Ruth's Blog

My attention is caught by a plan of the new toilets for teachers in Eastfield School in 1930

We prepare for the centenary of the 1920 Louth Flood

This leather bound Holy Bible, in two volumes, was published in 1827 by J McGowan and Son in London

It is a sobering thought to reflect that in 200 years’ time, in 2219, we will all have been long dead

In Louth Museum we have the nationally-acclaimed collection of wood carvings by Louth sculptor T W Wallis

John Barker presented a copy of his memoirs to the museum. The recollections of this 90-year-old Louth resident, who was the Director of Housing and Estates for ELDC, are fascinating.

Chris Wright, co-founder of Chrysalis Records and Music in 1968, is from Grimoldby

This small painting is currently on display in Louth Museum in the Special Exhibition of Local Paintings. It is a 19th Century view of a gate at Thorpe Hall.

In about 1924 the 1st Louth Girl Guides went to Rimac, where they put up a tent

This newly-restored sign originally came from Coney’s shop in Eastgate