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Lincolnshire memories
Memories of High Street
This is a very significant picture to me although taken a good many years after we left high street for Mill Lane. My sister, Hilda and I were both born in one of the houses just beyond the white building, in our time that was the bakery, run by a Mr Wilson and family. (Hilda was born in 1918 and I in 1921.) The first house was Mr Arthur Burton's, then ours, Mr George White, after the archway was Mr Gideon Wilkinson. We moved to Mill Lane in 1936! On the opposite side of the road was the Primitive Methodist Church and the Manse. I remember Mr and Mrs Wacey when he was the Preacher then Mr Arthur and family took ...read more here
A memory of Donington contributed by Winnie Nowaknee White
Father's connection with the park
My father worked in the field that became Carters Park when Mr Carter gave it to the town. He was Cyril King and he was aged 13 at the time, having left school to work on the land. It is very moving as he died in 2003 and his ashes are now in the cemetery directly opposite the park. He eventually went on to farm down Crown Colony/Sluice Road Holbeach Marsh until his retirement.
A memory of Holbeach contributed by Anne Ford
Showler's of Dolphin Lane
What a lovely site this is. I didn't live in Boston but spent many happy years in the 60' and 70's staying with my Grandma, Doris Showler, who had owned the sweetshop 'Showler's' in Dolphin Lane since the 1930's and later carried on working in it when she sold it on and it became 'Cuthbert's'. It's the shop which is now the perfumerie. It seems that anyone who grew up in the area at that time visited the shop for their sweeties and, later, their ciggies! I'm currently writing a book about my past and would love to hear from anyone who has personal memories of the shop and my lovely gran. You can find me at www.hazelquinn.com ...read more here
A memory of Boston contributed by Hazel Quinn
Town of my great/grt. grandfather
My Great, great Grandfather--Thomas Garnham was married in this lovely church three days before the battle of Trafalgar in Oct---1805. He was described as a 'Sailmaker' at this time aged 24 years. He had connections to the 'Red-Cow' where is wife's parents lived and later was the landlord of the'Cross-Keys' which was eventually pulled down and replaced by what is now 'The New-England Hotel. I have searched for years for his place of birth with negative results. He died in 1841.
A memory of Boston contributed by gerald garnham
Extracts From Surfleet & Lincolnshire books
Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet’s church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses. The River Glen is just over the wall flowing towards the Wash, and the church pathways are prettily lined by many daffodils in springtime.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memoires".
Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet’s church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses. The River Glen is just over the wall flowing towards the Wash, and the church pathways are prettily lined by many daffodils in springtime.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memories".
This view was taken looking west, in the opposite direction to 72314. The chimneystacks of Lord Burley`s Hospital are an eye-catching feature along the south bank of the Welland. The Hospital, a set of almshouses founded in 1597 by William Cecil, owes much of its present appearance, including the chimneys, to alterations made in the 18th century. The building on the left with the mansard roof is now occupied by Pizza Express.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
The church of St John the Baptist stands
virtually on the other side of Red Lion Square from
All Saints’. St John’s is also in the Perpendicular
style, and dates from c1450 when it was rebuilt
by local merchants. Inside the nave carries an
impressive angel roof. Despite the widening of
the entrance into St John’s Street in the 1930s,
it is still a tight squeeze for pedestrians and
vehicles alongside the church, as we can see from
photograph. The lorry is parked
at the entrance to Red Lion Square, giving an
idea of what close neighbours St John’s and All
Saints are.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
The window boxes of the George Hotel are still
a feature today, and the range of buildings on the
right of the photograph continues to be used as
shops, now antiques and furnishings, although
previously they have included tailors, bakers and
grocers. On the sky line, mid-way between the tow-
ers of St Mary’s and St Michael’s, is the statue of
Justice on top of the prestigious Stamford Hotel.
The only real change today is that the brick building
just to the right of the two cars, which was home to
a butcher’s shop, was demolished in the early 1970s
to widen the entrance to Water Street.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".