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Throckenholt

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Throckenholt

Purpose-built museum This is the "Museum of Technology", which proclaims that it displays "The History of Gadgets and Gizmos" concentrating mainly on communications and home entertainment equipment from the period 1850 - 1980. It is located at the southern border of Lincolnshire, almost into Cambridgeshire, in a village called Throckenholt. I am used to the mild disappointment of most Lincolnshire museums, whose ambition normally exceeds their content. But I was very impressed here. There is a wealth of exhibits, expertly curated and labelled, and many of which can be demonstrated on request. They have a web site: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/visit/visit.php" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/visit/visit.php">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> This is an entirely independent museum, dependent on visitors and (like Geograph) on donations. It is a remarkably good place to visit, in a landscape unlike any other. See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513968">TF3609 : Display cabinets</a> and <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513969">TF3609 : A Galvanometer</a> for a hint of what lies within.
Purpose-built museum Credit: Bob Harvey

Throckenholt is a small village located in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Situated approximately 5 miles north-west of the town of Spalding, it falls within the South Holland district. Throckenholt is a predominantly rural area characterized by its picturesque landscapes and peaceful atmosphere.

The village is home to a small population of around 100 residents, making it a tight-knit community where everyone knows each other. Throckenholt is primarily an agricultural community, with many residents involved in farming and other related industries. The fertile soils of the area make it favorable for crop cultivation, and the fields surrounding the village are often filled with golden wheat and vibrant rapeseed.

In terms of amenities, Throckenholt has limited facilities. There is no local shop or pub, and residents typically travel to nearby towns for their daily essentials. However, the village does have a small church, St. Andrew's, which dates back to the 13th century and serves as a focal point for the community.

Throckenholt's location offers easy access to the surrounding countryside, making it an attractive place for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. The nearby River Welland provides opportunities for boating and fishing, while the flat terrain allows for pleasant walks and cycling routes.

Overall, Throckenholt offers a tranquil and idyllic rural lifestyle, with a strong sense of community and a close connection to the natural beauty of Lincolnshire.

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Purpose-built museum This is the "Museum of Technology", which proclaims that it displays "The History of Gadgets and Gizmos" concentrating mainly on communications and home entertainment equipment from the period 1850 - 1980. It is located at the southern border of Lincolnshire, almost into Cambridgeshire, in a village called Throckenholt. I am used to the mild disappointment of most Lincolnshire museums, whose ambition normally exceeds their content. But I was very impressed here. There is a wealth of exhibits, expertly curated and labelled, and many of which can be demonstrated on request. They have a web site: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/visit/visit.php" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/visit/visit.php">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> This is an entirely independent museum, dependent on visitors and (like Geograph) on donations. It is a remarkably good place to visit, in a landscape unlike any other. See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513968">TF3609 : Display cabinets</a> and <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513969">TF3609 : A Galvanometer</a> for a hint of what lies within.
Purpose-built museum
This is the "Museum of Technology", which proclaims that it displays "The History of Gadgets and Gizmos" concentrating mainly on communications and home entertainment equipment from the period 1850 - 1980. It is located at the southern border of Lincolnshire, almost into Cambridgeshire, in a village called Throckenholt. I am used to the mild disappointment of most Lincolnshire museums, whose ambition normally exceeds their content. But I was very impressed here. There is a wealth of exhibits, expertly curated and labelled, and many of which can be demonstrated on request. They have a web site: LinkExternal link This is an entirely independent museum, dependent on visitors and (like Geograph) on donations. It is a remarkably good place to visit, in a landscape unlike any other. See TF3609 : Display cabinets and TF3609 : A Galvanometer for a hint of what lies within.
Display cabinets Some of the exhibits at <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513964">TF3609 : Purpose-built museum</a>, the Museum of Technology at Throckenholt.
Display cabinets
Some of the exhibits at TF3609 : Purpose-built museum, the Museum of Technology at Throckenholt.
A Galvanometer One of the exhibits at <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513964">TF3609 : Purpose-built museum</a>, the Museum of Technology at Throckenholt.
A Galvanometer
One of the exhibits at TF3609 : Purpose-built museum, the Museum of Technology at Throckenholt.
Quackery One of the exhibits at the Museum of Technology <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513964">TF3609 : Purpose-built museum</a>, from the "Electro Quackery" collection of early twentieth century. See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7514744">TF3609 : Display card</a> for details.
Quackery
One of the exhibits at the Museum of Technology TF3609 : Purpose-built museum, from the "Electro Quackery" collection of early twentieth century. See TF3609 : Display card for details.
Display card The description for the device in <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7514734">TF3609 : Quackery</a>.
Display card
The description for the device in TF3609 : Quackery.
Thermionic Valve A 1930s amplification device made by Siemens and Halske in Germany.
Thermionic Valve
A 1930s amplification device made by Siemens and Halske in Germany.
A dangerous device I work with high voltages. The idea of holding this device up to something powered up to 30kV is terrifying. You would want to be very sure the wire at the end was properly earthed. The principle is of an adjustable spark gap.
A dangerous device
I work with high voltages. The idea of holding this device up to something powered up to 30kV is terrifying. You would want to be very sure the wire at the end was properly earthed. The principle is of an adjustable spark gap.
Press button A A memory of my past from the Museum of Technology, <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7513964">TF3609 : Purpose-built museum</a>. People pre-deposited the cash and then dialled the number. Once answered you had to press Button A to be connected to the other end. This dropped the money in the cash box for later retrieval by the authorities. For trunk or overseas calls you went via the operator, and they counted the coins going in by sound, each one striking a small bell that they could hear through the telephone circuit. Button B forced a refund instead, if the call was not successfully connected. It was a childhood hobby to nip into call boxes and press button B in the hope that drunk, or stupid, people had failed to get their tuppence back. Around one time in ten this paid off, and I regularly used to double my pocket money for the week in this manner. I am perhaps a little harsh. Both buttons required a fair amount of physical effort, and it is not impossible that doddering old ladies had not the physical strength to extract a refund. But, when you are young, extra pennies were welcome.
Press button A
A memory of my past from the Museum of Technology, TF3609 : Purpose-built museum. People pre-deposited the cash and then dialled the number. Once answered you had to press Button A to be connected to the other end. This dropped the money in the cash box for later retrieval by the authorities. For trunk or overseas calls you went via the operator, and they counted the coins going in by sound, each one striking a small bell that they could hear through the telephone circuit. Button B forced a refund instead, if the call was not successfully connected. It was a childhood hobby to nip into call boxes and press button B in the hope that drunk, or stupid, people had failed to get their tuppence back. Around one time in ten this paid off, and I regularly used to double my pocket money for the week in this manner. I am perhaps a little harsh. Both buttons required a fair amount of physical effort, and it is not impossible that doddering old ladies had not the physical strength to extract a refund. But, when you are young, extra pennies were welcome.
A field at Throckenholt A field of winter wheat, looking a bit thirsty. This is the last field in Lincolnshire before you get to Cambridgeshire - the county boundary is the drain on the southern edge of this field.
A field at Throckenholt
A field of winter wheat, looking a bit thirsty. This is the last field in Lincolnshire before you get to Cambridgeshire - the county boundary is the drain on the southern edge of this field.
The Village Shop Once a car showroom in front of a garage, this is now the village shop and very busy.
The Village Shop
Once a car showroom in front of a garage, this is now the village shop and very busy.
The Swan Inn A typical fenland pub, fortunately surviving, and handling the needs of the local community. See also <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7515307">TF3708 : Pub Sign</a>. Recommended. It is odd that this is not a listed building as it has a considerable history, dating from at least 1541. Samuel Pepys, who visited Parson Drove on 17 and 18 September 1663, described it as a ‘heathen place’ where he had to sleep in a ‘sad, cold, stony chamber in a miserable inn’. He did, however, manage a minor seduction of the maid. He was talking about the Swan Inn. The current fabric dates, like the nearby drainage work, to the early 1830s. In 1834 it was the property of a brewer called Charles Boucher, who rebuilt it almost entirely.
The Swan Inn
A typical fenland pub, fortunately surviving, and handling the needs of the local community. See also TF3708 : Pub Sign. Recommended. It is odd that this is not a listed building as it has a considerable history, dating from at least 1541. Samuel Pepys, who visited Parson Drove on 17 and 18 September 1663, described it as a ‘heathen place’ where he had to sleep in a ‘sad, cold, stony chamber in a miserable inn’. He did, however, manage a minor seduction of the maid. He was talking about the Swan Inn. The current fabric dates, like the nearby drainage work, to the early 1830s. In 1834 it was the property of a brewer called Charles Boucher, who rebuilt it almost entirely.
Pub Sign The sign for <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7515304">TF3708 : The Swan Inn</a>. Elgoods do a good line in pub signs, as well as beer.
Pub Sign
The sign for TF3708 : The Swan Inn. Elgoods do a good line in pub signs, as well as beer.
On the bridge A tractor towing a slurry trailer. The trailer is a Redrock tandem axle slurry tanker. The tractor, a Massey Ferguson 7618.
On the bridge
A tractor towing a slurry trailer. The trailer is a Redrock tandem axle slurry tanker. The tractor, a Massey Ferguson 7618.
The Swan Bridge Almost certainly named for the nearby Inn, this bridge crosses the North Level Main Drain, the master leet for the North Level District Internal Drainage Board. The bridge dates from 1832, a period of intensive investment in the fens with the change from wind to steam drainage. This was the same period of drainage improvment under John Rennie when the nearby Clough Bridge was built (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6834418">TF3609 : Cloughs Cross Bridge and former sluices</a>). This when the North Level Main Drain was constructed, greatly improving the agriculture hereabouts.
The Swan Bridge
Almost certainly named for the nearby Inn, this bridge crosses the North Level Main Drain, the master leet for the North Level District Internal Drainage Board. The bridge dates from 1832, a period of intensive investment in the fens with the change from wind to steam drainage. This was the same period of drainage improvment under John Rennie when the nearby Clough Bridge was built (TF3609 : Cloughs Cross Bridge and former sluices). This when the North Level Main Drain was constructed, greatly improving the agriculture hereabouts.
Datestone The keystone of <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7518108">TF3608 : The Swan Bridge</a> with the date of 1832
Datestone
The keystone of TF3608 : The Swan Bridge with the date of 1832
The Swan Bridge Almost certainly named for the nearby Inn, this bridge crosses the North Level Main Drain, the master leet for the North Level District Internal Drainage Board. The bridge dates from 1832, a period of intensive investment in the fens with the change from wind to steam drainage. This was the same period of drainage improvment under John Rennie when the nearby Clough Bridge was built (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6834418">TF3609 : Cloughs Cross Bridge and former sluices</a>). This when the North Level Main Drain was constructed, greatly improving the agriculture hereabouts.
The Swan Bridge
Almost certainly named for the nearby Inn, this bridge crosses the North Level Main Drain, the master leet for the North Level District Internal Drainage Board. The bridge dates from 1832, a period of intensive investment in the fens with the change from wind to steam drainage. This was the same period of drainage improvment under John Rennie when the nearby Clough Bridge was built (TF3609 : Cloughs Cross Bridge and former sluices). This when the North Level Main Drain was constructed, greatly improving the agriculture hereabouts.
The North Level Main Drain Constructed in the 1830s to designs by John Rennie. It drains the area of the North Level District Internal Drainage Board Northwards, joining the River Nene at Tydd Gote, downstream of Wisbech.
The North Level Main Drain
Constructed in the 1830s to designs by John Rennie. It drains the area of the North Level District Internal Drainage Board Northwards, joining the River Nene at Tydd Gote, downstream of Wisbech.
North Level Main Drain This drain, constructed in the 1830s to the designs of John Rennie. We are looking downstream in the main direction of flow, when flow there is. The presence of duckweed shows how static the water has been for the last few months.
North Level Main Drain
This drain, constructed in the 1830s to the designs of John Rennie. We are looking downstream in the main direction of flow, when flow there is. The presence of duckweed shows how static the water has been for the last few months.
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Throckenholt is located at Grid Ref: TF3609 (Lat: 52.66595, Lng: 0.00967)

Division: Parts of Holland

Administrative County: Lincolnshire

District: South Holland

Police Authority: Lincolnshire

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