John Edward Cooper’s Notes
Saturday 14 September 2019
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[2019] Trip to Louth: St. James’ Church and Museum …Looked up the location of the Wetherspoon’s pub in Louth (09:17–09:20), the “Joseph Morton”. Janet and I got a №10 bus to the Riverhead Exchange (09:53)… then went to wait for the №51 bus to Louth (boarded, 10:33). We sat upstairs, as before. … On the previous trip, “I noticed that some of the fields had had wide borders dug around them — indeed, were in the process of having, for I later saw a mechanical digger in one of the fields bordering Louth Road — too shallow to be called ‘trenches’.” This time, there was still such activity in evidence here and there, and I saw a sign “Water mains installation”. Indeed, I also noticed large coils of blue plastic tubing lying in one or two places. We got off the bus in Mercer Row just before Market Place, walked back a short way, and turned left along Pawnshop Passage, at the end of which was the entrance to the Joseph Morton. Janet was unhappy there, that although they cleared the table at which we sat, no-one came to wipe the previous occupants’ spills, and that she had to get out her wet-wipes. (Typical Wetherspoon’s, actually! Give me European bars and restaurants every time, rather than the “shite” British catering industry!) I had a pint of San Miguel. She had a sirloin steak and I teriyaki noodles with added chicken. Then we visited St. James’ Church. We looked in the little gift shop, just to the left as one entered, hoping to find a little souvenir teddy bear as we had done at Hull Minster, but there weren’t any.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 12:58:26 St. James’ Church, Louth: about to enter by the south porch  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 12:58:40 St. James’ Church, Louth: looking upward at the bell tower and spire  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:03:42 St. James’ Church, Louth: font, looking towards the chancel from the west end  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:04:52 St. James’ Church, Louth: nave, looking east towards the chancel  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:06:40 St. James’ Church, Louth: chancel  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:08:00 St. James’ Church, Louth: east window  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:09:48 St. James’ Church, Louth: south aisle  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:10:10 St. James’ Church, Louth: north aisle  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:12:10 St. James’ Church, Louth: chancel ceiling  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:14:34 St. James’ Church, Louth: south arcade of the chancel and organ  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:15:20 St. James’ Church, Louth: pulpit  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:15:46 St. James’ Church, Louth: north arcade of the chancel and chapel  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:17:38 St. James’ Church, Louth: (front:) communion table/altar; (rear:) high altar and east window  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:18:58 St. James’ Church, Louth: nave, looking west towards the bell tower  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:19:54 St. James’ Church, Louth: font, bell tower and west window  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:20:36 St. James’ Church, Louth: west window and bell tower There was a display featuring a model in yarn and fabric of the now disused church in the hamlet of Sutterby.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:24:42 St. James’ Church, Louth: “St. John the Baptist’s Church, Sutterby, Lincolnshire”  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:25:10 St. James’ Church, Louth: “St. John the Baptist’s Church, Sutterby, Lincolnshire”, model made from woollen yarn & fabric  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:27:08 St. James’ Church, Louth: “St. John the Baptist’s Church, Sutterby, Lincolnshire” Under the tower at the west end there was a café, and Janet had a hot chocolate and a slice of chocolate-and-orange cake, while I had an americano coffee. We paid £2 (each, I think) to go up the spiral stairwell to the top of the bell tower and base of the spire. The door was unlocked for us, and locked after us. Inside the door was a bell-push for those who wanted to be let out.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:57:32 St. James’ Church, Louth: unlocking the door to allow us entry the stairwell up the bell tower to the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:58:46 St. James’ Church, Louth: ascending the bell-tower stairwell to the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 13:59:18 St. James’ Church, Louth: bell-tower stairwell, looking down  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:04:14 St. James’ Church, Louth: bell-tower stairwell — mason’s mark perhaps, not a graffito  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:05:12 St. James’ Church, Louth: “The Wild Mare”  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:05:26 St. James’ Church, Louth: “The Wild Mare”: the original medieval treadwheel that was used to haul up the stone and mortar for the building of the spire (1501–1515)  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:05:34 St. James’ Church, Louth: “The Wild Mare”: the original medieval treadwheel that was used to haul up the stone and mortar for the building of the spire (1501–1515)  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:05:26 and 14:05:34 combined  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:06:22 St. James’ Church, Louth: bell-tower stairwell, viewed from the little corridor leading to the cell holding “The Wild Mare” treadwheel  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:06:30 St. James’ Church, Louth: bell-tower stairwell, viewed from the little corridor leading to the cell holding “The Wild Mare” treadwheel  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:07:26 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:07:36 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:07:48 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:08:26 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:08:54 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:09:14 Louth Market Hall from the spire floor, St. James’ Church, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:09:36 Louth Town Hall and Playhouse from the spire floor, St. James’ Church, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:10:14 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:11:28 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:12:46 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:13:08 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:13:20 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:15:06 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:15:16 St. James’ Church, Louth: views of and from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:15:52 St. James’ Church, Louth: exit door and stairwell from the spire floor  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:16:54 St. James’ Church, Louth: descending the bell-tower stairwell After we left, we turned right and went a short way along Westgate, because I wanted a photo of the church tower. We did see and remember the Wheatsheaf in Westgate, and thought that that might be a suitable place to have lunch on our next visit. Then we walked around the north side and east end of the church.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:42:22 St. James’ Church, Louth, from Westgate  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:45:28 St. James’ Church, Louth, from Bridge Street  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:45:56 “Searching”, sculpture by Les Bicknell and Laurence Edwards on the green between Bridge Street and Westgate, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:47:36 St. James’ Church, Louth: top of the bell tower, to which we ascended earlier, and the spire above it  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:49:40 St. James’ Church, Louth, from the junction of Bridge Street and Westgate  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:51:18 St. James’ Church, Louth, from the junction of Upgate, Bridge Street and Chequergate  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 14:52:44 St. James’ Church, Louth, from near the junction of Upgate, Bridge Street and Chequergate We went back in the direction of Mercer Row and Market Place, because on our last visit Janet had thought she’d seen a sign saying “Museum” around there. We did indeed see such a sign, and followed it and others northwards along Cannon Street and Broadbank. There was some sort of open day, so we didn’t have to pay.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:07:32 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:17:40 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:17:54 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:18:28 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:19:32 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:20:08 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:20:44 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:22:48 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:24:26 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:25:12 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:26:32 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:26:56 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:27:38 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:28:58 Louth Museum, 4 Broadbank, Louth Janet expressed a desire to come back and spend more time there. Our plan, before getting the bus back home, was to have refreshments at the café in Eastgate that we visited last time, Tertulia, but when we got there we found it was closed.  Saturday 14 September 2019 — 15:38:02 Tertulia, 132 Eastgate, Louth — disappointingly closed We made a token effort to find somewhere else along Eastgate, but remembering our vain search last time — “along Queen Street, seeing but not liking the look of one café; then… right, along Burnt Hill Lane; and right again, along Eastgate” — we quickly decided that we weren’t all that bothered about having a drink, and went to wait at the bus station. So this time, we did use the ladies’ and gents’ toilets, with 20p coin-operated turnstiles, in the rather dilapidated bus station. One improvement over last time, was that “the somewhat art deco-looking four-faced clock atop a little tower” was working, and showing the correct time. The 16:15 №51 bus from Louth to Grimsby was late arriving (16:23). There were a few horses and ponies in one field, and around them we saw perhaps half a dozen— they looked rather big for rabbits, so perhaps they were hares. From time to time we passed game birds on the grass verge — partridges perhaps — sometimes singly, once or twice in groups. We also passed one male pheasant. We got off at the bus stop opposite the Yarborough Hotel, and paid a visit to the ATM at Yorkshire Bank, before continuing along that road and thus avoiding any possibility of contact with Victoria Street white-trash lowlife scum. We visited the corner convenience-store, where in the absence of any 660ml bottles of San Miguel, I chose Tiger Asian lager. Then we went to Casper’s.[i] They opened my Tiger beer, and Janet had a Fanta orange soda. I chose “Arrabbiata” with fettuccine. It had small sliced green chilli-peppers in it, as well as slices of salami and pepperoni. It was seriously hot, but not unbearably so. I finished it all. Janet, as on a previous occasion, had pasta spirals with chicken pieces in a pomodoro sauce, and again couldn’t eat it all. Nevertheless, she did have a dessert. The hand-kissing proprietor wasn’t there this time.
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