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John Carver & The Pilgrim Fathers (booklet)

Sales: The 32 page booklets, ‘John Carver & The Pilgrim Fathers,’ are on sale at The Hub, Retford, near Retford Market.
Shows: This year we attended the Scrooby Show for the first time.
This was held on September 7th 2024. At the Show there was an unveiling of a replica of the Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, USA.
Plans are under way to attend the Festive Family Fun Day on Saturday 14th December 2024 at Pilgrim Fathers, Scrooby, Lincs.
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Bawtry Wharf

Last year I was approached by a number of influential people to see if I was interested in opening up Bawtry Wharf. I said I was as it was a place that played a part in lives of the Pilgrim Fathers. Bawtry Wharf was an inland port, but has not been used for some time.

It was from Bawtry Wharf that the Pilgrim Fathers left on their second, and successful attempt to reach Holland. They travelled down the River Idle to the River Trent, then overland to Immingham where a boat was waiting for them.
When settled in Leiden, William Brewster, and others, set up a printing press. Here they printed Christian books that King James had banned. They sent these books to England in casks of hops, wheat, and barley. These were opened at Bawtry Wharf and the books distributed.

If you are interested, in any way, in bringing this lost part of the life of the Pilgrim Fathers back to life please contact me on the form below.

John Carver of the Pilgrim Fathers, (non-fiction book)

This is almost finished. Two Chapters as well as the Index to be completed. Finding a book online has saved me a trip to the London Library. I have to also check me facts to see if they are correct.

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