Glentham, Main Street 1953
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Photo of Glentham, Main Street 1953

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Here there is a profusion of telegraph wires and power cables, but no TV aerials. Actually, several more things have disappeared, including the signpost, which has been replaced by much smaller signs that are partially covered by the hedge. No one seems to know when the chapel on the right was demolished; before it was demolished it was used by Mr Taylor for animal food storage. The Crown Inn and Restaurant (the white building to the left of the road) is still there, as are the other houses. This photograph looks towards Market Rasen.

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I grew up in Glentham, having lived there all my life until the age of 31 when I was driven out in January 2000. I buried my late father there in December 1991. My father had already buried my mother and his own parents, my grandparents there. My father had spent many years as a parish and district councillor there, being credited as the prime mover in establishing a village hall and mains sewerage in the village as ...see more