This image shows Nethergate in Westwoodside. It shows Goodburn Row with the Doctors motor tricycle on the left side of the image. The village pump can also be seen in the background on the left. Historically Westwoodside is a combination of the hamlets of Park, Newbigg, Nethergate, Upperthorpe and Commonside. These names still exist today.…
Haxey Mowbray Stone The Haxey Hood takes place on the 6th January but it actually starts a week before when the Fool and the Boggins tour local villages to collect money. They sing folk songs such as ‘The Farmers Boy’ and ‘Drink England Dry’. On the day the game starts with a tour of all…
Here we can see the cast of the Belton village play ‘Murder in Hatton Garden’ circa 1936. They are in front of Belton All Saints Church of England primary school on the High Street, Belton. Lucy Kelsey played the title role in this play and can be seen in the centre of the second row…
Amcotts Manor This is the current Manor House in the village of Amcotts. It is thought to date from around the 1850’s however alterations to the rear of the building uncovered wattle and daub which suggests a building has stood on this site since the 16th century. Wattle and daub is a traditional building style…
This image shows the River Trent frozen over at West Butterwick in 1890. During particularly cold winters the River Trent would freeze over allowing villagers to play on or walk across the river. This could prove dangerous if the ice was too thin and you fell in or sometimes when the river thawed it could…
Memorial to Lancaster Bomber PB565 On the 15th April 1945 the World War Two Lancaster Bomber PB565 crashed near to Owston Ferry killing all 8 men aboard. The Bomber was noted to be flying at 3000 feet when it suddenly nosed over. As the angle of the dive increased it began to break apart before…
This image is of the Regal Cinema on the High Street in Crowle. It was opened in 1937 by Hollywood actor Jack Evans and the first film it showed was ‘Gold Diggers of 1937’. The cinema contained one screen and 500 seats. It was built by Mr Spivey and sons to replace their earlier cinema,…
