Torksey in the 70s

[taine]

my parents had a caravan behind the Hume Arms for nearly 2o years my father was a disabled gent with calipers on both legs very sociable, my mother was not so sociable. they often had my eldest daughter with them maybe someone remembers them.

[owdlad]

We used to play golf at Torksey in the 70s, and Kate who did the cooking was a star in the kitchen where she produced some of the finest meals I have ever tasted at any gold club in the country.

[muppet]

Does anybody remember strawberry milk from mrs wickens from the farm at torksey

 

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[brooksy]

Any one on here spend time down at torksey in lincolnshire in the 70s.There were loads of sheffielders down there , be nice to here from you. :)

[Cycleracer]

This thread has been out before. ?.

 

Anyway I had a caravan there in 1997/98 on the little London site.

It was a neat tourer and loved going down there at weekends.

The trouble was at that time my wife worked most weekends so it made it difficult at times and I used to go down on the bike.

WE had some good nights in the club on site and I sometimes go back down for Pike fishing on the Fosdyke and Trent arm.

I could do with hiring a van this year for the odd weekend for fishing but I think the sites don't allow hiring.

[brooksy]

We were on the rydal mount for thirty years from 1970.If you fancy aweekends good fishing then try the swan inn at dunham bridge.Hes got a lake on the land at the back of the pub and its got some great fishing.Hesgot a couple of caravans on site whch you can use for the night.Great pub , great food and fishing.

[jayne67]

My grandma and granddad had a caravan at Torksey, dont know where though, except it was near the swan? pub. I remember going down there when I was about two or three, my grandparents name was Cawthorne, apparently quite well known down there, although they were down there before the 70s.

[nidgeroll]

Brooksy, spent many a weekend there in the 70's with my grandparents in the caravan park behind the locks. Went fishing and air-rifle shooting. My grandparents name were Frank and Elenor Rollinson and they had their caravan down there for years until the site changed to cabins (?). Can't remember exact year.

[littlestarshine]

My grandparents had a caravan at laneham,,, im talking in the late 80's and early 90's.

 

I remember torksey very well

[baz52]

I had a caravan on what used to be Rydal Mount (now Torksey Caravan Park) up to three years ago. If you haven't been to Torksey for a few years you'd be surprised at the changes. The Elms caravan site is now a retirement home complex. The Little London site is no more. There are two caravan sites left, one on either side of The White Swan pub. I have pictures of the bad flooding of the Torksey Caravan Park and surrounding area a few years ago.