Tidy up

Just found a few bits and pieces while cleaning up my hard drive so have put them together to tidy them up.

 

Barrett's old premises in Witham Town.

 

 

The old "Danger Slow" sign at the bottom of Sluice Bridge that was used before the traffic lights were put up.

 

 

The Hospital Lane footbridge over the Maud Foster showing it was cast at Butterley in 1811.

 

 

A Boston painting.

 

 

The old Main Ridge painted street name near Pump Square.

 

 

Painting of Boston.

 

 

The Stump.

 

 

The Stump and river.

 

 

A painting of the dock.

 

Boston Guardian

The Boston Guardian newspaper began in 1854 and ran for over a hundred years until 1958, here are some snippets from one of the early issues dated April 19th. 1854.

There is an announcement that Steam Packets for Lincoln leave the Grand Sluice every morning at nine 'o' clock (Sundays excepted) arriving in Lincoln in time for trains to all parts of the Kingdom. Packets also left Lincoln for Boston at ten 'o' clock each day and arrived at Boston at four 'o' clock in the afternoon.

The advertisement columns provide many reflections of Boston life at this period, for one guinea Mr. Charles Ridgway taught Polka in six lessons, Mr. Keller had a musical warehouse in High Street, a library for subscribers and he was an insurance agent as well and Mr. J. Buck of Strait Bargate sold pianos at his music room. Music was not on tap in those days and people had to make their own.
The Pleasure Gardens at Vauxhall, Skirbeck, were re-opening, the Yacht Club were entertaining their Commodore to a public dinner at the White Hart and tenders were required for the building of the Corn Exchange and the Athenaeum. Mr. S. Southwell, hair cutter and wig maker of West Street not only made ladies and gentlemen's wigs but had private hair-cutting rooms next door to the Mansion, West Street. I wonder what became of the Mansion?
The old Guardian referred to was printed by Robert Roberts, in Strait Bargate, but for many years the Guardian had its works in West Street, the building (on the left in the picture below) was demolished and the Pizza Hut now stands in its place.

Grand Sluice railway bridge

The Railway bridge over the Grand Sluice was designed by Richard Johnson, chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway.

 It was built by Stanningley Iron Works in Leeds.

It was opened to traffic in May 1885 to replace the original wooden bridge of 1848 and is still in use today.