Heritage Archive
(October 2015)

1 October 2015

Full steam ahead

Once the world’s largest fishing port, Grimsby is today a thriving modern town with an ever-changing landscape that is putting it at the forefront of many of the 21st century’s fast-growing industries. Offering excellent facilities for education, shopping, leisure and work, Grimsby is also synonymous with the food industry and is known as ‘Europe’s Food Read more…

Lincoln’s changing face

After an amazing summer of celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta – and with its power to continue attracting major investment – the city has become widely recognised as a destination which is going places. Numerous family events, the £22 million revamp of Lincoln Castle, the fantastically popular Lincoln Barons’ Charter Trail and Read more…

Peter Tree – The chair man of Rauceby

Mike Webster meets up with Peter Tree at his workshop near Rauceby, Sleaford. Immediately after Peter greeted me, he took me through to the assembly area – or perhaps I should say one of several assembly areas. I was at once aware of a working emporium which positively exuded intense industry, and to a very Read more…

Shaping up for future growth

More and more local communities in Lincolnshire are striving to influence expansion and developments in their neighbourhoods and the seemingly quiet, picturesque village of Nettleham is leading the way in the fight to safeguard the future of its locality. It is one of the first parishes in the West Lindsey district to have completed its Read more…

The day the axe fell

It’s almost a generation ago since a major transport event occurred in East Lincolnshire that remains a vivid memory for some. On 5th October it will be forty-five years since the East Lincolnshire Line closed. On the previous day, I was sitting at a place that has long since been consigned to history. That was Read more…

At water’s edge

Hartsholme Country Park is a popular destination for visitors and locals alike, but many will be unaware of its history. Unlike many country house estates, Hartsholme was not created by one family, but developed gradually over time. The first development on the site was a lake created by the Lincoln Waterworks Company in 1848 to Read more…

War poem recalls a sad day for Lincolnshire

Writer and historian Keith Gregson, author of ‘A Tommy in the Family’ researches a First World War postcard with Lincolnshire connections. Of men who came out clearly there were one-hundred-and twenty-three, And those all looked round eagerly for their mates they could not see There were many aching hearts I’m sure, amidst that motley throng Read more…