Ruth's Blog

John Barker recalls the replacement of horses by motor vehicles

Pilot and motor racer

Louth’s oldest surviving house

A sales promotion scheme in 20th century Britain

What is this small terracotta head?

George Burton tailor had a shop in Louth’s Fish Shambles

1918 treatment of thrush with honey, rhubarb and borax

Animals were branded for identification

Sharpley’s Row became the Linpac factory and now is modern housing

Oil lamps were a common household item in Roman times