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Four men stand in a snowy yard before a brick building and a thatched cottage, with a wooden cart positioned between them.

The Forge, Wicken 1890s (E S Aspland)

Smithy, High Street, Wicken

History of smithy

Believed to be site of smithy.

Three men stand with a horse outside a brick building, one man holding its hoof while another holds a horseshoe.

The Forge, Wicken 1890s (E S Aspland)

In the first photo, left to right, is William Rose, the blacksmith, his son Ernie, John Sewell and Albert Jenkinson, a Primitive Methodist minister.

Ernie Rose started a bicycle business here. This was taken over by the Summerscales and then by the Crown garage.

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