Definitely the last of a great generation of craftsmen, as a joiner I feel your born to do the job you enjoy , great tribute to a wonderful man 🏴
Fantastic video. I come from a long line of blacksmiths and love hearing all the old stories. I’m now just the next of my family that will keep the craft going.
Fantastic as a retired Farrier/Blacksmith and Engineer my appreciation of this man and others like him is sky high. Living now in Crowland I've fortunate to have seen the forge and spoken to people who knew this man.
I’ve lived in Crowland for 30 years and my husband is Crowland born and bred. He remembers all the people and places mentioned in the video, including his daughter, Barbara (heard in the video). Frank’s wife died young & Barbara played a major role in bringing up her siblings. The family lived in Albion Street, before moving to the forge upon Mr Clarke senior’s death. It’s a great film. The forge has been incorporated into the main house for many decades now, with no sign that it was ever a forge.
Apologies Simon we did try and find the owner, but failed, we were given the video and they didn’t have contact details. It’s such a lovely video that we thought it ought to be shared and a lot of people have enjoyed it. Is it ok to give a copy to the Lincolnshire Film Archive.
I’ve lived in Crowland for 30 years and my husband is Crowland born and bred. He remembers all the people and places mentioned in the video, including his daughter, Barbara (heard in the video). Frank’s wife died young & Barbara played a major role in bringing up her siblings. The family lived in Albion Street, before moving to the forge upon Mr Clarke senior’s death. It’s a great film. The forge has been incorporated into the main house for many decades now, with no sign that it was ever a forge.
Actually blacksmithing has had something of a comeback and there are many people like me who do it part time and a few who even do it full time:)
Always looking for people to come and help at the forge. We run a club once a month
Definitely the last of a great generation of craftsmen, as a joiner I feel your born to do the job you enjoy , great tribute to a wonderful man 🏴
Fantastic video. I come from a long line of blacksmiths and love hearing all the old stories. I’m now just the next of my family that will keep the craft going.
Fantastic as a retired Farrier/Blacksmith and Engineer my appreciation of this man and others like him is sky high. Living now in Crowland I've fortunate to have seen the forge and spoken to people who knew this man.
I’ve lived in Crowland for 30 years and my husband is Crowland born and bred. He remembers all the people and places mentioned in the video, including his daughter, Barbara (heard in the video). Frank’s wife died young & Barbara played a major role in bringing up her siblings. The family lived in Albion Street, before moving to the forge upon Mr Clarke senior’s death.
It’s a great film. The forge has been incorporated into the main house for many decades now, with no sign that it was ever a forge.
I have respect for this man.
well done i enjoyed watching this
a very fitting tribute, thanks for sharing
You.are.so.good.
Lovely what a grand old gentleman he is, would loved to of trained as a young fella with him, but it wasn't to be for me.
Thanks Caroline Regards Geoff Taylor
I maybe seventy but I'm still swinging.
Pity the poster of this video didn't bother asking permission of the copyright holder
Apologies Simon we did try and find the owner, but failed, we were given the video and they didn’t have contact details. It’s such a lovely video that we thought it ought to be shared and a lot of people have enjoyed it. Is it ok to give a copy to the Lincolnshire Film Archive.
The last blacksmith... that's a bold statement !
Sorry but you are not.
I’ve lived in Crowland for 30 years and my husband is Crowland born and bred. He remembers all the people and places mentioned in the video, including his daughter, Barbara (heard in the video). Frank’s wife died young & Barbara played a major role in bringing up her siblings. The family lived in Albion Street, before moving to the forge upon Mr Clarke senior’s death.
It’s a great film. The forge has been incorporated into the main house for many decades now, with no sign that it was ever a forge.