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it just did one picture although I now see the the tiny "more attachments", as i say I don't find the site easy to use.
I take it that Me simson was the stationmaster

I recall a request for photos of Skellingthorpe station. My cousin has old photos including the station which I have scanned and include.

Mu uncle was very systematic so caption included. I assume Mr timson to be the statioinmaster. As I can't add photos all at once from the folder they may not all be there and some maybe repetition. Not included those which need editing to size.

I hope these give the train enthusiasts pleasure.

I have some scanned photos of Skelly and its environs which I can post when more time

two more photos one looking in the Lincoln direction and the crossing gates

I had been trying to find out more about this ferry and I had amazing and generous responses from the board with articles from Stamford and Halifax! local papers. My great grandparents, grandparents and father are in the Skellingthorpe churchyard and I lived in Skellingthorpe for the first 12 years of my life

I have since found this picture among when sorting out old family photos.  So I can't imagine why this isn't that ferry but a friend with an old map showing the  ferry says that the map doesn't show the building seen in the photo.

Does anyone have any idea about this?

I'm not finding the way to include a photo easy as it doesn't appear in preview although it is shown in the attach box so I suppose it comes through without passing thru' preview

 I posted this at the end of a long discussion about the pyewipe cottages but think it has been overlooked being at the 11th page

Iam very interested in this discussion about the pyewipe as the area was served by the ferry across the Fossdyke at the bottom of Ferry Lane in skellingthorpe. I've found nothing on the internet and Lincolnshire Archive has but two documents which refer to it (one reference: Ferry, private). I lived in skellingthorpe from age 0 to 12 and Ferry lane was a regular walk for us. It is surprising that there is so little information given that the name Ferry Lane persists

I see Linnet 27 identifies the ferryman and I wonder if she or others have more info. Some photos would be lovely. I don't see that it could be a rope or chain ferry as boats would pass so maybe it was a raft and poled across?

My Dad told me that he used the ferry to cycle to school in Lincoln and used to stick out a foot onto a post to stop. Once he missed the post and fell in.

The ferry is marked as private on an old map