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Gainsborough, Market Street c.1955
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Photo ref: G145034
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Owing its rapid development to the Industrial Revolution, the town's streets and buildings tended to be functional rather than attractive. The closure after the Second World War of Marshalls, the tractor manufacturers, and Watsons, the boatbuilders, left a hole in employment opportunities and this street has become even more run-down. For Sale signs, fast food outlets, charity shops and bookmakers now dominate the town.

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A Selection of Memories from Gainsborough

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My First Appointment In Gainsborough.
I started my career in public health as Additional Sanitary Inspector in Gainsborough in 1947 at the magnificent salary of £390 per annum with a cycle allowance of £12. John Carter was the Chief and, apart from a Clerk,and the Medical Officer, the only other employee was a retired butcher who not only was the rat catcher,- but was required to carry out meat inspection at the slaughterhouse !! ...see more
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Added 07 April 2016

Publc Baths
my granddad ran the swimming /slipper /public baths his name was Talbot I learned to swim there as dad was an instructor. I went to the school across the road Any one who knows more get in touch thank you
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Clarke/Fisher Gainsborough/Corringham
My Grandmother, born Jesse Fisher in Corringham around the 1900s married Arthur Percy Clarke of Gainsborough and gave birth to my father Phillip Arthur Clarke in 1920. They lived in Church Road/Path? and then from 1930 Sandsfield Lane possibly no. 29. My Grandfather worked as a lathe opperator at Marshalls after the first war. I am visiting Corringham this week and would like to track ...see more
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Gainsborough
The Gainsborough today is not the Gainsborough of my youth. It was a busy market town with a very busy market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. A lot of farmers came into town on a Tuesday to take care of their business, a quick pint and haircut. While we never had a lot of the top shops you could get everything you wanted. Nobby Scotts was a treasure trove to us kids. We had two picture houses loads of pubs and ...see more
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