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Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
For a collection of pictures of shrunken windows with vinyl siding infills.
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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, was a view of the backside of an apartment building at 12 N Foster St, at the southeast corner of North Foster Street and East Monroe Street.
The building's record in the Huron County government's property database says it was built in 1920, but the building does not appear on this 1922 fire insurance map. I am choosing to assume it was built sometime in the 1920s.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Apartment houses—Ohio (sh99002604)
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)
"The Haven" is a youth center operated by the Baptist church next door, which programs Baptist after-school activities directed at students attending a public school across the street, intended to gain the church young converts.
Children belong in buildings with windows!
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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, was the Lippert building, owned by the First Baptist Church, at the northwest corner of East Main Street (Ohio State Route 61) and North Foster Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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This Lippert person is attention-hungry I guess.
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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, was the Lippert building, owned by the First Baptist Church, at the northwest corner of East Main Street (Ohio State Route 61) and North Foster Street. The church operates a Baptist youth center named "The Haven" in the building.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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• Norwalk (2081160)
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• Baptist (300153825)
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• 1926 in architecture (Q2744825)
• American Baptist Churches USA (Q463455)
• Connecticut Western Reserve (Q1126227)
• Firelands (Q5451878)
• June 16 (Q2653)
• June 2024 (Q61312789)
• Lippert (Q1416908)
• Treaty of Fort Industry (Q7837057)
• wooden siding (Q125218666)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Buildings—Remodeling for other use (sh85017791)
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)
Nigel graffiti artist strikes again in the Essex countryside.
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Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
This Surry Hills art deco pub became a local landmark when Doris Goddard bought it with her husband Charlie Bishop for $178,000 in 1977. Their handful of pubs included the West End Hotel in Balmain and The Marlborough in Newtown.
Born in Sydney's Forest Lodge near Glebe in 1930, she was a cabaret singer and actress who travelled to Hollywood and scored bit parts opposite actors including Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope, in films like Geordie and The Iron Petticoat in the 1950's. In the 1970's she returned to Australia and was in Australian films such as Caddie and Tim.
She lived on the top floor of the Hollywood for nearly four decades and would regale the locals with showbiz stories and play guitar behind the retro bar. In her 80's she had mild dementia and moved to assisted care in 2017, although she would get out and about to complain about Sydney's lockout laws.
The Hollywood was first licensed in 1878 and Tooth & Co brewery rebuilt it in 1941. It was purchased in 2021 by Brody Petersen for $10 million. There will be something else here in due course as expansion is planned.
Postscript March 2024: Foster Street has been named on Time Out's 'Coolest Streets in the World' 2024 list! Unbelievable for what was once a scary early-opener.
Ice cream van on Foster Street, Harlow, Essex.
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22-23 High Street in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Originally part off a row of ten houses built in the late 18th century, contemporary with 21 High Street, the Golden Eagle. Only 22 and 23, the southernmost two, survive the others were removed in the early 1970s and their site now forms part of the pavement and front grassed and paved area of St Botolphs Court. Numbered 16-24 High Street up until late 19th century.
Information Source:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
84-86 High Street in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Built as four shops by S and R Horton numbered 84, 84A, 85 and 85A and now converted ino three shops.
84 High Street
1902-1905 H A Trafford tobacconist, with G H Williams dentist on first floor.
1907-1932 Neale sweet shop.
1923 Pilkington sweets, gifts (with 85).
1932 Wilmott sweets.
1934 Coombes & Co boot manufacturers.
1996-2007 St Peter at Gowts sub–Post Office
2009-2011 Lincolnshire Kitchen Co.
2012-2022 Lincoln & District funeral directors.
2022 Tech computers.
85 High Street
1905 Coombes & Co boot manufacturers.
1917-31 Pilkington sweets, gifts (with 84)
Pre-1994 Barclays Bank.
2009- Lincoln Cat Care charity shop.
86 High Street
1905 T V Pilkington draper.
1915 H Wheatley fishmonger.
2009 Totesport betting office.
2012- Betfred betting office.
Information Source:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
Scorer Street in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Residential street running west from St Andrews Street to High Street. The first phase was at the east end between St Andrews Street and Cross Street in 1897, proposed by Rev C T Swan, surveyor J Thropp. It was extended west across Sincil Dyke to High Street in 1907, and the remaining houses were built by 1913.
Presumably named after the Scorer family (possibly C Scorer solicitor, or W Scorer architect). Some houses between Sincil Bank and High Street were under construction in 1913. Adopted in stages by Lincoln Corporation 1899-1915.
Information Source:
arcade.lincoln.gov.uk/
Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/witham-to-h...
Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/witham-to-h...
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list
He's checking it twice
He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
And he knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
'Cause Santa Claus is coming to town
Oh, let's go
Now, he sees you when you're sleeping
And he knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming
I mean the big fat man with the long white beard
He's coming to town
Lyrics: © Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie, 1934
Haven Gillespie's lyrics begin "You better watch out, better not cry / You better not pout, I'm telling you why / Santa Claus is coming to town".
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours. The version for Bluebird Records by George Hall and His Orchestra (vocal by Sonny Schuyler) was very popular in 1934 and reached the various charts of the day. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists, including Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, The Crystals, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Chris Isaak, The Temptations, The Carpenters, Michael Bublé, Luis Miguel, and The Jackson 5.
Cantor's original performance, broadcast at the height of the Great Depression, included verses not in the standard version of the song, encouraging listeners to be charitable and help the less fortunate at Christmas
The former George & Dragon public House at 99-100 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
The original building on the site was constructed in 1791 as an inn with lodging, stabling and grazing fields to the rear. In 1825 a H Gibson sold the property to Charles Winn who split the building into a Bakery run by a Charles Curtis and the other half remaining as a public house. In 1893 it was rebuilt as the current building by Messrs A and B Hall for the Crown Brewery.
Information source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/st-botolphs...
Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/witham-to-h...
Foster Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A residential street running west from the High Street. Named after J H, or Thomas and Charles Foster, builders. Proposed by Messrs Horton and Allman. From early housing application plans its intended name was Tennyson Street. Earlier Padley maps suggest an entrance from the High Street to buildings to the rear of 100 High Street, but not a street as such.
Information Source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/witham-to-h...
