The Great Gainsborough Treasure Hunt – First Winner Announced!
We have been overwhelmed with the response to the summer challenge, which is aimed at engaging people in the history of Gainsborough. The Great Gainsborough Treasure Hunt has been phenomenally successful with over 2000 free booklets collected during the first month. It is a delight to see so many people
The Great Gainsborough Treasure Hunt!
The Great Gainsborough Treasure Hunt An exciting new treasure hunt activity is about to begin for the Summer of 2022 in Gainsborough. The colourful Treasure Hunt booklet is available to collect free of charge from Gainsborough Library and Wilko in Marshall’s Yard from this Saturday! The Treasure Hunt is based
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
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
39 Lord Street – A vision of the past
As we carry on with our study of the historic buildings on Lord Street we turn to number 39. This little building stands out as a particularly old looking structure, with its bendy roof and Georgian windows in the upper floor. It actually dates from the 18th century, along with