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• Hollowell Steam Christmas Party.
  We think this was some time in the 1980s. Can you help us with any names?
• Hollowell Church Fete
  Held outside the entrance to the church. Date unknown.
• Hollowell May Queen from 3 different years - Help needed with names!
  1. the May Queen with Judith Cook on the far left.
  
  2. The horse and cart from the same year as number 1.
  
  3,4. Two images from a different year.
• Hollowell Steam Awards November 1989
  In the first image, from left to right:
  
  Alan Eaton, Rev William Gibbs, Judith Cook, Mike Jones (?).
• Hollowell Steam Awards 1986 or 7
  In the first Image:
  
  Back row from left to right:
  Robin Lewis, Alan Eaton, Alan Odell, Alan Mister, Judith Cook.
  
  Front row:
  Matthew Woodman, ---, William Gilbert, ---.
• Hollowell May Queen - Judging the Fancy Dress
  These pictures were taken in Hollowell Village Hall, date unknown. The children were taking part in the May Day Festivities.
• 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.
• WW1 Armistice Commemoration - A Beacon is Lit
  In November 2018 the country marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with a series of events.
  
  This is the beacon that was lit in the churchyard after the service.
• Armistice Display - Silhouette of a Soldier and Poppies outside the Church
  In November 2018 the country marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with a series of events.
  
  Outside the church was one of the silhouettes of a WW1 soldier that was lit at night and had a display of the "plastic" poppies in front.
• WW1 Armistice - 100 Years Commemoration in Hollowell Village Hall
  In November 2018 the country marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with a series of events.
  
  Jan and Crawford Craig and Viv Benjamin made a display of WW1 pictures and memorabilia in the Village Hall.
  
  1, 2 Some folders of images that was part of the display.
  
  3. Information about William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC.
  
  4-9. There were some display boards giving information about local men who served.
  
  10. This is a triangular bandage with pictures of all the different ways that the bandage can be used to strap up wounded colleagues.
  
  11. This was about some of the men who died in the First World War.
  
  12. A floral display supplied by Viv Benjamin.
  
  In Hollowell there was a small display in the Village Hall in the afternoon, with special reference to the men of Hollowell who died. Tea and biscuits provided. At 6pm there was a Special service of remembrance in the church. This included a dedication of the commemorative bench which was subsequently to be placed in the pocket park. Then at 7pm A beacon was lit in the churchyard and the Hollowell Church bell rang out, joining a peal of bells from churches across the nation.
  After this, there were refreshments in the village hall, another chance to see the display and get together with friends and neighbours.
  Poppies had been made from bits of plastic bottles et al by Viv Benjamin, Emily Curtis and others and Paul Charter had made a series of silhouettes of WW1 soldiers.
• WW1 Armistice Poppies and Silhouette of a Man at the Bus Stop
  In November 2018 the country marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with a series of events.
  
  Hollowell produced a display in the village hall and decorated the village bus stop. Paul Charter made a series of silhouettes of WW1 soldiers one of which was erected at the bus stop. Viv Benjamin and Emily Curtis made poppies out of plastic bottles to create the display shown in the planters by the bus stop.
  
  Here are 4 images of the bus stop.
• Display of Poppies in the Planter by the Hllowell Dome (Bus stop)
  November 2018. This display was to mark 100 years since the WW1 armistice.
• Hollowell Village Church Fête in 1967
  The Fête was held at Hollowell Manor then the home of Mrs Friedburger.
  
  The fête included some maypole dancing.