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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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26 October 2024
Nan & Grandad , Olive & Bill ran The Plough Inn . Pictured Left to Right are my dad Bill , younger  brother Les (Danny Ford to some) and far right Des. …
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26 October 2024
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26 October 2024
A group photo taken outside the old Wesleyan Chapel in Knight Street, Pinchbeck. Exact year unknown. From research I have found the following information.- The…
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26 October 2024
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26 October 2024
Located in Spalding, Lincolnshire The Savoy Cinema opened on 10th June, 1937 with Irene Dunne in “Theodora Goes Wild”. The seating capacity was 1,500, with 1,0…
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24 September 2024
Thought to be locally made sometime between the late 17th and early 18th century. Donations made were distributed between the poor and needy of the parish. Duri…
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23 September 2024
The Lady Chapel in the south aisle is now dedicated as a prayer corner. The evidence of fixing points show it was screened off from the rest of the Nave and use…
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23 September 2024
Placed in All Saints in 1719, it is allegedly based on a font in St James Piccadilly carved by Grinding Gibbons. Adam and Eve are represented either side of the…
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3 May 2024
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17 July 2022
A view along Double Street, Spalding in 1960. To the left is the back of the Corn Exchange (now the South Holland Centre). The Crane Inn (now The Poacher) is in…
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17 July 2022
1966 Tulip Parade. This is the Lowland Bulb Company float as it passes through the town towards High Bridge…
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18 November 2021
West Elloe Bridge SPALDING…the bridge was still operating this way during my childhood in the 50s..we lived right next to the bridge. Most ships l recall would …
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31 August 2021
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7 August 2021
According to a previous article on the Lincs To The Past website, Fulney Park Camp was recorded as being a dispersed German working camp. A later correction to …
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4 August 2021
The German POWs who died of influenza in or near Spalding were buried in a section of Spalding Cemetery (rows 98 - 100). Eichendorf, aged 49 Weutmann, aged 28 K…
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