Category Archives: Community and Place

Spalding Shipwreck Society

Keith Seaton of Spalding has submitted this photograph of the town’s Shipwreck Society.

Keith knows four people on this image: his late uncle Tomas Seaton, who was chairman of Spalding Council, his friend Sindham (Windy) Baker, a Mr A Atherton, and Joe Arnold, the man with the beard pictured at the front.

Keith believes the picture was taken in the club room at the Ship Albion and hopes it will arouse some interest.

Published on 21/03/2013 14:53

Spalding Shipwreck Society Celebration “click to enlarge”

School Visit The Forge

The Forge came alive today as 5 schools visit the Forge today St. Bartholomews C of E Primary School, Surfleet Seas End Primary School, Weston St Mary C of E School, Clough & Risegate Community Primary school and Quadring Cowley and Brown’s Primary school. Thirty children from years 4 and 5 together with the teachers came to the Forge. They had an opportunity to experience a range of activities ranging from Blacksmithing in which each group made a coat hook, talked about the community and the Port of Spalding, Wheelshoeing and practical experiments in measurement and finally a video of a Blacksmith shoeing a horse. The children were a delight and were extremely attentive. This is part of our “All our Stories” project and will lead on to them visiting and working with the University of Lincoln in delivering information about the working life of their grandparents. This information will be available on this website later in the project.

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Sheddies fish restaurant

Turners Fish Restaurant in Spalding – popularly known as Sheddies – is celebrating its centenary with a special gala night next Wednesday with supper and special entertainment.

In looking back at the business’s past 100 years, the family has unearthed some old photographs, such as this picture of the old shop taken in the late 1920s.

There has been a Sheddy frying fish on the same corner of New Road with Red Lion Street since Fred ‘Sheddy’ Turner bought an old poultry and game dealer’s shop there in 1913.

A bag of chips to take away cost just one old penny in 1913. To celebrate the centenary, a portion of fish and chips will be sold for £1 between 5pm and 7pm on Wednesday.

The photograph above shows the shop as it was in 1952.