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Comments Off CherryPie on Jul 17th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Victorian Printing Press
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Gentlemen’s Urinal
This is a very ornate cast iron urinal, dating from around the turn of the 19th/20th century. It was removed from the Woodhall Junction Station and brought to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life in 1972.
The very thin flat casting of iron is an example of the great skill of engineers of the time. Today it [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Lincoln – Day Two
The hotel breakfast was nice, although it was served in an unusual way. The toast was served stacked on the plate with the breakfast rather than in a toast rack. After breakfast it wasn’t time for the castle gate to open so we walked around ‘The Lawns’ which was formerly a lunatic asylum.
When the gate [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 21st 2016