Places to see in ( Woodhall Spa - UK )
Places to see in ( Woodhall Spa - UK )
Woodhall Spa is a civil parish and village in Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, 6 miles south-west of Horncastle and 15 miles east-south-east of Lincoln. It is noted for its mineral springs, cinema and its Second World War association with the RAF 617 Squadron. The cinema has the last remaining rear screen projector in the country.
Woodhall Spa came about by accident in 1811 after John Parkinson of Old Bolingbroke made several attempts to find coal. After spending several thousand pounds and sinking a shaft over 1,000 feet deep, the enterprise was abandoned on account of the now rising spring. The Legacy Woodhall Spa Hotel, which opened in 1882 as the Eagle Lodge Hotel. It was converted into a nursing home in the 1960s and reopened as a hotel in 1991.
The more ancient parish of Kirkstead was amalgamated with Woodhall Spa in the early 1980s, thus formalising what was already a reality. Kirkstead is the western side of Woodhall Spa between the village centre and the River Witham. It has its origins in Kirkstead Abbey, of the Cistercian order, founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, Lord of Tattershall. It was around this abbey that the hamlet of Kirkstead grew. The railways spelled the end of Kirkstead's isolation and eventually of Kirkstead itself, as Woodhall Spa's increasing popularity led it to expand outwards into Kirkstead parish until it reached the banks of the River Witham.
Woodhall Lodge or Wood Corner, as it was then known, became the property of one Thomas Hotchkin of Rutland, Lord of the Manor of Thimbleby and Woodhall. Hotchkin had inherited many manors throughout Rutland and Lincolnshire but Woodhall Lodge was his particular favourite and where he spent most of his time.
The Tower-on-the-Moor, an octagonal, four-storey, red brick-built tower, is the stair turret of what is believed to have been a hunting lodge, built in the mid–15th century for Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell whose fortified house, Tattershall Castle, was located 4 miles (6 km) to the south. It is a Grade II* Listed Building and a scheduled Ancient Monument. Documentary sources indicate that the tower was partly dismantled in 1472, when bricks from the Tower on the Moor were used for repairs at Tattershall Castle. One of the older roads in Woodhall Spa, Tor-O-Moor Road is named after the tower.
The Kinema in the Woods is located at the centre of the Pinewoods, next to the now derelict Spa Baths and opposite the site of the former Victoria Hotel. Housed in a converted cricket pavilion, it opened in 1922 as one of the first cinemas in Britain. Jubilee Park, opened in 1937, lies adjacent to the Pinewoods and includes Jubilee Park Swimming Pool, a heated outdoor swimming pool.
Woodhall Spa lies at the south western edge of the Central Lincolnshire Vale, between the Rivers Witham and Bain. The village is largely flat rising gently towards the east, and is surrounded towards the north and east by a mixture of ancient and planted woodland. To the south west can be found many sand and gravel excavation pits, some still in use and some abandoned, many of which are now protected nature reserves. To the north west, south and immediately west can be found arable farmland, with the River Witham lying one mile to the west of the village centre and arable fenland beyond that. Much of the land on which the village is built was once extensive heathland with a light fluvial sandy soil. The civil parish of Woodhall Spa borders the civil parishes of Tattershall Thorpe, Timberland, Martin, Stixwould and Woodhall, Roughton, and Kirkby on Bain.
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Woodhall Spa Dambusters Memorial Parade May 2011
Woodhall Spa Dambusters Memorial Parade, Acted out by re-enactors dressed in best blue RAF uniform on the 29th May 2011, at the War Memorial in Woodhall Spa.
RAF Woodhall Spa - Part 1 Abandoned Lincolnshire
Vlogg style video to a World War Two Bomber Base
Petwood Hotel - Woodhall Spa
The Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire.
In the latter stages of the War the Hotel was used as the Officers Mess for the famous Dambusters, 617 Squadron, who were then based at nearby RAF Woodhall Spa.
In the extensive grounds can be found a dummy practice bouncing bomb, as was used in the Dambusters raid.
Inside the hotel, the Squadron Bar is dedicated to 617 Squadron and has memorabilia from the period.
Over the bar there is a branch of a tree. This was found impaled in the fuselage of a Lancaster.
Petwood Hotel, with its magnificent grounds, is now a favourite spot for wedding receptions.
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Woodhall Spa 1940’s Festival 2018
WOODHALL SPA 1940S FESTIVAL 2018.
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It starts with a shot of breakfast at the Woodhall Spa bowling club on a lovely sunny day. A bit too hot really. Then some footage around the shopping area at Jubilee Party and some of the lovely vehicles around the town centre. Then some footage of the fantastic Kinema in the Woods. Then walking around the Petwood and visit all the Re-enactors. Lastly some footage from our afternoon at the Petwood Hotel, watching the amazing Brandon Shaw.
MUSIC.
Music provided by Free Vibes:
A Bouquet Of Roses by Dj Quads:
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Also fantastic singing by the great Brandon Shaw.
Tickety Boo song WW2 mix at the 1940s Weekend Festival Woodhall UK England
My visit with some video and photos of Woodhall Spa 1940s Weekend NR Lincoln UK with a musical mixup of this typical British war song Tickety Boo and everything will be fine just Keep calm and carry on and all that. During world war two they came up with many amusing type songs to keep the moral going during the worlds darkest hours with the Blitz spirit and Winston Churchill WWII. 1940s sing a long DJ Electro Swing mix mashup.
Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire the original home of the dambusters during ww2. Now the whole town is turned over to this 1940s commemoration Festival Nr Lincoln UK attracting 40,000 visitors and Thorpe Camp’s event helps support the future of the museum a must-visit attraction.
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Song lyrics
TIGGERTY BOO (THUMBS UP SONG)
Recorded 1940
It’s grand to know the thumbs are up in England
A sign that shows that everything’s ok
The boys have brought a word back home to England
For over there they always used to say
Put your thumbs up, and say it’s tiggerty boo
‘Cos tiggerty boo means everything will be fine
You’ll always wear a smile if you’ll only say
It’s tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo today
Put your thumbs up and say it’s tiggerty boo
We’re going to show the world who’s who
And this is how you’ll end your little chorus
Thumbs up, tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo.
(Chorus)
Put your thumbs up, and say it’s tiggerty boo
‘Cos tiggerty boo means everything will be fine
You’ll always wear a smile if you’ll only say
It’s tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo today
Put your thumbs up and say it’s tiggerty boo
We’re going to show the world who’s who
And this is how you’ll end your little chorus
Thumbs up, tiggerty boo, tiggerty boo
H57RC Dambusters Petwood Hotel Lincolnshire
Halifax 57 Rescue visited the Petwood Hotel in Lincolnshire, England recently to record a veterans interview in the pub where the WWII Dambusters Squadron were located. A James Tallimar Internet Video.
Two Lancs Over Petwood
Taken in the garden of The Petwood Hotel.
After not taking off on Saturday 6th September due to weather they were up early in Sunday 7th September :)
Woodhall Spa40’s weekend
City of Lincoln PA474 flying over Petwood House during Woodhall Spa 1940’s weekend
ABANDONED Spa Bath & Former Mine
This place is quite cool, it was formerly known to be a mine that was specifically for coal but due to boggy ground and lots of fields surrounding it mine shaft collapsed.
During the sinking of the 3 metre diameter shaft, the miners had cut across a spring at a depth of 159 metres (520 feet), which had to be bricked up to prevent the shaft flooding.
Eventually this water seeped into the shaft and filled it up. The water, so the story goes, overflowed into the stream by the side where it was drunk by some sick cattle owned by Thomas Hotchkin. The cattle were cured and the water, as early as 1824, began to get a reputation as a health cure.
This encouraged the local Squire, Thomas Hotchkin, to build a small bath house, containing eight bathing rooms, in 1839. The Spa's reputation spread and following the advice of Dr. Granville, a well known authority on Spas, the bathing rooms were improved and the water analysed. The water was found to be unusual because is contained very high levels of iodine and bromine, thought to be beneficial in curing all ailments in 19th Century Britain.
By 1849 a complex involving a high class bath house and a hotel, the Woodhall Spa Iodine Hotel, later called the Victoria Hotel, had been constructed. In the 1880's and 90's the complex was again modernised and enlarged by the Syndicate.
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The Yorkshire War Time Experience 2019 Part 1
From the ZIL 131 to the Bren Gun Carrier it's all here even the trucks of Dunkirk in part 2 it will be all about WW2 vehicles.
Festival of the Forties 2017
The Best 1940's Weekend Ever!!!!
Explore of former RAF Woodhall Spa with cotney05
today we have an explore of the former RAF Woodhall Spa or as its now known ostlers plantation...this is the 2nd time ive filmed this video as the first time the data got corrupted...for more videos keep your eyes peeled and please like and subscribe... 100 subscribers before easter and i will do something crazy like a massive burnout or blow an air bag up in my microwave...dunno yet dont have a defintive plan but you get the idea
Kinema in the woods
A very special screening of 'The Dambusters' movie at the Kinema in the woods located at Woodhall Spa. .
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return to raf wickenby 04/11/2016
2nd visit to raf wickenby , to document the shelters and buildings i missed first time around!!!!
Mid Norfolk Railway - 1940's Railway at war - Heritage Railway
Mid Norfolk Railway - 1940's Railway at war - Heritage Railway
One weekend a year the station at Dereham Norfolk UK goes back in time to the 1940's era.
A great event.
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1940's Weekend 2018 || Black Country Living Museum || Out 'n' About
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Last weekend we took part in the Black Country Living Museum's 1940s weekend for the first time. I hope you enjoy.
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Music: Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty- Florrie Ford (From FreeMusicArchive)
Grassington 1940's Weekend 2015
Grassington 1940's weekend Saturday 19th January 2015.
Sheringham 1940's weekend 2018 - Best 1940's event in the UK!
Sheringham 1940's weekend 2018.
The 1940's returns to Sheringham, Weybourne and Holt Stations step back in time.
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Get a feel for the City where I was born.
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British Legion , standard bearer duty and presentation
standard bearer duty and presentation. National day of remembrance The City War Memorial Barker's Pool, Sheffield