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…
…being spearheaded by Chain Bridge Forge and funded by £15,000 from the Arts Council to gather people’s memories of the parade. The parade was a major event on the town’s…
…in the region of £70,000 was completed. It won a commendation from the Stone Federation of Great Britain. Another ancient landmark in Crowland is Trinity Bridge – a triangular structure…
…demand for it. South Holland Heritage, which is part of Chain Bridge Forge, in Spalding, has secured £15,000 Arts Council funding for the multi-phased project, which aims to collate people’s…
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…old Blacksmith workshop and share your memories. So enjoy a sunny day and come and see us. Address: Chain Bridge Forge, High St., Spalding, Lincs. PE11 1TX Chain Bridge Forge…
…Church Street and Spalding Road. This was formerly the old Market House. It certainly stood very near to the Bridge, which crossed the river at this point High Cross Bridge…
Sadly today was the funeral of Alec Willson. Alec lived all his life in Spalding and during working as a volunteer at Chain Bridge Forge he recorded this oral history…
…did it? Comments: mid seventies used to pick strawberries just over two plank bridge and didn`t there used to be an…
…across the old bridge over the Westlode formerly known as Bark Row, on account of the quantity of bark stored at the side of the river which was used in…
…Iselham Cambridge, she died in 1625. He was a politician, and was knighted by James I on 23 July 1603. He was an investor in the Virginia company. The Irby…
…the Spalding to Bourne section of the line. Counter Drain got its name from the adjacent drain and the railway bridge which crossed it survives – cordoned off to keep…
…stores, cafes or bridge to provide the ladies with opportunities of gossip or to utilise their leisure. And no artificial silk stockings. Travellers could not obtain victuals and drink on…
…their way from Scotland and the North of England to markets in East Anglia and elsewhere. On the north side of the village where Saracen’s Head bridge is “the bridge…
…pumps. I like other boys, had many fatiguing tramps fetching water from some distant pump or pit. There was a pump with a trough attached in Bridge Street. Becoming a…
Chainbridge Forge have recorded interviews with local residents that vividly illustrate how Spalding has changed since the early 20th Century. Follow the links below to hear about major events such…
Joseph is being commissioned to create some public art in Spalding as part of the Transported programme. The pictures show Joseph scanning Chain Bridge Forge Blacksmith Will Pegram in a…
This week Chain Bridge Forge visited the University of Lincoln to give the students an experience of Blacksmithing. This was followed by evaluating the Virtual Blacksmithing system created by the…
This picture we believe shows a St George parade in the 1940’s. The picture above shows the back of the people in the parade which has just passed Chain Bridge…
…Click HERE Spalding Market Place with a location map. Click HERE Chain Bridge Forge tour- Click HERE Moulton Mill. Click HERE Inside Chain Bridge Forge. Click HERE St Mary &…
