The "Famine Door" at Ratcliffe College where the people of Sileby went to receive food. (photo by Phil Walker)

The door into the old church at Ratcliffe College - it is now the library. This was the entrance that the people of Sileby used as it saved them having to go through the school. (photo by Phil Walker)

The former St. Alban's Church with the bell clearly visible.

This plaque was in St. Alban's. The person commemorated is a mystery. He also appears on the Barrow War Memorial, but was not from the area. Ralph Bowles carried out extensive research on the people listed on the Barrow War Memorial and learned that this young man was from Kent. His connection with the village is not known. (photo by Phil Walker)

The "Famine Door" at Ratcliffe College where the people of Sileby went to receive food. (photo by Phil Walker)

SAM DERBY (1860 - 1940) He played the organ and was responsible for the Music at St. Alban's for fifty years. He was also bandmaster of the Barrow Silver Band, a position which he held from the age of seventeen. He was Veronica Brown's grandfather.

Extract from the Derby Mercury - 26th June 1839

St. Gregory's Church

A copy of the accounts for the church from 1877 - 1878. The original is in the diocesan archive.

Pat Collins' cousin's wedding on 23rd February 1957. Pat is one of the bridesmaids

Terry and Sheila Breed's wedding on 20th February 1954

The two documents above come from the archive of the Diocese of Birmingham. They seem to be a request for repository items for Barrow and Sileby and give some statistical information about the two parishes in 1856

A copy of the licence to solemnise marriages in the church. The original is in the diocesan archive.

A children's party from the 1950s. We know a few of the names - can you shed light on any of these angelic faces?

We are grateful to Phil Walker for providing us with these pictures of assorted Memorial Cards.