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Binbrook| Ludford| North Thoresby| Louth| North Coates
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A Village History
So many memories.....so village 'elders' got together to document their memories lest they be lost forever. The result is a book of 120 pages and 300 photographs of people, places and events. A unique record of which only a few copies remain unsold.
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US AIRMEN AT LOUTH 1957-59
I remember Louth back in the day, a day, as a young black airman from Maryland, it was nice dine, dance, and hang out in Louth. We used to stand in front of the teashop and sing with the local boys. I wish I could remember the names. All I know is one was Jimmy and another we called 'Teddy boy'. We came out of East Kirkby Air Base. Part of my family is still in Louth. My last visit the town is number one in my book. Send me a e-mail If you want to know more. L."LORENZO" LLOYD, lloydedgwd@aol.com
Family History
My Panton ancestors lived in Welton Le Wold or thereabouts in the 19th century. There were two Panton families in the village, probably related but I have not established a connection. The earliest record I have is of Robert Panton (1809 to 1876] A family historian in America has a record of a Sussanah Panton b1776 in Welton Le Wold. The owner of this information requests privacy so I have not been able to find out more.
Binbrook School Days
I attended Binbrook Church of England Primary School from 1952 to 1959. In this time I was in Mrs Lamming's class first, moving to Mrs Wilky, Mrs Foster's (nee Miss Walton), Mrs Sharpe's, Mr Holgarth and not forgetting the really scary head master Mr Alfred Gordon. Most memorable things were the May Queen coronation and playing foot ball among the cow pats on the school field.
Binbrook, The Holiday And Life.
Onwards and upwards through the years, I had an aunty and grandmother who lived there. Ending up at No2 Mount pleasant after living in Low Lane. Lilly and Bill Stone, parents of my mother Jaqueline Stone (now Stevens). Lucy Traves was my aunt. I used to remember Billy Saville, Brigadier Clarke and the famous Oscar Cooke, the chippy, broken crisps and Dandelion and Burdock, shrimping in the beck and most of all the old cottages at Low Lane. My passion was watching the Lightnings, javelins and visiting airforces mostly German F104s trying to out manoeuvre each other against the Lincolnshire skies; fond memories of a time gone by. Bill was a fisherman and often went away for long periods of time returning to Binbrook after meeting him at the dock, with soap, ciggies and fish, his talent was baking bread as he was a cook on Ross Revenge and Jaguar which made a record catch. The treat would be a fish and chip lunch at Riby Square, the one with the piano... Read more
My Friend Betty Avis
Many years ago when I was a young girl not long out of school, I started work in Grimsby along with Betty Avis who lived in Binbrook and travelled into work every day on the bus. I remember her very well and still see her with her headscarf on when she came to work. he and I became goood friends and she invited me over to her parents' home several times during that time. Her dad would always pick some of his beautiful flowers from their garden to take home to my nother.
She married an airman whose name was Alastair from Scotland. He was a very nice young man. When he got demobbed they went to live in Inverness. I seem to remember that he used to work at the Post Office in Inverness before joining the airforce. I don't know if he ever went back to that job and we lost touch wih each other as I couldn't remember their surname. At that time my name... Read more
Memories of Binbrook
I lived at Binbrook for a year or so around 1955. My father was in the RAF and we lived "on camp" at what was then 46 OMQ, RAF Binbrook. I passed my Eleven Plus at Binrook School (deputy head was a Mr Hogarth and I think the head was Wilson?) and went on to De Aston GRAMMAR school at Market Rasen. I understand that it is now a Comprehensive School. When my father went to the Far East in 1956 I transferred to a boarding school in Kent, where I now live.
The village photo of the shop "Oscar Cook" is so familiar to me as we regularly shopped there in the middle 50s
