b'John Henry Quarton Newby (1924 - 2005)Above, Henry in 1934 on the far right in a school photograph with William Barton next to him, then Jim Sissons and Mr Rhodes.H enry Newby was born on August 9, 1924 at Lime Tree House Bishop Wilton. He attended the village school until leaving at the age of 14, when he started work as a butcher boy in York, cycling from Bishop Wilton each day. Henry joined the Air Cadets at Pocklington before joining the RAF, where he worked on the ground staff at airfields in Oxfordshire. During the Second World War he later transferred to the Army, based in Scotland, and worked as a dispatch rider. When Henry returned to Yorkshire after the war he worked for the Cooperative Society in York. He subsequently ran his own butchering business going around Bishop Wilton and other neighbouring villages. Later Henry went to work at Strensall Army Camp as a butcher, and through his work he enjoyed several visits to the Isle of Man. After his retirement, Henry continued to be an active member of the Royal British Legion. He was always a strong supporter of both the Bishop Wilton Show and St Ediths Church.Henry was a keen supporter of the Local History Group. As well as attending meetings and exhibitions he was always on hand to reminisce. He had an excellent memory for past events in his own life as well as for stories which had been passed on by his family.When he discovered that Kate Pratt was researching village policemen he uncovered an old West Riding police truncheon in his possession and happily posed for theHenry in December, 2004accompanying photograph.Numerous articles in our bulletins have benefitted from his assistance and some have even been initiated by him, like the one on Streetlamps in Bulletin 12.His familiar figure will be much missed from the village scene.BULLETIN 13 233'