Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society

Hello All,

Joseph and Andy were working very hard yesterday for about 4 hours, filling in forms relating to funding and permissions. Last week we also sent 7 sponsorship letters to a mix of local authorities and commercial enterprises. Centrica promptly sent a very nice letter, which unfortunately was a rejection.  I will be sending a few more targeted sponsorship letters this week. Our aspirational start date of March next year is helping us to focus our efforts, as it's not very far away and we won't be able to start without a substantial sum in our account.

Hence if anyone would like to donate, now is the time. Please see the details on the Donations tab of our web site.

We also have a new member who is conducting research in the Warsop area regarding photos of the skeletons unearthed in 1951. We need these to help maintain the external interest in the project. If you do have any ideas as to their whereabouts please let us know.

We have also sourced some more documents from English Heritage regarding the excavation plans for St. Mary's Church, Cuckney by architects, Caroe and Partners (dated 1950 / 51). We will be purchasing these this week.

A lot of hours are being put in every day (yes, including weekends) and a lot of these are being put in by Joseph (so don't forget to thank him if you see him).

Finally, please remember that every gem of information revealed also means that about 10 dead ends have been  followed up and this is slow and painstaking work.