Heritage Archive
(June 2013)

1 June 2013

Town moves up

Lincolnshire Life revisited this popular market town to take a closer look and to ask business owners and managers for their views. Sleaford is a popular place in which to live and work and a good base from which to commute. Its town centre boasts both national and independent retailers and service businesses, as well Read more…

Charismatic Longwools

Lincolnshire Show is an important competition date for many of the county’s livestock breeders and showers but it would be difficult to find any other class of animal in the ring more closely tied to the history of the county than the Lincoln Longwool sheep. Wool production was the basis of the county’s wealth before Read more…

By royal appointment

The summer of 2013 is set to be another memorable one for Great Britain and its monarchy, with plenty of celebrations planned to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation this month, and of course a new Royal arrival in July. One of the special events taking place is a unique Read more…

Riverside Festival celebrates a millennium

The West Lindsey town of Gainsborough, once the country’s capital and home to the King of England and the King of Denmark, has undergone a bit of a renaissance during the first period of the 21st century and is now looking forward to an exciting period of growth for the next. With plans in the Read more…

Lincoln’s beloved cinema to reopen

Prepare to take a step back in time for a nostalgic night at The Ritz Cinema and Theatre. Wander through the doors of Lincoln’s most charming Art Deco building, climb the steps up to its breathtaking auditorium and soak up the bustling atmosphere as you immerse yourself in some spectacular cinema. After laying dormant for Read more…

Henry Bolingbroke – Lincolnshire’s King

Earlier this year saw the 600th anniversary of the death of Henry Bolingbroke, or Henry IV to give him his more regal title, Lincolnshire’s very own king. Bolingbroke was so called because he was actually born at the castle of Old Bolingbroke, in Lincolnshire, on 3rd April 1367. ‘The remains of a castle in which Read more…

A close community

Drive through Binbrook on your way to visit the coast or an inland Lincolnshire market town and you miss the true character and strength of community that lies below the surface. Binbrook is not only home to a population of about 750 people, with a vibrant community spirit; hundreds more people live in its ‘sister’ Read more…

Tell them of us – a local film project

Next year sees the centenary of the start of the First World War, the ‘war to end all wars’, four years that marked the transition of the old world into the new. There will be many commemorations, testimonials, TV documentaries and tributes all over the world. But the latest project from local heritage film makers Read more…

Banking on success

The Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board is on a course to keep our feet dry. It seems almost unbelievable that the work undertaken by most Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) generally goes by quite unnoticed by the public. Nevertheless, as insignificant as their role in society might be perceived to be, these remarkable authorities rapidly rise to Read more…