Old Boston

This edited article about the British town of Boston originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 920 published on 8 September 1979....

Potato riddling in 1923 on the farm of Mr. T. Hornbuckle, Fishtoft, Boston. The men above are riddling potatoes in a field near Bost...

At a meeting of the Boston Town Council in the early 1920's a new scheme was adopted with a view to do away with the difficulties of...

In 1923, news reached England of the safe arrival at Shanghai of the little 87 ton steam trawler "Wyberton" after an 11,000 mile v...

 An old bottle. Thanks to Tony Pygott who informed me that William Towell was landlord at the Lord Nelson in 1841, the pub having previ...

The Drill Hall today. The Territorial Drill Hall, in Main-ridge, the new home of the "C" company, 4th. Battalion, Lincs. Regi...

The Watch House. The building on the left was then Boot's the Chemist and today is a Chinese Restaurant This Watch House stood at t...