Navenby
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Boyhood in Navenby
This is the village where I was born and grew up. The first shop on the right was my Dad's, a Butcher. This was next to Welbourn's the baker. The other side of Tenters Lane was another Bakers, Marshall's.
The village school then was in Church Lane next to the church and the teachers were Miss True, Mr Wright, Miss Milner, and Mr Powley, the Head. I went to this school and so did my Dad. I believe Mr Powley taught him too.
Contributed by Graham Dawson
Lincolnshire memories
Boyhood in Navenby
This is the village where I was born and grew up. The first shop on the right was my Dad's, a Butcher. This was next to Welbourn's the baker. The other side of Tenters Lane was another Bakers, Marshall's.
The village school then was in Church Lane next to the church and the teachers were Miss True, Mr Wright, Miss Milner, and Mr Powley, the Head. I went to this school and so did my Dad. I believe Mr Powley taught him too.
A memory of Navenby contributed by Graham Dawson
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 for adults and a lower one for children. Not surprisingly, my grandmother was relocated to a new bungalow but when I went on a recent visit to Brant Broughton with my husband and children it looked as if it was in a time warp - it hadn't changed!
A memory of Brant Broughton contributed by Janet Sale
The Green Dragon Inn
Memories of my husband and I as managers of The Dragon in the early70s, our staff were Mary Lambert, Val Lovely (I think she has changed her name)and Pam Verges, and the lovely football players from Lincoln City, especially the Percy Freeman one, if you're all still out there I would love to hear from any old customers and friends.
Ann Browning
A memory of Lincoln contributed by ann browning
Extracts From Navenby & Lincolnshire books
South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line. Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west. There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place. Beyond the telephone box, still here, the shop was rebuilt recently, but otherwise there has been little change.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Pocket Album".
South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line. Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west. There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place. Beyond the telephone box, still here, the shop was rebuilt recently, but otherwise there has been little change.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Photographic Memories".
Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops. The Lion and Royal pub (left) is still there (Royal because of a royal visitor years ago), and the Co-op opposite is in a new stone-fronted building of 1996. The bus shelter has moved, but the red telephone box is still in use. In 2004 the Home Grown Cereals Authority awarded the Navenby bakers Pete and Mary Welbourn the first prize in the Tasty Baker Award scheme. Their shop (next to the Co-op) is now wheelchair-friendly, a very useful asset.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memoires".
Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops. The Lion and Royal pub (left) is still there (Royal because of a royal visitor years ago), and the Co-op opposite is in a new stone-fronted building of 1996. The bus shelter has moved, but the red telephone box is still in use. In 2004 the Home Grown Cereals Authority awarded the Navenby bakers Pete and Mary Welbourn the first prize in the Tasty Baker Award scheme. Their shop (next to the Co-op) is now wheelchair-friendly, a very useful asset.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memories".
This is another of the Lincolnshire churches built with the local limestone. It overlooks the Trent and Witham valley towards the Nottinghamshire border. The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down. The church has been modernised recently with the addition of a kitchen and toilets, very useful additions. The path between the hedge and the stone wall is named the Cat Walk.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memoires".