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9 November 2025
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9 November 2025
On the last day of service I cycled from March to Spalding to photograph the final workings, 37167 on the Middleton Towers working caught me out near French Dro…
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9 November 2025
This undated postcard of some pupils of Clough and Risegate school probably dates from the early 1900s. Does anyone know who any of the pupils / teachers are? …
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9 November 2025
A great photo of West House, on Salem Street in Gosberton. Photo courtesy of Ivan Dennis…
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9 November 2025
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9 November 2025
I have posted this photo previously but that was some time ago. It was taken in 1948 at the Spalding Sugar Factory Lawn Bowling Greens. The factory team were pl…
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9 November 2025
As we approach Remembrance Sunday, this story of three brothers from the village in WW1 has to be told. We thank them all for their services and remember. I hav…
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9 November 2025
Here is a picture of Tysdale House, Tydd St Mary where the Kilhams lived. They were there from about 1842 for about 100 years. This photo shows the house about …
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11 May 2025
Well, we’ve just come out the other side of celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day, with lots of events running across South Holland District - and a lot of…
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4 March 2025
Are you directly involved in preserving and sharing history and heritage within South Holland District? Perhaps you run a history group, or a Facebook Page or G…
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4 March 2025
The Gosberton Heritage Project 2025, a joint venture between Gosberton and District Local History Society, Gosberton Parochial Church Council, and South Holland…
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26 October 2024
Advert from the early 1900's for Herbert Harmstone, complete house furnisher, of the Sheep Market, Spalding.…
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26 October 2024
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26 October 2024
RURAL LIFE A midday break for a group of Tulip pickers. Photo taken near Spalding in June 1941 …
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26 October 2024
NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH! Hutchessons were well known saddlers in the Gosberton area, right from Victorian times until the middle of the 20th century. They plied t…
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26 October 2024
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26 October 2024
Men working to position piles on the bank of a small channel during the construction of a bridge at RAF Holbeach in 1931 …
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26 October 2024
THE CLOUGH METHODIST CHAPELS IN 1935 Before 1935, there were two Methodist Chapels in Clough (wow! thats incredible for such a small community). One was Wesleya…
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