At the present time we are trying to locate sources of information about Laxton - collections of photographs, accounts of life in Laxton, teaching materials about the village, letters, receipts etc. We are drawing up a directory of sources of information about the village. If you have anything to add, please let us know at history@openfield.org.uk  Thank you.

We are also interested in people who have lived in the houses in Laxton in the past and in the changes to the names of various fields, strips, sykes etc. in the open fields. If you have information about any of these or other Laxton related items, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

We meet on the third Wednesday of the month in Laxton Village Hall at 7.30pm unless otherwise advertised. All welcome. £2 per person including refreshments.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 16th June 2010 when we shall be enjoying the company of Phil and Pam Judkins speaking about Wakefield Historical Society's Richard, Duke of York Funeral Procession, which is stopping at Tuxford on 24th July and coming for a walk round Laxton earlier that day. We will also be discussing how to proceed to spend our new grant!

In July we will be meeting in Laxton Church, where we will hear a short presentation on the history of the church and have an opportunity to see some of the 'hard to spot' features through close up photographs. We are also having a short presentation about the Victoria County Histories project on Nottinghamshire.

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British Pathé Nottinghamshire Project

British Pathé have recently contacted us about the project they are undertaking to place films relating to Nottinghamshire on the Internet. Thus far they have identified 75 reels of film relating to the county and have written to Historical Societies to ask for the help of their members in identifying individual places within the films.