Heritage Archive
(December 2013)

1 December 2013

Gainsborough goes forward

Creating a better experience for shoppers and businesses is top of the festive gift list – as a Lincolnshire market town prepares for Christmas. Gainsborough traders are urging people to take a fresh look at the town and see how it has been developing in recent months, by checking out some of its latest arrivals. Read more…

Charms of the town on the Trent

In the easily accessible historical market town of Newark on Trent there is a distinct air of optimism. With membership of Newark Business Club on the up, a number of initiatives in place to help boost the town’s trade and industry and a campaign being run to improve rail links through the town, there is Read more…

A true taste of Lincolnshire

Batemans Brewery is one of the county’s best known and respected craft brewer with our head office and Visitor Centre in Wainfleet. Since 1874, we have been one of the district’s main employers and today we operate sixty-two tenanted public houses and three managed public houses across the area. PASSION FOR PRODUCE Batemans are passionate Read more…

Jane gets Christmas all wrapped up!

Christmas has come early for one of Lincolnshire’s favourite daughters – gift wrapping guru and ribbon designer Jane Means – whose talents have led to an unprecedented demand for her services. There’s little wonder. After a challenging year, 25th December is definitely going to be as much about giving and receiving fabulously-wrapped presents which cause Read more…

Spalding sparkles this festive season

With its hidden alleyways, lively market place and mix of independent and national retailers, Spalding is well worth taking time to explore and not just during the festive season. The exciting build-up to 25th December is well underway, against a backdrop of initiatives designed to make Spalding a place which is both attractive and safe Read more…

Surviving the centuries

One of the last outposts in South Lincolnshire is the little market town of Crowland. It is home to a monument that has seen and survived many historic events. Sitting close to the point where Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire meet, the town has two remarkable features: the magnificent Crowland Abbey and the famous Triangular Bridge, Read more…

Village hospitality and heritage

The Edwardian village of Woodhall Spa has such a unique character, visitors have been falling in love with it since it was first created and it has a legacy that still exists today. Picturesque, with a vibrancy that befits a town rather than a village and with everything you could want on the doorstep, there Read more…

Sweep makes his own luck

It’s a far cry from his first career spanning more than three decades, but former farmer Andrew Cole is certainly embracing his new life as a master chimney sweep. Having decided on a major career change, the forty-eight year old has relished the challenge of learning a new trade, working for himself and sharing his Read more…

Radio Festival reaps awards for Lincs FM

There have been double celebrations for Lincolnshire and Newark’s most listened to radio station, Lincs FM. The station’s chief executive and its Group finance manager have both been recognised at national level, after being handed awards at the annual Radio Festival, in front of the country’s cream of broadcasting talent from across the radio industry. Read more…