The Epic of Melrose Road 1940
Reported in the Gainsborough News on the 8th March 1940 was the story of how the worst damage in the Gainsborough Floods of that year were sustained by the residents of Melrose Road, North Marsh Road and Mowbray Street, a low lying district within the town which was built on the old flood
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
New Mural Celebrates 85th Anniversary of RAF Hemswell
Lincolnshire based Antiques Centre is bringing RAF History back to one of England’s forgotten airfields at Old RAF Hemswell. Astra Antiques Centre is an independent Antique Centre based on the largest Antiques Hub in Europe at Hemswell Cliff. What makes the setting even more unique is that the site is
Townscape Heritage Initiative makes progress in Gainsborough
Work has begun this year to restore the ‘historic heart of Gainsborough’ with thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Last year, West Lindsey District Council was successful in being awarded a £1.25 million grant that will be invested as part of a major project to restore
The Daring Exploits of a Gainsborough Built Machine
At the beginning of the Second World War, Gainsborough’s industrial giants were once again called upon to join the war effort, producing and developing a vast number of products for all of Britain’s armed forces. Gainsborough had a long history and great industrial knowledge in the production of agricultural equipment