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Grantham Town and City Memories
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Grantham Town and City Memories
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- 6 photos on Saltfleet appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Saltfleet
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Saltfleet memories
Read and share memories of Saltfleet and Lincolnshire inspired by Frith photos
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 ...read more here
Contributed by dorothy atkinson
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! ...read more here
Contributed by Janice Edwards
Lincolnshire memories
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! ...read more here
A memory of Saltfleet contributed by Janice Edwards
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 ...read more here
A memory of Saltfleet contributed by dorothy atkinson
Extracts From Saltfleet & Lincolnshire books
North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid seventeenth-century brick, which retains its original cross windows. It is said that Oliver Cromwell slept here after a Civil War skirmish at Winceby, so it would have to date from before the 1640s. The big tree has gone, and the outbuilding, whose steps can be seen at the left is now a single ruined wall.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Photographic Memories".
Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop. Saltfleet lies just behind the dunes, but is a remnant of the medieval town and port a little further east, long washed away by the sea. The brick tower windmill of 1770 and 1890 survives, minus its sails, and has been well-converted into a house.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Photographic Memories".
The lane just stops here, but not at the sea –beyond is an RAF bombing range. There are danger signs and red flags all over the place. Caravans are now in all the spare spaces, and the wooden huts (right) have been replaced by a modern brick building. The house on the left is in the process of being altered (2004), and the lean-to has already gone.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memoires".
The lane just stops here, but not at the sea –beyond is an RAF bombing range. There are danger signs and red flags all over the place. Caravans are now in all the spare spaces, and the wooden huts (right) have been replaced by a modern brick building. The house on the left is in the process of being altered (2004), and the lean-to has already gone.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memories".
There are now no shops on this corner. Traffords Stores (right) is now a house, and so is the General Stores (left), where both the window and door are bricked up. The Crown Inn is on the extreme right behind the trees.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memoires".