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 ...
In November 1830 two young boatman James Tomlinson and James Munton were passing the Angel public-house in Double Street, Spalding when they made some observation to a man named Richard Cross. Richard ...
I would have loved to have known my Great Grandfather Captain John Henry Vine (1845-1923). What tales of the voyages he made during his life as a seafarer he could have told me. Maybe I inherited some ...
I have recently been in touch through my River Welland, Shipping & Mariners of Spalding book publishers with a lady who found out about her ancester in it and sent me these photos & obituary p ...
Masked by the foliage its difficult to make out the changes to river bank. The cottages are still there but the warehouse has gone. On the right side completed obscured by the tree but Birch's Mill ha ...
Lovely photo showing the barge called the Agriculture moored alongside the Black Barn or Granary. The barn no longer exists and was demolished to enable the widening of the High St in Spalding.
Pannel boatyard was located on the river bank close to West Elloe Bridge. Pannell‘s Boat Yard
In 1822. John Pannell. was landlord ofthe ‘Jolly Crispin‘ Inn. which was near Chain Bridge. and ...
