Heritage Archive
(April 2018)

1 April 2018

Profile and presence

If you are seeking a destination which offers plenty of colour and variety in shopping and attractions, Newark is worth a closer look, writes Glynis Fox. Its vibrant mix of ‘big name’ and independent stores, along with its cheerful markets, restaurants, pubs and coffee houses, means there is always something fresh to discover. There are Read more…

Wake up with Joseph!

As you might have noticed, it’s been all change for Lincolnshire and Newark’s most listened to radio station Lincs FM recently, with a spring clean and a new early start for presenter Joseph Begley. After three-and-a-half years waking up listeners, Rob Hammond has handed his alarm clock over and is now enjoying a well-deserved lie-in. Read more…

Veterans cut the ribbon

The culmination of a nine-year project to give Lincolnshire a first class memorial and digital archive commemorating World War II aircrew losses and veterans will be marked by the official opening of the International Bomber Command Centre this month. Most fittingly the ceremony, to be held on 12th April, will see not just one ribbon Read more…

A family remembers

Flight Engineer Sergeant Syd Marshall, one of Lincolnshire’s ‘Bomber Boys’, sadly died in December 2017, just before the opening of the International Bomber Command Centre. His family talked to Penny Wainwright to share their father’s remarkable story. Syd Marshall was born in Boston on 25th March 1924. As a young boy he loved finding out Read more…

Charms of the traditional

Lincolnshire is full of modern market towns that still give visitors a glimpse of a bygone age. Glynis Fox finds a community going from strength to strength in Market Rasen. With its location as one of the western gateways to the Wolds, Market Rasen has plenty to offer the day visitor or those staying longer Read more…

Where ancient meets modern

Glynis Fox discovers how the traditional and the modern combine in the neighbouring villages of Tattershall and Coningsby, which boast striking characteristics which set them apart from many others. Both have interesting features for visitors to discover, good community facilities and a mix of shopping and service businesses. In Tattershall, these include a TV, PC Read more…

On course for England squad

He’s gained valuable experience on courses up and down the country as well as overseas and now teenage golfer Charles Petrie tells Kate Chapman about his ambition to gain a place in the national squad. Charles started playing golf with his Dad when he was just 4 years old and thanks to his dedication, hard Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

27th February – 2nd March: in ice and snow Each morning was colder than the last. Gradually so. The older of my two dogs feels it more, carefully avoiding patches of frozen mud and iced puddles. That wind coming in straight from the North Sea. I bought a better coat, waxed with heavy zips – Read more…

Lincoln Co-Op Travel

Lincoln Co-operative first got involved in the travel trade in 1899 when it announced that it had started an agency for Cook’s Excursion Club to take members on personally conducted excursions to the Great Paris Exhibition of 1900. Subscriptions of one shilling (5 pence) per week were required from members, and a total of sixty-one Read more…

Get hands-on to help big breeds

Volunteers at Northcote Heavy Horse Centre have been providing a forever home for big horse breeds for more than 25 years. Kate Chapman paid them a visit to find out more about caring for these gentle giants. Set up by Keith and Ruth Sanders back in 1988, the centre specialises in horse welfare and aims Read more…