LIncoln Late 1980s and Early 1990s
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Sincilbanks
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Get a decent one of that year for well under 10 grand...
stokeimp
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Not necessarily related to the timeframe, but this Echo article refers to the "historic Oddfellows Hall" in Unity Square.
I remember this (or part of) in the late 60s/early 70s as Ruston's Club - in our "courting" days, Mrs S and I used to go there on a Sunday evening with her mum and dad (who worked at Ruston's) - we would have a drink with them downstairs, before going upstairs when a live group started, and popping down for another drink during the break. Back home for fried potatoes and pickle
Unity Square was also the place where bus tours would start from
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/rundown-historic-lincoln-building-set-5321604
I remember this (or part of) in the late 60s/early 70s as Ruston's Club - in our "courting" days, Mrs S and I used to go there on a Sunday evening with her mum and dad (who worked at Ruston's) - we would have a drink with them downstairs, before going upstairs when a live group started, and popping down for another drink during the break. Back home for fried potatoes and pickle
Unity Square was also the place where bus tours would start from
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/rundown-historic-lincoln-building-set-5321604
Billy the Imp
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Wasn’t there previously a proposal to modernise this building into an entertainment venue involving an ex 1st division footballer?
stokeimp
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Another little anecdote about Ruston's Club. My in-laws to be had a spell when they went there one evening a week for ballroom dancing, and on one occasion got us to go with them. I remember during a break going to the bar with her dad,
"You know, Mam's not the easiest person to dance with", he said
And of course, during the evening I had to have a few dances with my (future) mother-in-law
"You know, Dad's not the easiest person to dance with", she said
He tickled me. Working at Ruston's he was entitled to two pairs of safety boots a year (or 6 months?). He used to get a normal pair of working boots for everyday at work, and a pair of conventional looking brown shoes to wear for best. So when he went dancing, he was wearing Totectors!!
A mate of mine was an Apprentice at RGT in the very early 80s. We used to go in Oddfellows Hall for a crafty underage pint every now and again. For awhile in the early noughties it was used as an Asylum Seeker hostel.
Do not adjust your TV sets! Today's first pic really is Lincoln in the early 90s, not Beirut! The following pics show what this building, nearly opposite the Post Office sorting office on Firth Road used to look like. The last pic shows the entrance to an intriguing part of "old" Lincoln which I will cover tomorrow.
Following on from Friday's pics, today's pics were taken by crossing the bridge on Firth Road just beyond the Post Office sorting office and then turning immediately right. In doing so it brought you into an area that me and my mates called "The Tunnels", which linked Firth Road with the Ropewalk. At the time I didn't know much about the area, but now I know that The Tunnels were the footpaths that went under the long derelict rail lines that went over the River Witham and into St Marks Rail Station and its goods yards.
I used to walk that way back home to North Hykeham after a heavy night out in town, trying to avoid the various gangs of nutters who, at that time, tried to beat up long haired Rockers like me on the High Street! Life could be very colourful and dangerous in those days! (Post script - they never got me!).
At the time these pictures were taken Simons were using these old pathways as part of a Riverside Walk being laid out along the banks of the Witham from the Brayford to the Plough on Newark Road.
Now, this area is all part of the St Marks retail complex.
I used to walk that way back home to North Hykeham after a heavy night out in town, trying to avoid the various gangs of nutters who, at that time, tried to beat up long haired Rockers like me on the High Street! Life could be very colourful and dangerous in those days! (Post script - they never got me!).
At the time these pictures were taken Simons were using these old pathways as part of a Riverside Walk being laid out along the banks of the Witham from the Brayford to the Plough on Newark Road.
Now, this area is all part of the St Marks retail complex.
stokeimp
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Again, out of the timeframe of this thread, but a conversation this morning caused me to recall that as young lads, presumably during the school holidays, our mum used to take us to the cattle market on Monks Road on Tuesday mornings
How that area between Broadgate and Vine Street has changed. There used to be the Sessions House/Police Station, City School, Fire Station, Tech Coll and Cattle Market
How that area between Broadgate and Vine Street has changed. There used to be the Sessions House/Police Station, City School, Fire Station, Tech Coll and Cattle Market
I have some old post cards which show the Cattle Market. I'll post some of them in the next day or two.
Following on from the pics of the other day, the following pics show what it looked like if you walked along Firth Road to the roundabout at Beevor Street. In between some of the pics I have inserted a pic of what the scene looks like today. Much has changed, but at least the poor state of the road has remained constant
Sincilbanks
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I did a YTS course at Beevor House back in the day, is that the big building in the last photo?
No. The tall buidings at the back are all new ones that have sprung up in the last 12 months. The small buildings in the front are, or have been, either residential dwellings or Arkwright style shops. More pics will come of this area, though, which will show that engineering buildings that used to occupy the site where the tall buildings are now.
bristolimp
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its amazing that period corner shop with a few bits of nasty UPVC has instantly gone from looking like Beamish to inner city decline
GoBC
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Will we be seeing any pics of the railway crossing gates that were in this area?
And thanks to Stokeimp for the reminder about the police station at the corner of Lindum Hill/Monks Road. I can just about remember that (but didn't know it was in my memory until mentioned). The Cattle Market must be before my time though.
And thanks to Stokeimp for the reminder about the police station at the corner of Lindum Hill/Monks Road. I can just about remember that (but didn't know it was in my memory until mentioned). The Cattle Market must be before my time though.
