Our Blacksmith at the time was Edward Fisher and he used Jennings the ironmongers in Spalding. The attached little book is his account book with Jennings.
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A few photos from Robert BESTER’s collection marking the occasion 9 years ago when we formally opened Chain Bridge Forge as a museum. These photos show Geoff Dodd who used to own the Forge and is resp…
A Farrier makes and fits shoes to horses, a trade which was central to daily life before motorised transport. Properly shoeing horses is an important responsibility, as it prevents damage to horses’ h…
I have this photograph of the Wharf Street blacksmiths, with a Wheelwright, Mr R Rowe. This is taken at the side, the blacksmiths, where horses were shod was on the Wharf Street. I remember as a lad w…
