Share old photos for upcoming exhibition

A photo from Louth's Youth Fellowship group from the early 1950s.

Anyone who grew up in Louth from the 1930s onwards are being asked to share their special photos as part of an upcoming exhibition at the town’s museum.

In the spring of 2025, Louth Museum will be hosting a new exhibition entitled ‘Growing Up In Louth 1939-1989’, which will show the various aspects of the lives of young people who grew up in Louth during the years.

The museum staff are now appealing to members of the public to come forward to lend some of their photographs that will showcase school classes, sports teams, choirs and music groups, school outings, scouts and guide events, and other youth organisations.

They are especially interested in photographs that clearly show fashions of the time, or particular activities, events or venues that young people attended.

The photographs would be copied for the display, and then the originals returned to their owners.

As well as photographs, the organisers are also aiming to have a display entitled ‘Teenage Diary of a Ludensian’, and are looking for anyone who still has their teenage diary dating from between 1939 and 1989 to show photocopies or transcripts of diary pages, which can be used anonymously if preferable.

If anyone has any suitable photos, diary entries, or any other artefacts of the time which would be suitable for the exhibition, take them into Louth Museum on Broadbank, which is open from 10am to 4pm, Wednesday to Saturday, or phone the museum on 01507 601211 and speak to organiser Julie Gough.

Photographs must be clearly marked on the back with the owners name, address, and telephone number so that the photographs can be returned safely.