Mike George the early years in Spalding
…on Cowbit and Crowland washes broke up and got jammed under High Bridge. My father reckoned he drove one of the last vehicles into Spalding as the flood waters started…
…on Cowbit and Crowland washes broke up and got jammed under High Bridge. My father reckoned he drove one of the last vehicles into Spalding as the flood waters started…
…houses are in the High St on the river east bank. A number of early early warehouses can be seen on the West Bank in Double St In 1802 more…
…Lincolnshire 22nd October 2009 Spalding UK by Motor Bike 2010 SPALDING BUS STATION 12 NOV 2011 PART3 Spalding Flower Parade/Festival 2012 Spalding Flower Parade 2013 Springfields Garden Centre, Spalding –…
…22nd October 2009 Spalding UK by Motor Bike 2010 SPALDING BUS STATION 12 NOV 2011 PART3 Spalding Flower Parade/Festival 2012 Spalding Flower Parade 2013 Springfields Garden Centre, Spalding – archive…
…were often called ‘stranger stones’ as it was believed that the little folk danced upon them. Furthermore, in keeping with general faerie lore, folks would leave offerings on these stones,…
…High St 1915 G F Birch Offices in The High St 1930’s The site of Birch’s Mill now occupied by Rookes G F Birch Birch’s Black Barn or Granary on…
…Street & Albion Street. The old fire station is visible at this junction. Note all the open land behind the High Street click here for other photographs including the High…
…at W. Grooms Sawmill behind Plowman’s Flour Mill in High Street from 1954 and cycled home past the forge every day until the new Sawmill was built on West Marsh…
Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday, September 20, 1883; Issue 7868. The Rev. J. T. Dove, vicar of Cowbit, and a magistrate on the Spalding Bench, was fined 1s. and costs at…
…Although the biggest and most colourful windows are at the East and West ends of the church, the oldest stained-glass windows are at 11 near the vestry, and at 13….
…have been lost in 1216 whilst being transported west from Bishop’s Lynn, now King’s Lynn, in the extensive marshlands referred to as Cross Keys Wash. Today, in this largely reclaimed…
…responsible for an interest in the drama which has developed with the years and is still acute. The shows usually included “Pepper’s Ghost”, the fat women (who graciously shook hands…
…objections against the appeal and who supported Captain Welbie. The Spalding men were taken to Crowland and imprisoned and denied opportunity to pray. This state of affairs continued for three…
…and a brother walked to Pinchbeck Station and caught the first train to Spalding. l have still by me the ticket the first issued at Pinchbeck. The cost was twopence….
…the most disastrous fire which Spalding had experienced for many years. Damage costing around £3,000 was caused to premises belonging to Messrs G F Birch & Sons, of High Street,…
…Ayscoughfee to Maurice Johnson, of Spalding, the father of Maurice Johnson, the famous antiquary, and founder of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society, who also owned and occupied the Hall. The last-mentioned…
…Parish of Weston, about three miles north-east of Spalding, is the most westerly of all the settlements east of the River Welland (“West town” or “tune” — Weston). It consists…
Halmer Grange stood on the site of what is now the High School. It was said to have been one of Spalding’s oldest buildings. Through its lifetime, it had never…
The building of G.W Plowman & Son Ltd who were listed as corn & cake merchants, High Street, Spalding. Outside is one of Plowman’s drivers with his delivery truck. Click…
This photo, taken in 1950 is of The White Lion Hotel which was at 5 High Street, Spalding. This was a Soames Brewery pub that was sold to Steward &…
