Normanton, Lincolnshire

John and Elizabeth Footit

I visited Carlton Scroop with my grandmother, Elizaberth Footit. Her sister was Rose Helena West, they were all born in Hough on the Hill. Harrold Footit whose memorial is in the church was my great cousin. Elizabeth was born in 1875, John in 1873. The West and Footit families all came from Hough. I have photos of Elizabeth and John in... [more]

Brandon, Lincolnshire

If anyone has any memories of Brandon, please post them here, or contact me on 07941-832298 if you have any old photos of Brandon (you can't post them on to this website). Thanks.

The owner of Culverthorpe

Please contact me on 07956522484 if you want any memories.

My ancestors

Although I did not live there, my father's great grandmother Ann Puttergill lived for about sixty of her eighty years there. She married a Richard Puttergill who was born in Brant Broughton about 1840. His parents were the village carpenters and he carried on the family business, eventually qualifying as a master carpenter. He died in Brant Broughton around 1875.
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Red Lion pub/High Street life

My grandparents lived in Brant Broughton in the cottage next to the "Old Red Lion". I remember the farrier shoeing the horses, the cows going home to be milked at the dairy and then watching them being milked. Water came from the pump in the communal yard, the toilet was a wooden hut in the allotment with 2 holes - one... [more]

Wedding at Belton

My Grandparents Percy Clarke and Dorothy Flowers were married in this church in 1923.  My Great Grandfather Henry Clarke was bailiff to Lord Brownlow for 48 years and my other Great Grandfather Thomas Flowers had been Coachman to his lordship since 1876, retiring in 1922.  Lord Brownlow attended the wedding and provided the bouquets and other flowers from Belton's nursery.  Over... [more]

School Swimming Lessons

It was here that I and many of my school friends learned to swim, around about the time this photograph was taken. The water was always cold and the shape of the pool made length swimming impossible. Summer holidays were spent here too, sometimes it was so crowded little piles of clothes could be found all over the grass... [more]