Ludford

High Street Farm, Ludford, Lincolshire was owned by Joseph Drakes (1818-1897) and his wife Ann Cade (1823-1884). It was then taken over by their son John Thomas Drakes (1851-1908) and his wife, Alice Martha Wildsmith.

This farm is on the old Roman 'High Street', near Ludford.

The three older children of John Thomas Drakes and Alice Martha Wildsmith, Eleanor, Annie Margaret, and Sidney Drakes, at High Street Farm, Ludford, Lincolnshire, when Frank was in Canada. Both Eleanor and Annie had no issue; Sidney had a son and a daughter.

Frank Drakes, their youngest child, at High Street Farm, Ludford about 1906, and as a real cowboy near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Calgary, Alberta), about 1908. He returned to England in 1910 and married Emily Kate (Daisy) Crossley. After WWI, they returned to live in Canada, only returning in the 1930s after The Great Depression, just before WWII began.

Frank Drakes' original gunbelt, holster, and knife from his days as a real cowboy, over a hundred years ago.

Haycart with ‘J.T. Drakes, Ludford, 1897’ on the front panel at High Street Farm, Ludford, Lincolnshire; note the pole along the top, to raise the tarpaulin and allow rainwater to drain away

c1935 - The Post Office & Garage, Main Road, Ludford;

the pair of tall houses, behind the car, were the homes of their elder son Sidney Drakes & his daughter

Old photos of Ludford Parish Church

Early photos of Ludford village, close to the old Roman 'High Street', which runs along the top of the Wolds