Lakie, with Katie Horne and Amy Leach.
  
  2. A second image from the same year. On the right-hand side of the first image is Judith Cook, who lived in Hillside Cottage, Guilsborough Hill and was a member of the village hall committee.
  
  3. The May Queen in about 1997.
  
  4,5. Two more images of the Hollowell May Queen, date unknown.
  
  6. The Hollowell May Queen from a different year, being taken through the village by horse and cart.
  
  7 From the same year as the previous image - in Hollowell Village Hall.
  
  8. The same year as the previous two images - a gathering in Church Hill.
• Grave of George G Leatherland
  Jane Burn writes:
  
  On October 5 2018 I went with my dad William Leatherland (grandson of Frank Leatherland of Hollowell) to visit the grave of his great uncle George Goodman Leatherland at Bagneux British Cemetary, Gezaincourt in France.
  
  It was a glorious and warm sunny day….such a contrast to the mud, chaos and horror of 100 years ago in the Somme.
• George G Leatherland
  Picture of George G Leatherland in military uniform.
  
  Gunner George Goodman Leatherland Royal Garrison Artillery, 74176
  
  George was born between April and June 1891 in Hollowell.
  His father was William, a master carpenter and farmer, his mother was Rebecca Goodman. He had three siblings, Frank, Lucy and Clement.
  When George left school he became a farm labourer and wagoner and continued to live with his parents.
  He enlisted in April 1916 was posted to France on 7th April 1916. He is named as being in the 141st. Heavy Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery.
  He died of appendicitis on 17th May 1918, aged 27, and his effects were returned to his parents.
  He is remembered in the Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt.
  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
  
  
  Sources: Birth index,1901 Census, 1911 Census - name misspelt as Gertrude, WW1 Medal rolls, Army service records - attestation papers, Soldiers who died in WW1, Records of G.,N.& H p157.
• Hollowell Morris Dancers in 1930s
  Back Row: Jack Letts, Kenneth Clarke, Ronald Laxton or Fox
  
  Front Row: Stanley Clarke, George Higgins (who taught the dancers), Steve Haynes.
• Hollowell children walking up Church Hill to school
  A photograph taken in the 1960s.
  
  Names from left to Right:
  
  ?, Joanna Bonsor, Julie Cross, Trish Hunter, ?, ?, ?, Kevin Leatherland, Janice Leatherland, ?
• Joseph Bounds
  A picture of Joseph Bounds who was killed in WW1.
  
  Email reply on Ancestry.co.uk to an enquiry as to the origin of the photo of Joseph Bounds.
  Aug 31 2018.
  
  "Hello Hamish and thank you for your enquiry. Joseph was the great uncle of my ex-wife, her mother is Irene Sylvia Hart (nee Bounds) and her father was Edward Harry, younger brother of Joseph. During my search for ancestry answers it seemed at times that all roads led to Hollowell for the Bounds connection and their side appear to have a collection of avid genealogists. I hope this is of some use to you. On a personal level I was interested in Joseph as an ex soldier myself because he died in 1917 and was buried in what we now call Iraq. Regards, Michael Wells."
• Bernard and Vera Lewis in front of their Farm cottage
  This is the cottage where Ian and Jill Brown now live.
• Hollowell Home Farm House Grandma Lewis & Auntie Cis.
  You can see looking up Guilsborough Hill that the next house is The Red Lion ale house, since pulled down.
  
  This is the Grandmother of Vera Lewis (maiden name).
  
  Below are notes on a visit by Vera, aged 98, to Jan and Crawford at Hillview, June 2018.
  
  Lewis is Vera’s maiden name. She was born in 1919 and lived in what is now Ian and Gill Brown’s cottage. Her parents had moved there in 1916. She had a brother Bernard who was nearly 4 years younger. Her grandfather, Tom Lewis, lived in the farmhouse where Mrs Parish subsequently lived, which is on the corner of Guilsborough Hill and Orchard Close. She described the cottage where she lived as being opposite the vicarage where Mr Leatherland lived, and we assume that is what is now called Beech House.
  
  In 1929 the Lewis family moved to Guilsborough. When Vera was 14 she returned to Hollowell as kitchen maid to the Renton sisters, who lived at Hollowell Manor. Their staff included, in addition to Vera, a cook (Hetty Stafford), a ladies maid, a housemaid and a butler (Mr Masters). The housemaid was Vera Shadlock who after she left aged 17 ish went into Nurse training at Northampton Hospital & eventually became a Matron. Vera Lewis stayed at Hollowell Manor for 3 years and then moved to Hazelbech Hill. She subsequently married and moved to West Haddon. Her first husband, Ted, lived in Rugby. Vera told us that prior to buying Hollowell Manor the Rentons lived in Guilsborough “at the top of Church Hill”.
  
  Vera mentioned Jack Leatherland (living at the vicarage, see above?) who had no children and Jan Leatherland who had sons Jim and Fred and some daughters. Vera also remembered Mr Haines, and my notes list Reg, Steven, Lily, Barbara and Margaret, living at “Litchfield’s Farm”.
  
  There were 4 Claridge children, one named Phylis, whose mother had died.
  There were about 20 in the class at the school. Miss violet Beatrice Florey was the school teacher, who lodged above the wood yard during the week.
  
  The village shop was run by Mrs Clifton and sold groceries. The Bonsors delivered milk. They had 4 farm horses and she remembers 3 of them were named Rupert (very patient), Prince and Pat.
  
  The vicar was Mr Ropel who lived with his wife and her sister, Miss Davis.
  
  Questions
  Borwicks Baking Powder?
  We don’t know Vera’s married name?
  “Harvest: brother Bill was first one to steer” – a different brother, or a Bonsor?