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Eva Mary Allen, the early years

The lifestyle of a working-class family in which I grew up. I do not know if it is typical of the rest of our kind, but it may serve to explain why I became the person I am. I was born in Spalding,…
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Alec Willson

Sadly today was the funeral of Alec Willson. Alec lived all his life in Spalding and during working as a volunteer at Chain Bridge Forge he recorded this oral history with his sister and May Clark. Du…
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Advert for electricity and immersion heaters in 1962

Children also seemed to have big feet in those days…
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Summer Days – Childhood Photos of the Past

What were your memories???? Su…
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Mole Catcher

The pictures were acquired from a Facebook page but show Mr Barnard at work. However this reminded me of  another book in our collection entitled "The Memoirs of a Fenland Mole Catcher" by Bill “Pop” …
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A Dressmaker’s Apprentice at Penningtons in Spalding

It was back in 1850 that Charles Pennington, draper, silk mercer and milliner, opened a shop in Hall Place, Spalding, a prime site in the town centre. Over the years the business grew and the premises…
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The Turners and Forth families of Crowland

Can you help Janet Iszatt find more information about her great uncle Harry Forth Bike advertisement is for J Turner Baker and Grocer, West Street Crowland. Not sure of date but Harry was born in …
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Beggars Lane

I was asked a question about Beggars Lane in Weston but I have lost the link to the source. So I hope this information helps. This extract comes from an oral history given by Geoff Dodd and talks a…
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Thomas Doubleday of Gosberton – Merchant & Brewer

These are paper for sale on eBay. England's Duplicitous Liquor Trade Exposed In an Archive of Manuscript Letters As a Lincolnshire Spirits Merchant and Brewer [Possible Smuggler]  Does anybody know…
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The Age of Motoring Transforms our Lives

The 20th Century is the age of motoring and in south Lincolnshire the internal combustion engine has been a major factor in transforming the lives of ordinary people. From February 1901, when Spald…
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