Forge Timeline
…was servicing the boats at Spalding Port 1899 – The Dodd Family take ownership of the Forge 20th Century – 3 Generations of the Dodd Family worked the forge 1960′s…
…was servicing the boats at Spalding Port 1899 – The Dodd Family take ownership of the Forge 20th Century – 3 Generations of the Dodd Family worked the forge 1960′s…
…Memories 3 Generation of The Dodd family Blacksmithing Geoff Dodd’s memories of life around the Forge Geoff War Flower Parade Construction Social Changes and Parade Tour of the Forge Day…
…Robert Dodd shoeing a horse Geoff Dodd shoeing a horse in the early 1950’s Geoff Dodd shoeing a Horse Renovation work at the…
…enthusiasm of all contributors. Geoff Dodd Talks about his life and times as a blacksmith and proprietor of the Chainbridge Forge. Blacksmithing and the Dodd family Construction of Floats…
…Mr Dodd’s son, Geoff Dodd’s father, reportedly fetched the fish for Frank Knipe from the railway station in a little hand cart for a 1/2d or a 1d a day…
…3 Generation of The Dodd family Blacksmithing Geoff Dodd’s memories of life around the Forge Geoff War Flower Parade Construction Social Changes and Parade Tour of the Forge Day Books…
Geoff Dodd in this interview talks about his grandfather account books and explains their contents. He also talks about the changes in the type of work. https://www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/VN680020.mp3 https://www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/VN680021.mp3 These recordings…
…The Construction of Flower Parade Floats – Part 4 https://www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/VN680040.mp3 This series of interviews explain how Geoff Dodd and a team of others constructed Flower Parade Floats.This series of interviews…
A few photos from Robert BESTER’s collection marking the occasion 9 years ago when we formally opened Chain Bridge Forge as a museum. These photos show Geoff Dodd who used…
…known local blacksmith Geoff Dodd, using working drawings created by Dutchman Kees van Driel. It was fun to guess what the completed floats would be. Some resembled animals, others were…
In Geoff Dodd’s papers he had collected many of the Flower Parade programmes through the years. This website has decided to make them available. The initial programmes displayed are from…
…oral history given by Geoff Dodd and talks about beggars in the locality. if you would like to listen to the oral history or read the transcript click HERE Tramps…
Geoff Dodd with his WW1 Douglas motorcycle. Click on the link to read the article AOS D 0222 Spalding-relic-of-the-First-World-War…
Another gem from Geoff Dodd’s Archive. The booklet list the businesses in Spalding and Mrs Tointon memories in I guess early 1900’s. The link takes you to the Memories of…
…in WW 2. The thing that interested me about this photograph was it illustrated the memory of Geoff Dodd talking about the abattoir in Laws Yard behind the High St….
…a tall boat came through. One of the blacksmiths from Dodd’s smithy would come and wind it across by hand with a large handle . As kids we would try…
…have a new barrier at the front of the Forge. The barrier will depict the work of the Forge and the last Blacksmith who owned the Forge Geoff Dodd. It…
…swing bridge was operated by a handle which was kept in Chain Bridge Forge. George Robert Dodd was the Harbour Master after Mr Turner and was paid £5/year and every…
These photographs are from Geoff Dodd’s archive. Does anyone have any memories of G M Follin? Were they the egg merchant in the High St? …
…work and dedication is depicted in this interpretation, which illustrates her taking part in demonstrations at Springfield’s, as a young girl. Geoff Dodd– Float constructor This interpretation was…