Welcome to Genuki, Lincolnshire, Wainfleet All Saints

Submitted by Garth Swanson
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In the 50's we visited Gibraltar Point when we were children and saw a 
beached boat where our great grand parents lived in the late 19th century. 
They were ALLENBYs who had married WILKINSONs. Both were fisher families.

Last week my sister revisited the Point and wrote

"We had a very interesting time, there was no beached boat but went to
the information and local study centre who gave me a photocopy of some
old photos, including an old boat known as NOAH'S ARK, from which root
beer was sold to sailors in the 19c, and was lived in by the PERRINs for
a time. It was probably also lived in at other times by other families
and the recorder of local history is going to contact me, apparently he is
a great enthusiast. Other known family names were MOODY, PINDER and
SMITH. Someone else said the coastline has changed radically, even in
the last four years according to storms and drifting of silt. We looked
round and went for some very wet walks, also were told at the centre that
two old dwellings had been demolished by the army in recent times nearer
to the point, but we didn't get there."
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Added 10-April-2004