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How many Stocks !

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Happy New Year everybody !  I have been set a challenge !  How many pictures can I find of Poulton stocks ?!!!  Ok this was taken last year in 2019... With the red flowers 2014... This is from one of my slides - 1967   Another one of my slides from 1967  Re the image above - Richard benson on Poulton past had the following to say ! - I had a story about the stocks id like to share. My Great Aunt told me this many years ago. Just after the war the stocks where vandalised. At the same time our family farm (Butlers Farm), which was located at the end of First Avenue and land extended to what is now Garstang Road, was bought by the council for housing. The gate posts from the farm where used to rebuild the stocks and are still there today. Quite humbling that I have a small link to my home town land mark. Here's a picture to the old farm and the gate posts that my Mum

Juliette 2019 !! A Year in View !!!

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Jan  Entered grundy exhibtion Was asked to help fairhaven hlf and document progress  Red phone box project for the fylde Appeared on itv granada news helping amazing graze !! blackpool bible !  https://www.facebook.com/JoolzGregson/videos/10220776196265232/   Feb Rotary club cleveleys - speaking with Lapis ! Masonic Library at adelaide st with mum , cont project Changing horizens with work at winter gardens Asked to help again with museum and heritage blackpool Helping grange over sands lido people with images from blackpool March Pcs picys for union mark seww..... https://www.facebook.com/pcsfylde/posts/10161565964790461 Lapis at probe !! asked to help more with blackpool bible April Provided images for save lido grange Provided images for Amanda ( probe ) Provided images for radio shows re paranormal etc. Helped greg with walks and talks and did a blog