Heritage Archive
(October 2014)

1 October 2014

Town hits its stride

The east Lincolnshire destination of Horncastle is renowned for its antiques shops, but there is more to this traditional market town than curiosities from the past. It has a range of long-established, independent, family-run businesses which have managed to continue trading at a time when many of their counterparts in other towns and cities have Read more…

Explore hills and hollows

The north Lincolnshire town of Caistor sits at almost the highest point of the county, on the western spur of the Wolds. It has a history going back more than 2,000 years, and is one of the most important conservation areas in the whole of West Lindsey. The community is justly proud of its heritage, Read more…

A hospital and home for hedgehogs

In a bid to help ensure their survival, Lincolnshire woman Angela Smith devotes her time to nurturing sick and injured hedgehogs at the special rehabilitation and retirement centre she runs from her home in Old Leake, near Boston. Since launching Caddington Hedgehog Hospital in 2003 she has taken in more than 2,000 poorly hedgehogs – Read more…

Exciting year ahead for county capital

Exciting new figures confirm that Lincoln’s star sector is certainly on the rise and – with millions of pounds continuing to be ploughed into the city – the future is looking bright. In 2013, a phenomenal 3.7 million people visited Lincoln. That was six per cent more than in 2012. Irrespective of whether they travelled Read more…

Characters from Lincolnshire’s past

JOHN TWIGG John Twigg was born at Maltby le Marsh in 1887 and was educated at Alford Grammar School. In 1915 the family moved to Tothby Manor, near Alford, and when his father died in 1921 John took over the running of the farm. John was a real fun-loving character who could not resist a Read more…

A dream to explore the unknown… and beyond

We’re all encouraged to shoot for the stars and there’s no better example than the story of astronaut Michael Foale, whose yearnings for space travel began when he was just a schoolboy. Inspired by comics about space adventure and the televised moon landings, it wasn’t long before he was hooked on trying it out for Read more…

RAF Ingham

Home of the Polish Bomber Squadrons. For anyone looking for the wartime RAF station at Ingham today, the chances are that they would never find it. Only by careful reference to maps and plans made during the war will the exact whereabouts of this now incredibly important airfield be found. To many people the existence Read more…

40 years and so much more

Radio creates the impression that all there is to it is music, news and weather with a little chitchat thrown in here and there. Look closer at the history of Pilgrim Hospital Radio (PHR), however, and you will soon realise how much more there is to a local radio station. This year the station celebrates Read more…

Jewel in the crown

The narrow lane snaking along the ridge towards Goulceby in the Lincolnshire Wolds has wide unmown verges full of rough grass and wild flowers which provide a little taste of what lies ahead. The road briefly drops down into Asterby before climbing again past steep sections of exposed red chalk and on to the ridge Read more…