Heritage Archive
(July 2013)

1 July 2013

Homegrown in Horncastle

This lively county town is renowned for its numerous antique shops and centres as well as its location on the edge of the picturesque Lincolnshire Wolds. But it is also an unspoilt market town with a range of long-established, family-run shops and businesses that give it a unique character all of its own. ‘Local’ is Read more…

Waters turn the tide

It is difficult to look at Lincolnshire’s east coast town of Boston and imagine it as a major international port but that is exactly what it was back in the twelfth century, when Scandinavian timber, fish and even spices found their way to Britain’s shores. By the thirteenth century wool exports from Boston were booming Read more…

A record-breaking run

On 3rd July 1938 driver Joe Duddington (then aged 61) climbed into the cab of Mallard and booked its place in history by reaching a new world record for steam locomotives of 126mph on Stoke Bank – south of Grantham on the East Coast Mainline. Mallard’s achievement in clinching the world speed crown for steam Read more…

Soaring high

The thrill of watching a Red Arrows display leaves most of us breathless with the skill, accuracy and sheer pace of their synchronised formations and dynamic aerobatics but now meet one of the team who leaves them free to concentrate solely on their performance. Squadron Leader, Ruth Shackleton is the current Red Arrows team manager, Read more…

Blyth Spirit in Barton

A historic tileyard still in production The manufacture of bricks and tiles along the banks of the Humber has been an important industry in Barton for many years. There were four separate makers of bricks and tiles here in 1824 with another appearing in 1842. By 1851, there were seventy-eight men and boys working in Read more…

At the heart of Heckington

From pet supplies to bottles of beer, this well-known Lincolnshire village offers its residents a great range of products and services right on their doorsteps, which is great news for anyone trying to trim their fuel costs! Heckington is also a magnet for visitors, who are drawn to explore its landmark eight-sailed windmill, railway museum, Read more…