Heritage Archive
(January 2019)

27 January 2019

No barriers to Boston cultural exchange

Caroline Bingham visited Boston to hear about a cultural and educational exchange programme which links the Lincolnshire town with Hakusan City, Japan. This was the first time I had come across the programme, which has been running since 1994, and I was meeting the current co-chairs of the voluntary group which organises the annual exchange Read more…

1 January 2019

Hospitable Holbeach

Melanie Burton discovers exciting times on the horizon for the south Lincolnshire market town, with a whole host of improvements on the cards. Lincolnshire County Council has recently completed a traffic survey of the town and looked at the five-light Market Hill junction, which is currently hard to cross, with a view to making some Read more…

Recognising the heritage of RAF Ingham

Penny Wainwright looks into the history of the World War Two airfield outside the village of Ingham, between Lincoln and Gainsborough. It opened in 1942 as an additional airfield for RAF Hemswell but with the arrival of two Polish Squadrons it became an RAF Station. It had three grass runways with accommodation at the north Read more…

Passion for motorsport

Life in the fast lane is proving successful for Lincolnshire-born race car driver Jack Harvey. He tells Kate Chapman about his move across the pond and competing in the Verizon IndyCar Series. Jack, who grew up in Bassingham, has an impressive racing CV, having climbed the rungs of European motorsport before heading to America, where Read more…

Welcome to Witham St Hughs

Because of its rural nature and geographical landscape, Lincolnshire is a county dotted with picturesque and historic villages all with characters of their own – but now there are one or two new ones springing up that are proving to be highly popular places to live, work and play, finds Melanie Burton. One such settlement Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

Sunday 2nd December – murk then clear, by Maxim Griffin. Out in the darkness, early doors. Walking south along the Viking Way from Caistor. Not so much a mist but actual cloud – my headtorch bounces and reflects on the vapours creating a solid beam of light, a white rod casting from my forehead onwards. Read more…

Historic Horncastle

Alan Middleton considers some of the key features and events that have shaped this delightful market town. The name comes from the Saxon ‘Hyrnecastre’, meaning ‘fortress in the corner’. This refers to the original location of the walled Roman settlement on a corner of land at the confluence of the rivers Bain and Waring. The Read more…

Making a difference

Kate Chapman hears how a primary school which has turned itself round in the face of adversity has been named School of the Year for its outstanding achievement. Staff, pupils and their families at Gainsborough’s Benjamin Adlard Primary School are delighted with the recognition which they have received from The Pearson Teaching Awards. In highlighting Read more…

If you go down to the woods

Getting away from it all does not necessarily mean travelling great distances. Catherine Gray visited Belton Woods Hotel, Grantham for a mini spa break. Plenty of hackneyed phrases sprang to mind as we drove through the splendid entrance to the hotel – a ‘hidden gem’ and ‘tranquil surroundings’ amongst them – but I had not Read more…

Feeling in the pink

Caroline Bingham visited The Grange Spa, located in the village of Pointon, near Sleaford to experience innovative, organic treatments by Pinks Boutique. There is an innate serenity to Grange Spa which I am sure most of their guests pick up on very quickly. The surrounding tranquil countryside is a perfect backdrop but owners Matt and Read more…