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Park Lane, LINCOLN, LN5 8NY

February 2010 Otter's Cottages new build [Number 10 thro' 13] now completed; visible beyond the wooden fence in this photo. Original row of 9 cottages built 1880; the new homes are built in a sympathetic red brick and the dentil brickwork pattern seen on the older cottages has been matched at the eaves, however the new homes do not have an attic room - nor chimney stacks, which makes them look a little odd!

A public footpath follows a bend of the River Witham, looking northeastwards towards a residential area approximately 2.5 kilometres south of Lincoln city centre and 600 metres north of Bracebridge bridge. This photograph was taken on a warm, overcast day in early May. Viewed from the largely undeveloped western bank of the Witham between Bracebridge and Dixon Street, the riverside homes on the corner of Fairfax Street and Park Lane can be seen (centre) with the white rear of the Aldi supermarket on Newark Road (A1434) extending into frame from the right. Though much of this footpath is insulated from the noises of the city, here the sounds of ducks splashing and birds chirping are unfortunately drowned out by the constant hum of the local Walkers crisp factory, whose fenced yard of grimy container lorries lines the opposite bank just upstream (south) of this point.

A cut bench mark on the side of no.193 Newark Road, on the corner of Manby Street. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4765514 for a wider view and http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37956 for details.

On the angle facing Manby Street is a cut bench mark. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4765511 for a close-up and http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37956 for details.

1938 offices of the Lincoln Walkers site was originally the home of Smiths Potato Crisps (1929) Ltd. The plot was previously occupied by a nursery and the architect for the new building was A E Powell of Bristol. Officially inaugurated on 20th July 1938 The Lincolnshire Chronicle on 23rd July 1938 headlined with 'A £75,000 Enterprise: Work for 600 People'. Initially potatoes from Frank Smiths Nocton estate were processed here but crisp production ceased in 1966 with a switch to snack foods such as Quavers and Chipsticks. In 1993 Smiths merged with Walkers Snack Foods that in addition to Quavers made some of the Walkers Sensations range here. 1997 saw the rebranding of Quavers under the Walkers name and logo. In September 2021 LincolnshireLive reported that “£24 million is being invested in the Walkers factory in Lincoln to satisfy public demand for Quavers - produced at the site for 50 years” and that it “safeguard 172 jobs”.

Car dealers on Newark Road

Looking south by the corner with Urban Street

Large car dealers in Lincoln

A pair of stone-built houses, with an 1841 date stone. Both 2 bedroom cottages, no.269 has been extended more than doubling its footprint giving the cottage a total area of about 75 sq m. No.267 has also been extended but to a lesser degree, probably by the addition of a kitchen.