Old Boston

This site is the work of Billy Thorn, I can be contacted at billyjenthorn@aol.com

Saturday, 18 December 2010

Circus procession in High Street

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Thank you to Sandra Nuttell for sending me these pictures of High Street in the 1950's. She informs me that the ones taken highest up ar...
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Familiar Boston Transport

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Some once familiar vehicles in Boston. Skinners Ice cream van. Lincolnshire Road Car bus. I was informed by an anonymous reader that two ...
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Monday, 13 December 2010

The Privateer

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The Privateer, an iron built paddle steamer was 96.5 ft long and was registered first at Swansea. In 1895 she came to Boston owners and m...
Sunday, 12 December 2010

Dig in the Market Place

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In October 1965 Boston Corporation workmen excavated a sewer trench at the south end of Boston Market Place in a line across from the Peacoc...
Saturday, 11 December 2010

Grand Sluice railway bridge

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The Railway bridge over the Grand Sluice was designed by Richard Johnson, chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway.  It was built by S...
Friday, 10 December 2010

Murdered by a Soldier

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From a 1774 edition of the Oxford magazine. They write from Boston in Lincolnshire, that a few days ago a murder was committed by a priva...

The Guildhall

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The guildhall of St Mary 's Guild in Boston (The Guildhall) was built in the 1390's and is one of the earliest brick buildings in L...
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