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Glorious Days in Saltfleet
Following on from my cousin Mick Packwood's memories of Saltfleet in the 1970s, I would like to add mine. Life there was pretty simple as I guess most places were during that period. Fishing was the main pastime during the day with the usual catch being eels. We did used to eat them once you managed to actually hold them and skin them. Grandad used to stew them in milk, but to be honest the only way I could get them down was with plenty of salt and vinegar. Another local delicacy was cockles and I remember walking what seemed miles across the salt flats with bucket and spade in hand to get to the cockle beds. We then used to dig our toes into the sand so we could actually feel the shells. We always had a full bucket so along with the eels and samphire grass we never went hungry. Entertainment was limited so while Nan and Grandad were in the best room of the Crown, Mick and... Read more
Saltfleet Fishing in The 1970s
Through the 1970s my grandad, Sam Stokes, had a caravan on Sea Lane on Sandyfields Site. I think the owner at the time was a Mrs. Shidell. I usually went with my cousin Nigel and we spent the days fishing for eels around Saltfleet. In the evenings we would go to the Crown Inn and my grandad would play dominoes with some of the locals. The amusement arcade was also popular at the top of Sea Lane, as was the Chippy on Sandyfields. As we got old enough to drink (legally!) we would go to the New Inn where I remember playing, over and over again, 'Baker Street' on the juke box. Usually, the first day of our stay would involve a trip to Mablethorpe to get our fishing licences, then to a nearby farm for a dozen broken eggs and to the butchers for some Lincolnshire sausage. When my grandad's caravan was considered too 'old' for the site a kind local who I believe was called Maurice offered him... Read more
Is This The Watch Tower
I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tall black object in the distance in this photo is the coastguard watch tower which was at the top of Sea Lane throught the war and into the sixties or seventies. My grandfather was an auxiliary coastguard at Saltfleet during the war before moving to Donna Nook. My sister and I spent many holidays with my grandparents in South Somercotes and for some reason the coastguard tower remains an abiding image for us but we have no pictures of it. When I returned to Saltfleet a few years ago after an abscence of nearly 30 years I was struck by how the once sandy beach has changed totally and is now green!
Home Farm
I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated at the Saltlfeet School on the main road & eventually continuing the small holding from his dad at Home Farm. He played football for Saltfleet as the goal keeper winning division 2 & runners up in a Lincolnshire cup in 1951. Photo's to follow.
My Grandad relayed stories to my Dad of barges bringing coal & other goods down the river Creek at the bottom of Pump Lane & being off loaded & stored in what was known as "Teddy's Barn", now a residential accomodation.
Pump Lane used to be the main road in Saltlfeet containing a storage warehouse, a bakery, a carpenter' shop with the local post box, a blacksmiths shop, a slaughter house, a police house, a pub called rThe Rodney, & then... Read more
Happy Days
my husband and i were tenants of the old hewitts brewery at the crown inn ror about two years in the sixties we had some marvellous characters as regulars the appleby brothers what jokers, herman the butcher len the baker jim the estate agent strum the plumber whacker from the garage and lots of caravanners from sheffield and nottingham mainly in the summer when business was really brisk salt fleetwas the terminus for applebys buses and the drivers would usually have a break at the crown before returning to grimsby i remember gerry derek arnold ted and tom all good fun fellas! we had some hectic times withe the darts team very good losers usually ! i loved the walks on the beach when the pub was closed we had dogs and they thoroughly enjoyed the freedom of there runs and when the sea lavender was out it was like a littlle bit if heaven. I,ve been back a few times and it seems just as... Read more
Lincolnshire memories
Growing up
North Somercotes played a large part in my growing up, I lived with my parents, sister and brother on the Lakeside Lido in St Annes Avenue, next to my friend Cherry Mayfield. I particularly remember when we both had chickenpox and our mothers ran a line through our bedroom windows so we could play noughts and crosses back and forth.
I went to the local primary school, and The John Birkbeck Secondry Modern School as it was called back then. Mr Aegeter was the headmaster at the time. I also remember Miss Vickers the PE teacher.
I have fond memories of our weekend bike rides through the countryside of North and South Somercotes, there would be a group of us, myself, Cherry, Jill, and Andrew Humberstone to mention a few, we would leave in the mornings with a picnic lunch and ride around untill late afternoon when it would be time to return home.
Since leaving the village and emigrating to Australia with my family I have... Read more
Wonderfl Memories of my Childhood
I was born in March 1947. I believe it was snowing heavily! My mother and father ran their butchers business in the village and my Uncle Don had a commercial painting and decorating business. My Aunty Gwen and Uncle Duncan lived opposite so I had some lovely cousins to play with, Peter, Stuart, Suzette and Pat McCaw. I have 2 brothers Gilbert and Philip and my sister Gillian who sadly died in 1997. I went to North Somercotes school and I have lasting memories of that time. I remember Miss Chappell who also taught my mum and aunts before me, she was also the church organist and our Sunday school teacher. We went to her house in Front Street (now Keeling Street) to rehearse for Sunday school anniverseries. I was a brownie and a girl guide and our Captain was Mrs Cartwright. What a great time we had - so much fun and so many experiences, from campfires to putting on annual concerts in the Church Hall (I think it... Read more
