Rodney Sadd writes - Perhaps this photo is out of town to be classed as a true aspect of Spalding, but it captures Paul Hart's tulip fields at the top of Little London Spalding where this little chap …
In reply to Jonty Bywater’s query of an engine at Travis and Arnold’s on West Bank Sutton Bridge, this may be the one
The first two photos taken in the 1920’s
The third and fourth after the fire tha…
Mark Dixon asked about Bakery and Confectionary business, run by Fred Dixon (my granduncle) and his son, in the early part of the 1900s up until the 1940s or beyond. They may have had a shop in Long S…
Forgotten Occupations
The "knocker upper" was a common sight in Britain, particularly in the northern mill towns, where people worked shifts, or in London where dockers kept unusual hours, ruled as…
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall, London on 28 January 1807 by Frederick Albert Winsor. Less than two years later, on 31 December 1813, the Westminster Bridge wa…
The earliest reference I can find is from Stamford Mercury in November 1770 where it was written - Whereas a Gelding was left, on the 15th day of August last, with a saddle, bridle and pad, at the hou…
