Old Appleby Photos

The photograph of Ermine Street, left, was taken from a postcard addressed to Mrs Chappell at Barton upon Humber from A.E.H.! The wording reads:

Dear M, I thought I would keep to my promise for once. I hope you will like this PC it’s G tho ??? is the gent? Hope your cold is better mine has been a bit rough since I got back, with love to you and C and aunt and uncle, yours AEH. Reggie is not going to stop with you.
Postmarked Appleby and it looks to be 1906.

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The Thatched Cottage featured on the cover of Lincolnshire Life in July 1980.
The cottage has appeared in many local and national publications over the years, has popped up on television and is regularly the subject of many local artists’ endeavours!

The Ermine Street - Risby Road junction.
At one time, Appleby had a weekly market, on a Thursday. The stones at the crossroads are believed to be the remains of the market cross and it is deemed to be unlucky to move them. The Elm tree was removed in 1979 after it succumbed to Dutch Elm disease. You can just see the traditional red telephone box in the left of the picture.

We are delighted to present this photograph, by kind permission of Mr Harry Thornton, of 11 men at bowls in the grounds of farmer Joe Jacksons's Keb House in the late 1930s.
L to R: Jack Mundy (ES), Arthur Hunsley (Paul Lane), Mr Mclean (Appleby stationmaster), Bill Kitching (ES), Bertie Philipson? (son of Appleby signalman), Alec Gartry (ES), Edgar Mundy (CS), Joe Jackson (about to deliver bowl), Fred Hobson (School Lane, later ES), Mr Maw? (farmer of Roxby), George Thornton (ES), Eddie Walker (CS). ES=Ermine Street, CS=Church Side.