I started off at “Freedom Bridge” neat the Horsefair Shopping Centre (site of the old Fire Station as I knew it), one of my fav pics of dear Dad and our lurcher was taken here …
… working my way along the River Nene
to the North and South Brinks – the birthplace of Octavia Hill, one of the founders of the National Trust was born here ..
Peckover House was used in the film Dean Spanley - it has a huge garden out the back… that is the one with all the green plants round the door …
Near there is the memorial designed by George Gilbert Scott, to Thomas Clarkson, a local man who helped end the Slave Trade
Then up to the Crescent where the Town’s WW1 memorial is located
Then to the local museum –still free to enter ..
They have some beautiful galleries –almost worth a visit just to look at the old display cases
A couple of the exhibits …
Then to Wisbech Church, dedicated to St’s Peter and Paul
Up til at least 2005, in the church was the only national memorial to all the FEWPOW’s
I ended my trip with a visit to a wool shop that we always got Great-Aunt Ada some wool … it was supposed to be closing in Oct 2013 but amazingly still there …
Statistics: Posted by chenrezig — 06 Oct 2014, 13:46
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