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Louth, Eastgate c1955
Louth, Eastgate c1955 Ref: L305050
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 Louth, Mercer Row c1955 (ref: L305035) |
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. Posted: 29/06/2006 09:17 by Andrew Buxton |
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Year: 1947
Calceby ... my soul mate.
Calceby... I came to live here in 1947, not a country girl by birth, having lived in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, for the first fourteen years of my life. This hamlet was to become my home for the next three years, isolated and buried in the heart of the wolds. I came to know every part of the landscape, and walking very soon became my hobby. My interest in history became larger than life because here I was surrounded with evidence of a long forgotten past. The ruined St Andrews Church on the top of the hill was my playground, and most days I would spend my time exploring every nook and cranny, and under the turf surrounding the walls lay the inhabitants, what a wealth of stories they could have told me of the lives and deaths of this small and unobtrusive village. The Black Death was soon to come and desolate the population, leaving it ruined and abandoned. The once village now became a hamlet, and without its inhabitants the church was soon obsolete. Life did carry on but never returned to how it once had been. I only wish I could have learnt so much more of the history that surrounded Calceby while I lived there, my memories will always be with me, and I have returned a few times just to stand on the bridge and listen to the stream go by as I did as a child. I see my home is still there, and what's left of the ruins!! I have even seen a wonderful sunset once more, breathtaking in its entirety. Who could wish for more!! Last edited: 02/06/2008 10:10 by Barbara Johnson |
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 Saltfleet, view from Tobys Hill c1955 (ref: S479007) |
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! Posted: 30/07/2008 22:17 by Janice Edwards |
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Year: 1964
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 lovely and unchanged. dot a Posted: 29/11/2007 19:18 by Dorothy Atkinson |
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Year: 1860s
school house
I have been to visit the old school house in Maltby le Marsh which was a charity school, run by Cornelius Binks. He was my Great great great grandfather. I know somewhere out there there is a photograph of him with his wife and the children at the school, I would be very interested if anyone has a copy of this as I only have a photocopy kindly given to me by the present owner. Posted: 28/01/2008 21:58 by Lynne C |
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