Friends of Wrawby School | Help Tracing Ancestors | Before The Mill Rescue 
Although there were some new faces at the last Friends meeting, there doesn't look as though there will be enough support for the Friends to continue. They have decided therefore to give all the children of Wrawby School an end of term treat with a FREE DISCO! The Friends have booked Wrawby Village Hall for the evening of Friday 16th July for a disco for any children who currently attend Wrawby School. It will start with a disco and games for all Key Stage 1 children from 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm. Then from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm there will a disco for all the Key Stage 2 children. There will be food for all the children provided by The Deli and The Diner, and a small bag of sweets too.
Every one of the Friends would like to say thank-you to everyone who has given their support over the last few years, whether through donating clothes etc for the Bags 2 school collections, through supplying cakes for the very popular cake raffles, or just sending in some money each week to buy a raffle ticket and everyone who has supported anything else the Friends have done. It would be appreciated if parents would let any of the Friends know if your children would like to attend (parents are welcome to stay and watch if they prefer). Please give Debbie Clark a call on 01652 678768.
The following request has been sent to the Newsletter by a lady trying to trace her ancestors.
"I'm searching for my ancestors who were married in Wrawby two hundred years ago on 15th May 1810. Their names were Mary Allinson born about 1790 and Aaron (or Aarron) Dales born about 1783. They had several children, one of whom was my great great grandmother, Elizabeth Dales. However, they do not appear on the 1841 census and their trail disappears. I should be very grateful if anyone in the village is able to provide any further information as I understand that there were only approximately two hundred people in the village at the time."
If anyone has any information would they please forward it by e-mail to
Continuing with the historical theme the editors have also received a copy of the following article from "The British Baker" (1st September 1961) about Wrawby windmill.
Fight to Save Ruined Windmill - Local Farmer Offers £100 Donation
Mr Walter John Andrew, one of the country's few remaining windmillers, now retired, stood in the shadow of the condemned Wrawby windmill, where he started work as a 14 year old boy and told a reporter: "It would be a shame for the old mill to go. I would like it to be preserved". But the mill, at Wrawby, near Brigg (Lincs), a county which once had more windmills than any other, may be demolished. It stands on a gently sloping hillside from which can be seen Lincoln Cathedral, 25 miles away, and is a well-known landmark. An official of Lincolnshire Local History Society said: "We are hoping it will be possible to preserve the mill as it is a rare type. But the Ministry of Works and Lindsey County Council have said they cannot help with grants" But local farmers however, may help. Captain Jeremy Elwes, who farms at Elsham, near Brigg, has offered to make a £100 donation in memory of his grandmother, Lady Winefride Elwes, who used to have flour ground at the mill about 50 years ago. The mill was bought by Mr. Andrew's family in 1886, but was sold a few years ago. It worked right up to the early party of the war, when there was an accident and it was damaged. After that, an oil engine was used.
The article was discovered by a lady in the course of her research into old domestic and trade bakery and confectionery recipes. She asks that if any readers have any recipes they would like to share, she would be delighted to receive them. Any such recipes should be forwarded by e-mail to
