Heritage Archive
(May 2011)

1 May 2011

We do like to be beside the sea

Massive multi-million pound investments and crowd-pulling events promise to make the Lincolnshire coast a real sizzler this Summer – whatever the weather is doing! If you haven’t been to Skegness, Mablethorpe, Sutton on Sea or their close neighbours for some time, then make sure you catch-up with these much-loved resorts over the coming months. The Read more…

Making History – Archived!

Lincoln actor, Colin McFarlane, is the inspiration behind a new schools project that will encourage local students to explore their family trees and cultural backgrounds. If successful, some of the students could team up with celebrity mentors and their stories filmed for a pilot TV show. Working with Lincoln Castle Academy (the new name of Read more…

Lincolnshire railways

The railways reached Lincolnshire around the middle of the nineteenth century. Prior to that the county had been virtually isolated except by waterways. The roads were either poor or non-existent, so the Witham and the Fossdyke played a vital role. Trains first reached the city of Lincoln in 1846 and other major towns soon afterwards. Read more…

Feast your eyes

Excitement is mounting ahead of a new events “first” for one of Lincolnshire’s best-loved and most historic towns. Preparations are underway for the Stamford Feast, which promises to be a gastronomical and educational delight for food and drink lovers, who are being invited to kick back and make the most of this special occasion. The Read more…

The Georgian town of Stamford and surrounding villages

Sarah Stirling strides out on a sunny walk around Stamford A lovely family outing. Enjoy a picnic or a pub lunch, weather dependent. On the homeward leg, contrast the sheep-scattered, tussocky surrounds of Wothorpe House ruins with the vibrant, well-kept gardens of Burghley. DIRECTIONS – FROM THE STAMFORD MEADOWS CAR PARK, NEAR THE GEORGE HOTEL Read more…

Long Sutton – its story is written on the landscape

With an illustrious past boasting links to Dick Turpin and lost treasure, Long Sutton is a thriving market town with designs on the future. Nestled in the heart of the Lincolnshire Fens, near the Norfolk and Cambridgeshire borders, its origins can be traced back to the Normans and the ninth Century. Set on the fertile Read more…

A caring home for every dog

Jerry Green Dog Rescue, founded in Broughton in 1961 celebrates its Golden Jubilee, this year. Fifty years ago, in a Lincolnshire police station, a young black Labrador lay in a kennel on ‘death row’. No-one had claimed him and he was due to be put to sleep the following day. But his luck was about Read more…

Marching through Lincolnshire

When Roman feet trod through the marshes On a clear day when the wind blows across the fields, somersaults through the Wolds and dips the grass on the marshland, an ear of imagination can hear the distinct sound of marching. It is a little distance away but the noise heralds the oncoming view, an imaginary Read more…