The Chain Bridge Forge has launched two new online exhibitions of South Holland’s history – and it’s looking for residents’ memories to help it complete one on an old railway line.
As previously reported, it is looking to raise £145,000 to buy The Sail Loft next door to its High Street, Spalding premises.
It dates back to around 1850 and was once part of the Port of Spalding.
To provide a history of that facility, the Chain Bridge Forge has launched an online 360 tour of that using drone images of the river.
You can see it at its sister website www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk here.
Among the locations featured are articles on Wherry and Sons, Willesby Hall, Berrills, Gas Works Quay and the Pigeon pub.
It follows a survey of the extant features of the Port of Spalding and the tour ‘takes you along the old port with the chance to see how it stands now.’
Now the forge is looking to do something similar with the Midlands and Great Northern Joint Railway.
It’s already launched an interactive map, but wants to use drone footage like has been carried out for the port.
But it wants readers memories of that which through South Holland stretched from Counter Drain Station to Sutton Bridge Station.
“We’d love to hear from anyone who has any memories of the railway,” said the man behind Heritage South Lincolnshire and the Chain Bridge Forge, Geoff Taylor. “The railway officially disappeared in 1959 and carried on for a bit afterwards, so there’s ever fewer people who will remember it.
“If anybody does have any memories of it then we’d love to hear from them to help build the interactive map.”
You can contact Geoff on 07960 587724 or email [email protected]
