Heritage Archive
(December 2012)

1 December 2012

Plans for prosperity

Grantham traders are pulling out all the stops to make a Christmas that will be ‘full of joy.’ The town centre improvements are complete, there are plans to create a landmark business innovation centre in the town and major housing developments are being proposed for Grantham’s southern quadrant, as well as the town’s north-west quadrant. Read more…

Resort to reserve

Freiston Shore, near Boston, has attracted visitors for centuries but their reasons for coming have changed significantly over the years. Standing on the seabank, looking east out to the distant Wash, today’s visitor will see lagoons with wading birds sifting the mud around the edges for food; islands perfect for nesting and roosting seabirds; and Read more…

Half a century since BRM’s world win

Brilliant sunshine and many famous faces came out to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Bourne based British Racing Motors (BRM) winning the Formula 1 World Championships with racing legend Graham Hill at the wheel. Graham’s World Champion motor racing son, Damon Hill, drove his father’s winning BRM P578/1 through the crowd lined streets of Bourne Read more…

Scawby Forge: The anvil chorus

To the rest of us an anvil is an anvil is an anvil, but to Mike Chatterton, blacksmith and farrier of Scawby, different anvils have different characteristics. What’s more, once an anvil loses its ‘ring’ it totally affects the way it works metal – it is like a soprano losing her voice. He demonstrates this Read more…

Sir Joseph Nickerson

Although his name may not be on everyone’s lips, to many Sir Joseph Nickerson was one of the most important Lincolnshire personalities of the twentieth century. Born in Lincolnshire in 1914, he liked to be known first and foremost as a farmer, but in reality he was one of the most progressive and innovative agriculturists Read more…

Coats of many colours

When asked what they love about alpacas Leslie and Elaine Reetham, almost in unison, said: “They are very calming and they never hesitate to make us smile.” The alpacas are kept on Leslie’s family farm at Great Carlton, near to Louth. Leslie was born on the farm but Elaine has a completely different background, originally Read more…

Reconnecting people to the land

Nature and the arts complement each other perfectly at Woodlands Organic Farm, where owner Andrew Dennis has created a beautiful rural oasis to help people connect with the countryside around them. Fourth generation farmer, Andrew practices an open farm policy on his 690-hectare farm at Kirton, five miles south-east of Boston, and encourages visitors of Read more…

Britain’s favourite market town

Colourful, characterful and affectionately known as the ‘capital of the Wolds’, Louth has been hitting the headlines this year – for some very good reasons! 2012 has seen shoppers and businesses celebrating awards galore. The town has few empty shops, new names continue to move in for a share of the limelight and there’s a Read more…

Wonderful Woodhall

Regarded as one of Lincolnshire’s most attractive villages, Woodhall Spa is famous for its peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. But with Christmas fast approaching, festivities will be the order of the day and the streets will become a hive of activity. Last-minute preparations are already underway for the highlight of its winter calendar, the Christmas Fayre, Read more…

Greetings from Christmases past

In the latter years of the nineteenth century a young Lincolnshire girl began collecting Christmas and New Year cards. Each year, as greetings from friends and family rolled in to her Coningsby home, Kate Babington carefully stored the cards away, until she had a collection of some seventy or more. At this time the greetings Read more…