Heritage Archive
(March 2014)

1 March 2014

Town moulds its future

Optimism is the order of the day for businesses in the ancient market town of Holbeach as 2014 gets into full swing and the struggles of the winter become distant memories. The town’s range of independent shops has meant that Holbeach has managed to hold its own through the recession and new developments underway or Read more…

Champion builder of boundaries

“Dry stone walls have excellent acoustic properties,” explained Andy Craig, a Lincolnshire based dry stone waller, as he showed off a recent project in the cliff village of Fulbeck. The wall is in the unlikely setting of a recording studio and Andy was commissioned to undertake this unusual work by a professional musician. “It is Read more…

Herbalist has found vocation

Herbalist Hannah Sylvester’s passion for making people feel at ease is immediately obvious as I am received with a warm welcome, swiftly followed by a piping hot cup of tea – of the rose, vanilla and camomile variety, of course! Born in Lincoln, Hannah has really found her niche as a practising herbalist and she Read more…

Risen from the ashes

It was a message which abruptly interrupted Reverend Cecil Mundy’s holiday on Holy Island. Relaxing in his hotel room on the afternoon of 15th June 2012, the text told him that one of the churches on his East Lincolnshire Circuit was on fire; the Methodist church at Sutton on Sea had been struck by lightning Read more…

RAF Metheringham remembered

It was two years after the beginning of the Second World War that the area later to be designated as RAF Metheringham first came under the scrutiny of the Air Ministry. The initial surveys were carried out in the August of 1941 around Martin Moor and it was soon established that the site was suitable Read more…

Explorer draws visitors

The historic rural market town of Spilsby, just a few miles from the Lincolnshire coast, is well known as the birthplace of Sir John Franklin, the famous Arctic explorer. Franklin’s repute ensures that Spilsby is firmly on the county’s tourism map – and a particular draw for Canadians. But the town is also an important Read more…

Putting some fun back into formal

Landscape gardener to dress shirt designer may not seem an easy transition but for Deanne Sumner Wilson founding I.Sew and opening a shop in Spilsby’s Market Street has been a return to her first craft and love. Deanne explained: “I learnt all my skills with Marks and Spencer as a YTS trainee in the early Read more…

Happy birthday Lincs FM

Parts of Lincolnshire and Newark are turning purple and green this month as Lincs FM – with its familiar eyecatching logo – celebrates its twenty-second birthday. One hundred and two balloons are being released from Lincs FM’s studios on the edge of the River Witham in Lincoln to mark the occasion. They could land just Read more…

Draining the Fens

Most of Lincolnshire is only a few metres above sea level and river flooding is only prevented by drainage. It is common in our county to see fields bordered by drainage ditches and rivers with embankments on each side to protect the surrounding farmland. Early drainage schemes, dug manually, suffered constant delays over centuries due Read more…

Embrace the dark side

Night photography made simple(r) As the dark evenings are still upon us I suspect most people can’t wait to get home and curl up on the settee in front of the TV. But if like me you have a passion for night photography you’ll be rushing back out again with a big smile on your Read more…