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A lovely British Pathé film from 1961 of the Foster family from Ruskington. The family of ten, out for a cycle(s) ride together in the Lincolnshire countryside in unusual mode for cycling but genius for the day. A healthier, brighter Britain after WWII.
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A look around the CITY in 1991.
Interesting to see what shops and businesses were in place back then.
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Sit back and enjoy - your Saturday night viewing. An easy on the eye Black & White film of life around LINCOLN between 1937-1958. 🎥:Lincolnshire Film Archive.
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The Aussies’ return to RAF Waddington in 1975 to remember their fallen comrades. Some 700 Royal Australian Airforce men never returned to Lincolnshire. A special service took place with the Lancaster.
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The walk down Sincil Bank, the click of the turnstile and the smell of Bovril. Take your place upon the terrace; it’s MatchDay.
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June 27th 1958…
…The Queen visited Lincoln to open Pelham Bridge.
On a wet day there was an open top parade around Sincil Bank.
🎥: British Pathé
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Morning, Lincoln.
A post WWII picture of folk going about their business as the 50’s arrived.
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Something different - a favourite of mine…
L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976).
Lowry was commissioned by LINCOLN MP Sir Geoffrey De Freitas in 1950.
Lowry chose to paint by The Witham (STAMP END), to include the industrial chimneys. He was reluctant to include The Cathedral at first.
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A lovely colour photograph of 1970’s LINCOLN.
Coming off the then roundabout from PELHAM BRIDGE looking ahead to MELVILLE STREET.
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I’ve shown you many a picture of bygone Lincoln in Black & White. This extraordinary home-recording shows the City in colour captured on a glorious sunny evening sometime before 1966. *apologies for the musical score. 🎥: Electric Egg.
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Morning. A lovely piece about our dear old LINCOLN…
…infact a 1942 history lesson - accompanied by enchanting music and a stiff British recording voice.
What’s not to like…about the bygone City?
🎥: British Pathé.
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Good morning.
I love this picture of Lindum Hill on a wet September day in 1948.
Two American Air Corps and their squeezes enjoy some R&R with the gloom of WWII behind them.
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Personal post:
My Son, starting on his journey with his new family. The World is his oyster.
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Goodnight Twitter - no need to say much about this. Whenever l turn from Brant Road onto Newark Road l marvel at this cottage. It looks as well today as this period picture - so important that we keep beautiful pieces of architecture for future generations.
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Personal tweet - what started as posting the first recorded photograph of LINCOLN, has led me to enjoy an historic look back at the City. Thanks to those that follow and comment. It’s nice to be acknowledged.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL - FROM MYSELF AND MY LOVELY WIFE. 🥂
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A view of Lincoln Cathedral and EXCHEQUER GATE by British watercolour artist Louise Ingram Rayner (1832-1924). Painted in 1862.
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Personal tweet - wasn’t sure as to post this.
I’ve received recognition for serving one organisation for 30 years - that being the NHS.
It leaves me feeling WOW, but proud l’ve done my bit/and continue to serve the Health Service.
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Good morning.
STEEP HILL in 1970, as some of you will never have seen.
📸: John Rohowsky.
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A day in the life of Lincoln in 1970. British Home-Store, Wyatt & Hayes, the old Barclay’s Bank building and it’s neighbour - the Black Swan.
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The big kid inside of me. Star Wars, Hornby, Scalextric and Britain’s…
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An enchanting…
…film of Lincoln during 1935.
A descriptive narrative giving it an air of a tourist information film.
Capturing the City in it’s simple beauty before the Second World War.
🎥: British Pathé.
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Good morning - this image is for all Lincolnshire Folk. A jaw-dropping picture that shows the resilience of WWII - humbling to think that this may have been the last time standing on ‘home’ soil for some of the allied aircrew. GOD. BLESS. THEM.
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Morning all - it’s MATCH-DAY…
…if you’re travelling to the game from HYKEHAM, then this is what the route would of looked like in 1966.
A wonderful Super 8mm film. (A quick glimpse of Sinny Bank - floodlight pylon, et al).
UP THE IMPS.
📽️: Geoff Peters. 🎶: The Kinks.
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The beginning of the Edwardian era in Lincoln.
Steep Hill looking almost unchanged and ‘steep’ in 1901 as King Edward VII takes to the throne.
Dating back to the 1st Century and The Roman Empire, the Hill, as you know has a 14% gradient (one in seven).
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A Merry Christmas, wonderful Lincolnians’ and people of a far.
What better picture to post, than that of the wonderful City we have. A light snowfall awaited the folk on Christmas Morn in 1895, don’t you know.
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Morning - part 2 of 1991’s look around.
Starting with what was the CROWN & CUSHION on MELVILLE STREET, another snippet from the home-recording.
Remember how the bus station and St Mary’s Street once looked and the Brayford Pool?
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Morning.
Another chance to see more wonderful film of the veteran airmen of the RAAF return to RAF WADDINGTON in 1975.
To hear them talk with fondness of Lincoln and The Cathedral is…well rather humbling. What a delightful character the final airman to speak is.
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RAF SKELLINGTHORPE (1941-1955).
Home to Manchester, Hampden and Lancaster aircraft. 50 Squadron (below) converted to Avro Lancasters in 1942 joined by 61 Squadron.
187 Lancasters were lost or failed to return to Skellingthorpe during WWII.
Pictured: As Birchwood looks today.
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Good morning.
A very busy HIGH STREET (c.1930’s).
Every shop had an awning! There is a lot to look at in this photo - full of life and character.
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Can you imagine (the east end) MONKS ROAD in open countryside?
(Pre-War).
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An interesting short film in colour.
Captured sometime in 1957 - it shows the area of OXFORD STREET and PELHAM STREET. The Durham Ox appears briefly before demolition, ready for construction of PELHAM BRIDGE.
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Good morning - boys’ being boys’; early NINETEEN HUNDREDS, GLORY HOLE.
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Lincoln. 1984.
It was the mid-eighties that the City would become a familiar place for me.
From 1987 you’d find me on the Railway Terrace at Sincil Bank.
Wonderful memories.
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I really appreciate your interest in the content l share, it’s truly satisfying to hear of your memories and stories linked to the pictures l post. I will confess however that l’m no historian but try to research each post; sometimes l make mistakes. Thank you. 😊
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This is how l viewed Sincil Bank for my first match in ‘87. Mum, God bless her, drove me from Boston for the August Bank Holiday Saturday game against Dagenham. We followed it up on the Monday against Runcorn on a hot afternoon. Both were wins! I was 14 and it was just great!
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CASTLE HILL, 1897…
…men of the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, many of whom would serve in the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902).
This picture was taken on September 11th, completing their marches through the County’s towns.
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Great depth and detail in this 1960’s picture across BRAYFORD POOL.
Heritage and architecture in one photo.
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Lincoln artist Joseph Baker’s view of The Cathedral and Brayford Pool in 1760.
Recreated with oil on canvas.
Baker was a renowned artist from 1742 until his death in 1770.
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Returning home after 36 years are the Lincolnshire Regiment, led by military band. Marching through the City streets in 1933; their previous visit to Lincoln was 1897. A fantastic sight and sound of the time.
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OTD in 1972 at the age of just 28, Graham Taylor became the youngest League manager after the resignation of David Herd.
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Morning all…
…love this view (obvious to residents and Imps alike!).
SINCIL DRAIN, colourised from 1939.
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An Avro Lancaster of 44 Squadron flies over Waddington in 1941.
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Avro Lancasters during WWII based at RAF Skellingthorpe in 1942.
As l’ve mentioned previously about Skelly - 187 Lancasters were lost or failed to return.
A staggering number!
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One final offering tonight - this lovely shot of BROADGATE post WWII and just before the Fifties. A clean looking street without central reservation and traffic lights. Just a simple Police Box and officer directing at the top end. Charismatic Lincoln.
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A bit of cloudy but nippy shopping day. Post Christmas period of quiet retail. Another picture from the 70’s; always interesting to see the different store names the High Street offered.
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For those of you with a love of WEST COMMON and the former CARHOLME, another image of the Lincoln track.
You can imagine this picture clearly driving along Saxilby Road today. A wonderful occasion, and as many of you have said - a shame the races left the City.
(1905).
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🎅🏻MERRY CHRISTMAS.🎄
In 1895 Lincoln saw a light snowfall on this day.
Have a wonderful day Lincolnians, Lincolnshire Folk and those beyond.
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Good morning - the very popular BRAYFORD POOL during the late 1950’s. The Swans were there then! A hive of industry, pleasure and leisure.
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The newly opened WATERSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE appears in the VHS recording.
Officially opened on March 17th, 1992 - good to be reminded how busy/popular it once was.
(November 1992).
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Walking home to BRACEBRIDGE HEATH or walking into town to the BUTTERMARKET.
As CROSS O’CLIFF HILL would look to an artist in the late 1700’s.
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A quick film of 1974. Yes, cars drove through CASTLE HILL.
🎥: FOOTAGEFORPRO 🇪🇸
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Waterside South, circa 1944. Landscape changing in the City Centre and an evoking image of four young women in uniform during WWII.
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Seen quiet a bit of uphill Lincoln - so why not, one more image.
Another photograph l like, infact l need a favourites list of bygone Lincoln.
Looking down into THE STRAIT in the late 1960’s…what a wonderful old car - not into cars, so not sure of make?
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Morning.
Sometime during the mid-1910’s this Jolly Boys’ outing was all set for a day out in their charabanc.
The men of the BLUE ANCHOR (now just The Anchor) setting off, as research suggests, to watch THE IMPS at Grimsby and combine the day at the coast.
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Must of been a shock to some of the older generation to see this architecture appear so close to The Cathedral. EASTGATE HOTEL, 1965.
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You can see why many an aspiring artist or renowned painter took this view.
BRAYFORD POOL and THE CATHEDRAL…
…and Swans (C.1900’s).
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The stunning grandeur of LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL dating back to 1878, designed by Alexander Graham. The origins of the hospital starting in rented accommodation of St Swithin’s in 1769. John Carr and William Lumby then designed a purpose-built facility in Drury Lane in 1776-7.
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A family butchers (and bakers) that has today seen six generations of the Foster family, over 130 years occupy the same shop at No. 111 MONKS ROAD. This picture shows the family trade during the 1910’s.
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Lindum Colonia (Old Map of Lincoln).
Published 4th September 1722, from Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum.
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Good afternoon Lincoln. You’re looking majestic from this 1829 drawing.
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A welcome sight to many a traveller entering Lincoln from the East by train or more commonly the river by trade in the previous Centuries. A lovely view from The Witham of The Cathedral in this early Nineteen Hundred’s postcard.
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Lovely morning for a stroll. The positivity of saying Good Morning to strangers. Good Morning!
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Morning. A home-recording on VHS (not mine) - nine minutes of yesteryear that l will post.
I think this is probably 1995? A colourful parade along HIGH STREET.
Starting with marching band.
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This is just idyllic!
An enchanting…
…film of Lincoln during 1935.
A descriptive narrative giving it an air of a tourist information film.
Capturing the City in it’s simple beauty before the Second World War.
🎥: British Pathé.
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Let’s go back to 1979 - Lincoln Water Festival on the Brayford where: “modern Lincolnians’ show their skill”. Do you remember the City Carnival of the same year with a military parade along High Street? 🎥: MaceArchives.
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Royalist or not, you can’t not enjoy the splendour and spectacular of 1902 Lincoln.
Newport Arch adorned with Royalist celebrations and claiming God Save The King.
Whether the children were bothered or simply there for the camera, it’s a great reminder.
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Back home and a walk up to the Bail yesterday after the game; noticed how beautiful the City looked ready for Christmas. Here’s how the upper High Street looked in 1981 after the infamous heavy snow.
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So many wonderful paintings of LINCOLN.
The Glory Hole/High Bridge in earlier times.
(Artist: Unknown).
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A very early picture of Steep Hill. When l see images like this l can’t but help look at the people and their expressions. Trying to imagine their circumstances in a time at the beginning of the Century.
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Good morning - first time l’ve done a THEN/NOW…so here we are; DANESGATE. A picture from possibly the 30’s/40’s/50’s - an elderly gent on his way home, perhaps. Today, another lovely old street changed for progress. Although THE COLLECTION, is great.
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An interesting look back at CANWICK ROAD’S avoiding line bridge.
‘Man staring at 30mph sign!’
The house on the right was once the Chaplin Arms. A grade-II listed building with a history of being a pub from 1849-2009.
(1980’s).
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My induction into Lincoln City, along with many hundreds of others.
Rest In Peace, Murph.
The Bard of Lincoln.
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BOULTHAM BATHS, August 1955.
A great action image - shows just how popular those long gone baths were.
Lincoln School Sports Association and Lincoln Amateur Swimming Club to name two, all used these baths.
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Morning All - there is a lot l like about this picture, l probably say that about most l tweet…1907 and THE CARHOLME. A race meet, perhaps The Lincolnshire Handicap, well attended from the working man to the more affluent chap. Those magnificent grandstands in the background.
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Celebrate those 3 points. 🔴⚪️
The ADAM & EVE public-house off POTTERGATE. An Inn that dates back to the 1700’s.
(C.1960’s).
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Map of the CITY OF LINCOLN.
Top right of the map along Wragby Road you can see how much land Monks Manor occupied.
(1906).
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Another wonderful image of the John Bull pub, Bracebridge Heath in 1906. Licensee Sarah Drewry.
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The wonderful old Lion in THE ARBORETUM.#
A picture postcard of the early Nineteen Hundreds.
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A gentle giant; a pioneer as a black manager.
A no nonsense professional respected and liked by the people of the many clubs he was part of.
Our Club, to local rival, non-league and international; we miss the Big Man, old yellow socks.
God. Bless. Him.
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Enough of the football…
This beautiful photograph by FREDERICK EVANS of LINCOLN CATHEDRAL (1898).
Over the roof tops from The Castle.
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Films have proved popular viewing - it seems you like looking back at Lincoln from home-recordings.
Another Cine - sometime in the mid-1960’s and featuring the newly built EASTGATE HOTEL, The Cathedral and Tennyson’s Statue.
📹: Dave Eldergill.
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A wonderful black and white image of PELHAM BRIDGE during the early Seventies. The angle shows you how it changed the look of the area.
The old St Andrew’s Church off Canwick Road was closed and demolished in 1968.
📸: John Rohowsky.
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The Still, which l believe dates back to 1825, and the Falcon Hotel of which the first noted landlord was William Owen in 1842. Bygone Saltergate.
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This is the post, almost eighteen months ago, that started my fascination with the history of Lincoln and began my bygone picture parade.
What is…
…unofficially mentioned as the first picture of Lincoln in the mid-eighteen hundreds.
The High Street with St Mary’s Church and railway line.
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Ignore the rain - let’s have a sunny picture of BRAYFORD POOL, sometime in the mid to late 1970’s. The relatively new Wigford Way not too busy with traffic. For each of the Brayford snaps l post in different times you can see significant changes to the view.
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Morning.
Another home-video recording - a great source of yesterday.
More ‘scenes’ of 1993’s Lincoln.
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WOODHEADS (radio, electrical and television engineers) of Exchange Arcade*, Lincoln.
(1960).
*the Exchange Arcade was built by Kirk of Sleaford to a W. A. Nicholson design - foundation stone was laid on September 1st, 1847.
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