Heritage Archive
(January 2015)

1 January 2015

Rising to the challenge

Businesses in the south Lincolnshire market town of Holbeach are hoping that 2015 will be a rewarding year. Clive Teague of ETC electrical store in Church Street said his is a fairly small business and 2014 had been a struggle. “Since 2006, most years have been a struggle and there has been a general decline Read more…

Lincolnshire gardens get ready for world’s biggest garden wildlife survey

The people of Lincolnshire will once again be peering out of their windows for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch over the weekend of 24th and 25th January. Since it started in 1979, the survey has provided information about the changes in numbers of garden birds in winter, and has helped to alert conservationists to those Read more…

Town plans to open doors

Distinctively different, the North Lincolnshire market town of Brigg may have a traditional air about it, but that doesn’t mean it is standing still. Far from it, because 2015 promises to bring even more changes on the shopping and social front, as new businesses move in, vacant premises are snapped up and efforts are made Read more…

Bellis Perennis (or daisies to you!)

As Lincolnshire’s gardens slip into ‘hibernation mode’, country woman Lorraine Bellis is busy sowing the seeds of a new venture, designed to transform her village plot. Lorraine is preparing the ground for the proper launch of her enterprise Bellis Perennis, which has developed out of her passion for encouraging people to grow their own food, Read more…

Farmer helps to build food security in Africa

Swapping the flat fenlands for the plains of Africa to help its farmers unleash their potential has proved a life-changing experience for one Lincolnshire grower. Farmer and journalist Matthew Naylor has visited the continent several times with the charity Farm Africa, but last autumn decided to get involved in one of its projects, helping farmers Read more…

Lincolnshire superstitions

Lincolnshire seems to have more than its fair share of superstitions, as perhaps befits a large, thinly populated rural county – many of them are associated with New Year. If the first person to cross your doorstep on New Year’s Day is a dark haired man carrying a loaf of bread, a lump of coal Read more…

Village with characterful tales to tell

The Lincolnshire village of Billinghay may lie on one of the county’s bustling highways, but it has all the hallmarks of an historic rural place with a close-knit community. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, its name originates from a Saxon name for a fishery and in ancient times it would have been a small settlement Read more…

Lincolnshire Rivers Trust

As a newly formed member of the Rivers Trust movement the Lincolnshire branch are proud to be hosting the Witham Catchment Based Approach Project, funded by DEFRA. The Lincolnshire Rivers Trust works with stakeholders, local action groups and members of the public to address issues at a catchment scale. We have worked closely with the Read more…

Spotting tales of a bygone era

Exploring the history of trainspotting in Lincolnshire. The National Railway Museum in York is currently presenting a trainspotting season exploring the fascinating and popular hobby of the 1950s and ’60s. As part of this season, the museum asked members of the public for their stories of the hobby, which paint a picture of notebooks on Read more…

Trevor Meeks – head photography steward Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials

Osbournby-based Trevor Meeks, head photography steward at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, has worked in the photojournalism industry for over 50 years. With a career that has gone through more than one metamorphosis, Trevor’s experience behind the lens is something that most budding photographers can only dream of – and he’s not hanging up Read more…