Being strongly allergic to chlorine, I hated this place when I was a Spalding Grammar School pupil in the 1950s, because I was forced to go for weekly swimming lessons every spring.. I spent miserable…
“How do you spell the word ‘committee’? My questioner was Sid Franks, the editor of the Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian, and this was my first-ever job interview. It was in February 1958…
I made my somewhat premature arrival on this earth on February 13 1941, in what my mother always referred to as Spalding Myntling Home on Pinchbeck Road. Less kind souls referred to it as the Work Hou…
Joan has lived in Fleet for a number of years and has contributed to the community including researching Fleet's history.
Wikipedia summaries it history as follows:Â In 1086, Fleet was listed as Fle…
Geoff Taylor and Geoff Dodd Interview on Tulip Radio
Chris Carter: . . .Geoff Taylor and Geoff Dodd who are concerned with the forge in Spalding which probably many of you, myself included, know re…
In creating this archive we have always had a passion about recording peoples memories of life in South Holland. We have now created this page to provide easy access to these memories. So we hope you …
