41 Lord Street – Once the White Lion, now The Upper Crust

This week we continue along Lord Street with our study of the buildings targeted for grant assistance.  These grants could cover 80% of the cost for improvements and restoration. We have paused at 41 Lord Street, currently operating as the Upper Crust Cafe.  The building is relatively young for Lord

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Karl Wood Prints

Windmill Wood – Gainsborough’s Prolific Artist

Outside the town of Gainsborough Karl Salsbury Wood is best known for his Windmill paintings a superb record of industrial archaeology which is now a work for historical researchers around the country. Karl S Wood was pretty much obssessed with windmills and set himself the momentous task of painting all

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