Gosberton Clough
Gosberton Clough maps (2 available)
Map of Lincolnshire
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Gosberton Clough photos (none available)
We have no photos of Gosberton Clough,although these nearby locations do:Gosberton Clough books (14 available)
Lincoln Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Grimsby - A History and Celebration
Hardback
Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
Gosberton Clough memories
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Lincolnshire memories
Branston Hall Sanatorium
Invited to the Hall at turn of Year for a 'Cocktail-Party' as escort to a Nurse on Staff, the setting was magnificent and memorable! Moreover, the event and hospitality could not have been bettered for the lit exterior equalled the warmth of the interior....some of the old character of the building came alive that night!
Consequent to this, I returned to Branston Hall a few days later to see my Lady and a courtship developed making me travel seven miles as the crow flies from RAF Waddington, regularly, on foot! We married late 1959 and will celebrate 50 wonderful years in '2009' perhaps returning to that place and grounds we often think of fondly? Branston folk were always kind and ...read more here
A memory of Branston contributed by m cavanagh
The Hump
Just on the other side of the bridge you can see the footpath leading up and over a mound. This mound was built up in preparation for a projected relief road from the Midland Railway station to the Sheepmarket (on the other side of the Meadows). I remember playing around this hump - rolling down the side of it, and running through the pipe which went through the middle of it (where you could have a wonderful time playing with the echo!). The hump was removed in the 1960s after the A1 bypass was opened, and the whole "inner relief road" idea was, thankfully, scrapped!
A memory of Stamford contributed by John Riley
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
Topliss drapers 1882-1975
I wonder if anyone remembers Topliss, 16 Mercer Row? It was there until 1975 when it was taken over by Boyes. It was probably the last shop in Britain to have a "cash railway" for taking customers' payments to the cashier and returning the change. The money travelled in a hollow wooden ball, like a croquet ball cut in half. There is a photo on The Cash Railway Website. Cash ball systems were generally supreseded by overhead wire or pneumatic tube systems.
A memory of Louth contributed by Andrew Buxton
Extracts From Gosberton Clough & Lincolnshire books
A classic view of the Stamford skyline from the water meadows. From left to right, the four churches are All Saints’, St John’s, St Michael’s and St Mary’s. At the far side of the meadows stand the Bath Houses. These were founded by local surgeons in 1722, but were rebuilt a hundred years later. At times the river can spill out across the whole of the meadows, so that the residents of Bath Row are protected behind flood walls. On a sunny day, the meadows are still a magnet for townsfolk and visitors alike.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
One of the oldest surviving fragments in the town, this 12th-century arch now forms the entrance to St Mary’s Passage, a narrow path running down towards the meadows. The original building above the arch was replaced in the 16th century, going on to become the Packhorse Inn and later still the Queen’s Head. Nothing in this photograph has changed, even down to the whitewashed beam-ends just to the left of and above the archway.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
Although isolated fragments of Stamford’s 13th-century town walls can still be found around the town, often incorporated into later buildings, St Peter’s Gate bastion or angle tower is the only recognisable structure which survives today. St Peter’s Gate (demolished in 1770) stood a few yards further down the hill, near the end of Rutland Terrace.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
Maiden Lane appears more commercial today than in this view, which was taken from the gateway to St Michael’s churchyard. Many of the buildings on the left-hand side of the street are now run as shops, including two art galleries. The King’s Head, however, is still trading, but the building in the foreground with the open windows has been demolished to create a service entrance for shops on the High Street.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".
This photograph and 72302 (left) show the bustling main street of Stamford at a time when people could still safely share the road with the traffic of the day. The quaint shop in the foreground on the left has undergone some changes since this photograph was taken, and now has a concrete front. Just above the horse’s back is the narrow entrance to Cheyne Lane (S177062, page 24). On the right, Pinney & Sons, jewellers, had already been established on this site for over twenty years, although they were later to open a shop in Red Lion Square.
An extract from from"Stamford Town and City Memories".