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Before the bypass was built

October 2, 2017 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment

A1 Foston prior to the bypass. the building in the Centre was a pub, the footings of it were in our garden.to the top of the same pic is a flat roofed bungalow belonging to friends of ours. Top left of the pic are allotments, now a substation.
From Kathryn Bell Singleton

A1 Foston prior to the bypass. The lovely house to the right is now the petrol station,the cottages behind the garage are still there, we lived in a bungalow behind
From Kathryn Bell Singleton

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  1. Philredpath says

    February 18, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    The garage photo of the A1 at Foston shows it selling Ethyl petrol, later called leaded petrol. Ethyl came to the UK in 1928 and the Foston By-pass opened in 1926.

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