Heritage Archive
(August 2011)

1 August 2011

Getting down to business

Independent shopkeepers are determined to keep the flag flying for a county market town, despite tough economic times and the upheaval caused by major roadworks. Grantham shopkeepers are fighting back despite a massive revamp of the Market Place which is costing £1.6 million and taking sixteen weeks to complete. And they are depending on quality Read more…

Going outward bound in pursuit of home comforts…

BBC Countryfile’s Julia Bradbury tells ‘Lincolnshire Life’ of a landscape love affair that keeps her coming back for more… Nestled amongst the shrubs and greenery of Rutland lies a 400-year-old rectory where a little girl, when not exploring the wonders of the picturesque reservoir, would scrump apples from nearby orchards. That Julia Bradbury would go Read more…

Who is the most Famous ‘Yellowbelly’?

Some would suggest Sir Isaac Newton or Sir Joseph Banks or Alfred Lord Tennyson, whilst others might think Baroness Thatcher or Sir John Franklin. But ask an information technology (IT) professional and you may well get another name, George Boole. George who? Boole is regarded by many as the father of modern computing. He was Read more…

Grantham Hospice reopens its doors

The staff who work from Grantham Hospice have recently returned to the Barrowby Road site after a yearlong extension and refurbishment of the building, which was commissioned by St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice. The organisation now operates eight hospices across the county and Grantham Hospice is the area hub to support services delivered to communities in Read more…

Ludford Magna story unites friend and family

The story of my long-lost friend Sergent George Kesten, published in ‘Lincolnshire Life’ as a two-part serial in March and April this year, produced an astonishing response from Rabbi Norbert Aronson in Manchester. One of his sons came across the article purely by chance whilst browsing the Internet, and realised that George was his father’s Read more…

Reasons to visit Rasen

Market towns have to work harder than many other destinations when it comes to maintaining vital shops and services – but it can be surprising to learn what is happening ‘behind the scenes.’ Market Rasen, which sits on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, is an important centre for locals and people from the surrounding Read more…

A town in the borderlands

Market Deeping has a strong sense of place, surrounded by illustrious neighbours Market Deeping, not only at the heart of the string of places known across the county as ‘the Deepings’ but also neatly placed between Stamford and Crowland, two locations with a heavy weight of history, impresses the visitor with its own special qualities. Read more…

Creating a Fenland force

Retirement has given Joy Ellis time to fulfil a journey from floristry to fiction and Fenland has been the inspiration for her crime thrillers. For anyone familiar with south Lincolnshire it is not difficult to identify the inspiration for the location of Joy’s ‘Greenborough’ police force. There are the 360 degree skies, the open flat Read more…