Alan S presumably.
His missus is my cousin. Alan is of course a fountain of Lincolnshire knowledge, in fact they both are.
Alan S presumably.
His missus is my cousin. Alan is of course a fountain of Lincolnshire knowledge, in fact they both are.
Back onto Boultham Park miniature railway. My Dad took this photo which I came across this weekend while (still) sorting things out. I think I'm the boy at the back/extreme right, and would suggest it was taken late 50s. The engine driver's shoes also give a clue to the date
Higgs tobacconists had a shop under one side of the Stonebow, can you remember who or what was the other side, because I can't.
Note that the platform numbering has now changed and platform 5 is now 3 and 4 is 2 ( re numbered after the original dock platforms 1&2 became a car park. I believe that there was also a platform 8, which is still there but track lifted, beyond what is now platform 5 (was 7)........I know I know, I’ll get my coat, I need to get out more. I can advise that I wasn’t in that photo, I was probably at Crewe Joking apart, it must have been a very busy station back in the dayAgain on the railway theme, this is another pic of a group of train spotters from that same Echo article - taken in 1960 at the Central Station. I went with a friend occasionally but never really got into train spotting - but the size of this group of lads suggests it was quite a popular hobby
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Great picture Merthyr, that really takes me back. Higgs tobacconists had a shop under one side of the Stonebow, can you remember who or what was the other side, because I can't.
Looking at my 1957 Kellys DIrectory, 295 High St was B & M ladies' outfitters (see the first bus photo). 297 - other side of Saltergate - was Pratts. No. 296 - must be the one in the arch - was WJ Patton Ltd, confectioners. Cakes?
As an aside, Charles Pratt bought Joseph Ruston’s Monks Manor prior to the First World War. This was an enormous mansion, in huge grounds located between Greetwell Gate and Wragby Road. It was demolished in the 1930’s.
Several of Lincoln's houses built by 19th century industrialists or others disappeared - or simply rotted - in the first half of the 20th century.
Clayton, Shuttleworth, Ruston, Sudbrooke Holme, Nettleham Hall etc.