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Description: | The Forge building was originally a stable block belonging to Lord Hylton. It was rented to Mr Ewan, an engineer and building contractor, who then bought the premises at auction in 1911. On the opposite corner of the road, in Charles Street he had premises in which he stored steam rollers, threshing machines and other machines which he hired out, using the present Forge as his workshop for maintenance and repairs. The blue shed in front of the forge was ten feet longer and housed a versatile vehicle. It had removable seats and could be fitted with a canvas roof, allowing it to be a charabanc at weekends, while during the week it was used as a sand lorry. It was the first motor vehicle of its kind in the district, and the outings were very popular.
About 1936 the Forge was sold as a going concern to Joe Smith. The present owner (2003), Steve Pibworth, began working with Joe Smith in the late 1940s and took over when Joe retired aged 80. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Kate Ford | Subjects: | building Swan Street street The Spain forge The Forge | Temporal: | start=2003-11-04; end=2003-11-04; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Kate Ford | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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