Life on the Trent – Gainsborough’s River of Fortune and Danger, 1821–1841

The River Trent was the making of Gainsborough. For centuries it had carried the town’s commerce south to the Humber and out to the North Sea, bringing coal and groceries upriver and taking grain, wool and manufactured goods down. By the time Adam Stark began keeping his newsbooks in May

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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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