KIRBY SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT

As part of our long-term social history project, in time involving all three villages, Kirby has recently completed its first stage. Eight Kirby members have visited all the households in the central part of the village, to explain the nature of the project and to seek information and support from residents.

We plan to trace the social, economic and cultural development of Kirby, using archaeological evidence, architecture, written records and people’s memories. We are keen to encourage as many as possible to be part of this process. The response to date has been extremely positive. Over a period of time the results will be published on the society web site.

The next meeting will be a residents' research meeting on Tues. 14 Feb., 10 a.m. in the Flintoff Room at Kirkby Church Hall, We hope that anyone who has any knowledge of Kirby, living in the village or not, will come along and fill in the gaps with us.

The First Bus in Great Broughton

Nicholas Patrick - Astronaut.

Nicholas was born in North Yorkshire in 1964 and lived at Prospect House, Kirkby until 1969, at which point his father moved to the US. Nicholas was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He eventually moved to the US, joined NASA and has become a US citizen.

He visited the UK from 22 to 24 November last year to receive an honorary Doctorate from Teesside University. He gave a number of very well-received talks to schools in the area and then, with his father Stewart, called to visit Prospect House at the invitation of Chris and Roy Parsonage, the current residents. They enjoyed looking round the house, which evoked a number of pleasant memories, and then posed for photographs. They were given a copy of "Where the Wainstones Stand" and we have heard since that Stewart found this particularly interesting.

Nicholas and Stewart Patrick at Prospect House