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Chain Bridge Bridge – Swing Bridge

The Bridge was outside Chain Bridge Forge. In the 1920s Mr George Dodd the blacksmith became the harbourmaster and he had the cranking handle in the Forge which fitted into a mechanism on the bridge a…

Mrs Rose Ann Smedley feeding Chickens

The elderly lady on this postcard circa 1910-1920 feeding chickens is believed to be Mrs Rose Ann Smedley of 9 Green Bank Crowland. She is listed on the 1911 census as a 72 year old widow living at En…

Pump Hill Gedney Drove End 1935

Pump Hill September 1935 posted from Gedney Drove End, Wisbech on 27th September to a Mrs L. E. Taylor, 12 Lambton Road, Hornsey Rise, London, N19. The message reads "Dear Aunt, many thanks for your l…

Picking Tulips

Picking Tulips. Thought to be around Pinchbeck. L-R Irene Patchet, Linda Patchet and Rose ?. thanks to Graham Moorfoot …

Locks Mill

Locks Mill near Little London Bridge.…

Views of Pinchbeck

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Monks House Comments- Elizabeth Robinson

I am interested in Monks House because of my research into Bromley House, Angel Row, Nottingham. I am happy to write about my interest in this building, but I have no personal memories. I am inte…

Monks House Comments — Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith - It was thought that the main part of the house was built from the stones brought up the Westlode from the monastery at the dissolution in the 1540s ( I found piles of carrved stonework…

Monks House sale in 1920

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George Furniss

There was a Memorial Dedication and Unveiling Ceremony for Pilot Officer George Furniss on Monday 27th September 2021 on a small, grassy area close to Two Plank Bridge in Spalding. The Stonemas…

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