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Winthorpe memories

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Nottinghamshire memories

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

Boyhood in Navenby

Navenby, High Street c1965

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

Growing Up

My father was employed as the farm foreman at Park Farm, Kettlethorpe for several years up until his death in 1960. We lived in the farmhouse down a lane about half a mile from the A57 main road. I went to school at Saxilby, my younger sisters to Newton on Trent. I must have been about 12 years old when we moved there and left at 18 when we had to leave our tied cottage on Dad's death and we moved to Fenton. Life was good on the farm for a growing lad, I had a dog and an air rifle and spent many hours "ratting" at night around the barns and stackyard. I had my cycle and used to roam ...read more here
A memory of Kettlethorpe contributed by brian williamson

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 Winthorpe & Nottinghamshire books

Winthorpe, Church 1890

The Church 1890. In this picture the ancient village church looks brand new; it was. The Reverend Edward Hadley had All Saints completely rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid for it himself.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".

Branston, the Church c1955

The village lost its medieval church to bombs in World War II and has expanded much since the War, partly due to Lincoln’s proximity and partly to the RAF. In this view we look past the Horse and Jockey pub towards the south of the village; the church is beyond the high tree on the left.
An extract from from"Lincoln Pocket Album".

Waddington, High Street c1960

The village lost its medieval church to bombs in World War II and has expanded much since the War, partly due to Lincoln’s proximity and partly to the RAF. In this view we look past the Horse and Jockey pub towards the south of the village; the church is beyond the high tree on the left.
An extract from from"Lincoln Pocket Album".

Waddington, High Street c1960

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge. Consequently much of the village is built of the local oolitic limestone, which gives it a coherent character. This view looks north along the High Street.
An extract from from"Lincoln Pocket Album".

Doddington, Church 1906

Doddington receives many visitors, for Doddington Hall, although privately owned, is often open to the public. Immediately north-east of the Hall is St Peter’s Church, almost entirely rebuilt in the 1770s by Thomas Lumby in partly scholarly Gothic, although a cheery Strawberry Hill Gothick breaks out here and there, particularly in the west tower.
An extract from from"Lincoln Pocket Album".