Heritage Archive
(February 2019)

1 February 2019

Gateway to bridge communities

It’s hard to believe when you are driving along Lincolnshire’s busy A17 trunk road, that the towns and villages running parallel to it are anything but small, traditional places offering a tranquil pace of life, writes Melanie Burton. But take a short diversion and visit the likes of Long Sutton and its near neighbour Sutton Read more…

City now offers fabulous mix

Success for today’s top towns and cities is all down to the “unique experience” they offer families and as Glynis Fox finds, Lincoln is among those showing the way. Not so long ago, it was all about the level of retail therapy a destination could offer and whether a place was bursting with big name Read more…

Gainsborough extends a welcome

The thriving Lincolnshire market town has an ambitious vision for the future with plans for major growth, town centre regeneration and an improved visitor experience. By Melanie Burton Tax relief incentives are on offer to businesses to locate to two key employment sites in the area, in a bid to unlock private sector investment into Read more…

Iconic sculpture for county border

Caroline Bingham went to see the concrete foundations of a new county landmark being poured and meet Ken Sadler, chairman of the Bomber County Gateway Trust. It was a bitterly cold day with a stiff south-easterly wind blowing across the site but this did not hinder the first forty-five 30 tonne loads of concrete being Read more…

A slice of royal bakes

Her passion for baking began more than 30 years ago, but the icing on the cake for bespoke cake-maker Dawn Blunden has undoubtedly been her royal commissions – the latest of which was a 70th birthday cake for HRH the Prince of Wales. Dawn, who owns Sophisticake, in Woodhall Spa, was first invited to Clarence Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

1st January 2019 – grey light in waves across the territory, by Maxim Griffin. Beyond a branch of Toby Carvery, still twinkling for Christmas – along ring roads, roundabouts and debris decked beech embankments. Grimsby is behind me. Huge concrete decks of waiting white vans and warning signs. You are being watched. No admittance without Read more…

Sir John Betjeman CBE 1906-1984

The work of poet and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman reflects a lifelong fondness for Lincolnshire, finds Alan Middleton. John Betjeman was born in London in 1906 and lived in Highgate for most of his childhood. After school he went to Magdalen College, Oxford. His first book of poems was published in 1932; he wrote extensively Read more…