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Throughout 1916 there had been little interest in the cricket club at Crowle so, in late February, at the cricket field, ‘the substantially built, white painted, lock-up, wooden, cricket pavilion’ went for auction. The pavilion had been built in sections and stood on heavy sleepers, surrounded by gates and railings. It was advertised as a possible storeroom or as a shop for a butcher, joiner or shoemaker. It went for a ‘fair price,’ and when all debts had been settled, past members decided to send the balance to Doncaster Infirmary. A few days later, and further down the road, Inspector Elviss and P. C. Hinch were cycling through Crowle Wharf towards Belton when, just beyond the canal, they met Mrs. Cundall from Dirtness driving a pony and …show more content…

Fletcher Cook, a plate-layer from Crowle, and brother to Henry Cook of Newland, Epworth. Fletcher was undertaking flag work on the railway line between Godnow Bridge and Medge Hall in foggy conditions, when he stepped out of the way of an approaching goods’ train. Unfortunately this put him into the path of the fast passenger train on its way through Crowle to Doncaster. Bringing in a verdict of ‘accidental death’ the coroner recorded that death would have been instantaneous and the assumption was that Fletcher must have forgotten the passenger train was due when his attention was otherwise occupied. The coroner noted that, on the day ‘flagging was a necessity,’ and ‘there was no doubt Fletcher was killed in the execution of his duty,’ so, ‘his family would be entitled to some compensation.’ At the scene, investigators found several coins from Fletcher’s body ‘a considerable distance from where he was struck, such must have been the force of the impact.’ Fletcher was 41 years old and left a widow and four children. More prosaically Mr. F. J. Long of Crowle was fined 10/- for driving a motor taxi without exhibiting the words ‘hackney carriage.’ Mr. Long accepted the fine with some ill grace being at pains to point out that he had been too busy lately to put the plates

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