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Hot water bottles

Hot water bottles

Before the days of electric blankets and central heating, the only way of warming your bed was to put something hot into it

Louth Sewage Works, 1911

Louth Sewage Works, 1911

Louth’s first sewage works was built in 1911, but it had its problems

Grandfather Clock

Grandfather Clock

We have a longcase clock made by watchmaker and silversmith John P Pearson who had premises in Louth’s Cornmarket

Louth Halfpenny 1671

Louth Halfpenny 1671

In the 17th Century the Overseers of the Poor in Louth issued tokens because there was a nationwide shortage of small coins

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