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Southwell Burgage
Burgage Green Surveys
Dowsing for buried archaeological features.
“Before I started I was a complete sceptic. I still am to a certain extent but despite everything it seemed to work. When I was walking down the rods certainly crossed and I wasn’t doing anything. So I’m less of a sceptic. I still don’t understand it but it seemed to work for me.”
Peter Kent
Southwell Community Archaeology Group
Read MoreCelebrations on the Burgage Green
The golden jubilee of the reigning monarch, the defeat of a tyrant and the bringing of gas lighting to the town of Southwell – very different occasions but all causes for feasting and celebration on Burgage Green.
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Lace Making at Southwell
Cyril Flowers started work at Carey's as a threading boy in 1929 at 14 years. He was paid 7s/6d (37 1/2 pence) per week, and an extra 6d (2 1/2 pence) for 3 hours on a Saturday.
“There were 46 machines some capable of producing lace 360 inches wide. Some machines had 3,000 bobbins or shuttle that needed threading. When Carey’s closed down in 1956, Cyril was the last man to be paid off and given £25 extra and a f
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