Heritage Archive
(January 2020)

19 January 2020

Local charity has fresh approach

Freshtime Futures Trust is a charitable trust based in Boston which provides financial support for young people, 11-25 years old, within the local area but also across the county. The charity’s aim is to help empower individuals to reach their full potential. By Caroline Bingham The trust was set up in late 2016 by Bostonian, Read more…

Breaking ground in female track racing

There are no women’s categories in Pro Flat Track racing, but as Kate Chapman learns, that hasn’t stopped Lincolnshire’s Leah Tokelove taking on some of the best riders in the world – and coming out on top. The 22-year-old got her first motorbike when she was 5 and began racing them aged 13. Now she’s Read more…

Gainsborough is going places

The new decade is off to a strong start for the town, finds Glynis Fox, with improved transport links and continued regeneration. The team at Marshall’s Yard is looking forward to a busy and positive year in 2020 – as 2019 ended with new retailers joining the centre as well as major investments in the Read more…

12 January 2020

Pocahontas and the Lincolnshire Captain

In the early 1600s the Virginia Company of London began colonising North America in what would become the state of Virginia. Here the British changed the native Indians’ way of life forever, writes Dene Bebbington. A young Indian princess could never have imagined how the arrival of newcomers would make her a legend after saving Read more…

9 January 2020

Curtain rises on proposed complex

Past and present are being embraced in Sleaford, reports Kate Chapman, with plans for a modern three-screen cinema in the pipeline and a new project which hopes to uncover the secrets of the town’s castle. Exciting plans to build a £4 million three-screen cinema with a restaurant and food court are currently being moved forward Read more…

Racing community rallies round

Pigeon racing has proved a great source of comfort to Lincolnshire man Daniel Parker. He tells Kate Chapman how the sport helped him keep a positive outlook after a tragic motocross accident left him paralysed. Despite the life-changing injuries he sustained last year, the 23-year-old from Tallington, near Stamford, is optimistic about the future and Read more…

7 January 2020

Traders’ Tokens

This series by Colin Smale traces the history of 17th-century currency in Lincolnshire. This month the focus is on Boston and Bourne. Boston & Bourne As I said in my previous article, Boston had more than its fair share of traders’ tokens (29) and so before I move on to the town of Bourne, which Read more…

6 January 2020

Putting Immingham on the Mayflower Pilgrims Map

Stephen Wade reports on some ambitious and exciting plans to celebrate the Mayflower Pilgrims on the Humber shore If you ask the person in the street about Lincolnshire and the Mayflower Pilgrims, their answer will more than likely refer to Boston. Of course, Boston has always featured prominently in the story, but now, thanks to Read more…