As oysters are being introduced to the North Sea a reminder of the past. youtu.be/5DBaYqMPqG4?...
Oysters #marshfenandtown #fishing #oysters
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April 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
As oysters are being introduced to the North Sea a reminder of the past. youtu.be/5DBaYqMPqG4?...
Marsh Fen and Town explores the balance between people and the environment. #marshfenandtown
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Balance
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November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Marsh Fen and Town explores the balance between people and the environment. #marshfenandtown
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November 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A look at the history of cabbage growing in the Fens. #History #RuralHistory #marshfenandtown
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Cabbage
A look at cabbage growing in the Fens
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October 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A look at the history of cabbage growing in the Fens. #History #RuralHistory #marshfenandtown
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A Dane's view of Long Sutton, how a run on the Bank was prevented, and a former colleague of my great-grandfather ages me. #marshfenandtown #History
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Marsh Fen and Town 31 Long Sutton
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September 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A Dane's view of Long Sutton, how a run on the Bank was prevented, and a former colleague of my great-grandfather ages me. #marshfenandtown #History
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An incident of adulterated milk. #marshfenandtown www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/adulder...
Adulderated Milk
Would you drink milk containing boric acid? Food adulteration has been a hazard throughout time with the risk of poisoning it can create. Boric acid is used in insecticides and fungicides, so possibl...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
An incident of adulterated milk. #marshfenandtown www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/adulder...
My great grandfather went from a working class background kept home from school on Mondays by his mum to stoke the peat oven in Soham to becoming an area manager in the Prudential. I explain how such social mobility is harder nowadays. #marshfenandtown #socialmobility
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Marsh Fen and Town 14 Social Mobility
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September 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
My great grandfather went from a working class background kept home from school on Mondays by his mum to stoke the peat oven in Soham to becoming an area manager in the Prudential. I explain how such social mobility is harder nowadays. #marshfenandtown #socialmobility
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I've collected many migration stories and some are included in my book Marsh Fen and Town Sounds Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown #migrants
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The Afghan #marshfenandtown #immigration
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September 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I've collected many migration stories and some are included in my book Marsh Fen and Town Sounds Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown #migrants
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This video is clipped by blue sky despite it's alleged 3 minute allowance.
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Towns and Land Use #marshfenandtown #land #farming #conservation
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September 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This video is clipped by blue sky despite it's alleged 3 minute allowance.
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Land becomes cultivated or grade 1 by the efforts of man. It then gets built on by the efforts of man, negating the work that has gone before. #marshfenandtown. What value is lost or gained as towns grow like the rings of a tree trunk?
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Land becomes cultivated or grade 1 by the efforts of man. It then gets built on by the efforts of man, negating the work that has gone before. #marshfenandtown. What value is lost or gained as towns grow like the rings of a tree trunk?
Our history of migration is in our genealogy. Our nationality is in our hearts. #marshfenandtown
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The English Immigrant #marshfenandtown #identity
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September 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our history of migration is in our genealogy. Our nationality is in our hearts. #marshfenandtown
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Education was seen as a source of social mobility but farmers feared it would "spoil" their source of labour. #marshfenandtown youtube.com/shorts/uUxaB...
Education Vs Labour #history #history #marshfenandtown #rurallife
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September 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Education was seen as a source of social mobility but farmers feared it would "spoil" their source of labour. #marshfenandtown youtube.com/shorts/uUxaB...
Dan Morgan was a polymorph whose writings showed great insight into our futures. #marshfenandtown #sciencefiction
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Dan Morgan #marshfenandtown #sciencefiction #vintagescifi #music
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August 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Dan Morgan was a polymorph whose writings showed great insight into our futures. #marshfenandtown #sciencefiction
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After WW2 the supply from farmers direct to food processing increased rapidly especially in meat production seeing a transfer from local supply and markets to one via supermarkets. Thus relationship between farmer and consumer transformed. #marshfenandtown
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Farming for Producers #marshfenandtown #farming
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August 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
After WW2 the supply from farmers direct to food processing increased rapidly especially in meat production seeing a transfer from local supply and markets to one via supermarkets. Thus relationship between farmer and consumer transformed. #marshfenandtown
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Freiston Shore, the forgotten resort of the Wash. #marshfenandtown #r
August 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Freiston Shore, the forgotten resort of the Wash. #marshfenandtown #r
The misadventures of the actor James Robertson Justice and lesser known wildfowlers are found in my book Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown #wildfowling
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The misadventures of the actor James Robertson Justice and lesser known wildfowlers are found in my book Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown #wildfowling
George Adams actions in post War Spalding helped establish meat processing in Spalding and nearby. #marshfenandtown
August 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
George Adams actions in post War Spalding helped establish meat processing in Spalding and nearby. #marshfenandtown
Geest cosmopolitan view and self-reliant business model were key to its success. A success that benefitted the whole region and helped establish the food industry in Spalding. #marshfenandtown
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Geest cosmopolitan view and self-reliant business model were key to its success. A success that benefitted the whole region and helped establish the food industry in Spalding. #marshfenandtown
In 1906 Henry Pickering gave what is possibly the earliest account of punt gunning on Cowbit Wash in the 1840's. #marshfenandtown
August 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
In 1906 Henry Pickering gave what is possibly the earliest account of punt gunning on Cowbit Wash in the 1840's. #marshfenandtown
In 1867 Mr Tatam of Deeping Fen pontificated about the young girls working in local fields. Extract from my book #marshfenandtown
August 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In 1867 Mr Tatam of Deeping Fen pontificated about the young girls working in local fields. Extract from my book #marshfenandtown
#marshfenandtown #ruralhistory #socialhistory #farming #wildfowling #lincolnshire. Any of these interest you check out my book.
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Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond
After much work I have now published the full version of my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond". It is a hard back book just under A4 size consisting of 450 pages, over 250,000 wo...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#marshfenandtown #ruralhistory #socialhistory #farming #wildfowling #lincolnshire. Any of these interest you check out my book.
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Footfall is key to the health of any town centre. As described in my latest #marshfenandtown excerpt. We see the new Lincoln indoor market failing due to lack of foot fall. As services are lost from town centres so are opportunities for employment and social mobility.
August 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Footfall is key to the health of any town centre. As described in my latest #marshfenandtown excerpt. We see the new Lincoln indoor market failing due to lack of foot fall. As services are lost from town centres so are opportunities for employment and social mobility.
Oysters were plentiful in the Wash up to 1780. Latest excerpt from my book Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Oysters were plentiful in the Wash up to 1780. Latest excerpt from my book Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond #marshfenandtown
Today's quote from Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond considers parochialism, identity through place, and fear of change. #marshfenandtown
August 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today's quote from Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond considers parochialism, identity through place, and fear of change. #marshfenandtown
A comment from a time when pollution in the River Nene was worse than today, but a less fashionable subject. #marshfenandtown
August 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A comment from a time when pollution in the River Nene was worse than today, but a less fashionable subject. #marshfenandtown