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Scunthorpe jobs ‘protected’ by shop closure

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Retailer Oldrids and Downtown, which runs a flagship store in Scunthorpe Foundry shopping centre, is to close its branch in Lincoln next month with the loss of 37 jobs. The Boston-based company,which took over the former Co-op run Westgate store last …
June 21, 2017 |

Five of the most haunted places in the Scunthorpe area

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North Lincolnshire has its fair share of spooky goings-ons with a number of the area’s most established venues said to be haunted. It also seems to do a good trade in animal spirits. Apparently a white, headless calf known as the Lackey Causey ghost
June 21, 2017 |

Scunthorpe steelworks

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is a major manufacturing centre in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. Iron and steel production began in the area in the mid-19th century after ironstone was discovered nearby. Three major works were established by the 1930s and were 
June 21, 2017 |

Isle of Axholme

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The is a part of North Lincolnshire lying to the west of the River Trent. Historically, it an area of marshland, surrounded by rivers, with several towns and villages, including Crowle, Belton, Epworth and Haxey, built on higher ground
June 21, 2017 |