Presentation Horseshoe
A locally-made horseshoe bearing the name of South Holland District Council Leader Gary Porter has taken pride of place on the walls of Oakham Castle,
A locally-made horseshoe bearing the name of South Holland District Council Leader Gary Porter has taken pride of place on the walls of Oakham Castle,
With the opening of the £27,000 pumping station near Brotherhouse Bar, the drainage of the Crowland and Cowbit Washes is now complete. In the days
I was asked a question about Beggars Lane in Weston but I have lost the link to the source. So I hope this information helps.
Memories Rex Stanley Pitts was born in 1930 in Doncaster, the only child of Hilda and Stan Pitts and spent the first few months of
Appeal for information on South Holand’s Secret Army in conjunction with Lincolnshire Free Press The British Resistance Archive, the online resource researched and compiled by
The 20th Century is the age of motoring and in south Lincolnshire the internal combustion engine has been a major factor in transforming the lives
Extracts taken from Spalding Guardian 21st March 1997 (click on images to enlarge) Â FRIDAY. 21 March1947 – and news breaks that the unthinkable. The unhoped
Reference Number Doc Number Title Year Publication Author MIS1 cbf445 Absolute Surrender Joseph Rose, Thomas Rose and John Rose to William Rose 1850 MIS2
As part of our Heritage Weekend offering we thought we would take our Portable Forge out to Bicker Steam Fair. Why not come and join
Hi All, the Forge is open today from 11 till 15.00. We have a lot on offer, Will our Blacksmith doing demonstrations and tasters so
This extract comes from “Historic Spalding” by Graham C H Smith in 1966 and records his knowledge at this time. This chapel, dedicated to St.
This is the fourth extracts taken from the book, Spalding in the Sixties and Seventies (1860 & 70’s) by F Ridlington. The miller used to
I thought in this year of WW1 remembrance we should not forget the brave souls that lost their life in service to the country. The
The White Lion in the High St. The pub closed and then became a pizza-italian restaurant and bar called The Courtyard during the mid 1980’s.
During May 1643 information owe from Crowland that Captain Welbie, described as a pernicious and desperate malignant against King and Parliament, and a mischievour mover
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
Letter written to the editor of The Standard. As follows: The Standard (London): Friday, October 14, 1887; Issue 19737 Sir, – Hearing there are many
In this photo we see the barge “Agriculture” moored in front of the offices of Birch & Son next to the Cley Hall, High Street
Here at Chain Bridge Forge we have revived the Blacksmith’s craft within its original setting, and created a Living Forge. Both on site and online,
This old photo is of Donington Grammar School, now Thomas Cowley High. The school was founded in 1719 by Thomas Cowley, a landowner who established