Brig on the Trent

Glimpses of Old Gainsborough 1894 Part Four

Glimpses of old Gainsborough Chats with the oldest inhabitant IV. Tales of the Trent A pleasant interview with Mr Thomas Fox, of Albion Place, Gainsborough, to whom the reminiscences of “our oldest inhabitant” formed a ready introduction, yielded me pabulum for what I hope will be an interesting column. An

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Meeting the Aegir

Glimpses of Old Gainsborough 1894 Part Five

Glimpses of old Gainsborough Chats with the oldest inhabitant V Tales of the Trent Pt 2 A pleasant interview with Mr Thomas Fox, of Continuing last week’s article on “Tales of the Trent” narrated by Mr. Thomas Fox, of Albion Place, Gainsborough, I now proceed to give some of Mr.

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Old Hall 1841

Glimpses of Old Gainsborough 1894 Part Three

Glimpses of old Gainsborough – Chats with the oldest inhabitant Part III. Taken from excerpts in the Gainsborough News 1894 The ‘oldest inhabitant’ has furnished the subject matter of the two preceding articles, and though he could probably fill a dozen with his old-time stories, I must bring his reminiscences

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Pillared House

Glimpses of Old Gainsborough 1894 Part Two

Friday, March 16, 1894 Glimpses of old Gainsborough Chats with the oldest inhabitant part two In the first interview with Mr Charles Markham of Spital Terrace, the oldest inhabitant of Gainsborough. I gathered many facts that were interesting especially to residents of the town. When I paid him a second

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