Linocut Prints of Local Landmarks
Made by Bottesford school children in the 1930s.
By Neil Fortey
The Title Page
Bottesford Cross and Stocks, in front of the Old School
The Duchess of Rutland's Coffee House, Market Street
The Red Lion, Grantham Road
St. Mary's spire from Church Street
Dr. Fleming's Hospital, Market Street
Dr. Fleming's bridge over the River Devon
Easthorpe Mill on the River Devon
An Old Chantry
Bottesford Station
The Three-Arch Bridge, spanning the Melton-Newark Railway and the River Devon
St. Maty's Church seen fromj the Southeast
Belvoir Castle, home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland
The Bedehouse
Redmile Mill
Top Mill
This set of prints has been scanned from copies belonging to Mike Saunders of linoprints dating from the 1930s. These were made by Bottesford school children. We are unsure who actually made them or exactly when, or indeed the whereabouts of the original linocuts if they still exist, and would be grateful for any further information on them. Dorothy Beedham recalls that her brothers were among the makers, but there must have been others, and one or more teachers that oversaw their work. The results are beautiful and vivid record of those far off days.
This page was added on 09/04/2007.
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George Taylor did many of these, details are in annual ‘The Bottesfordian’ magazines which I sent to Neil
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