Heritage Archive
(August 2020)

23 August 2020

Teacher goes the extra mile

Its motto says it’s a ‘school that cares’ and staff at Western Primary School in Grimsby went above and beyond to live up to this during lockdown. Kate Chapman caught up with assistant headteacher Zane Powles, who walked more than six miles a day delivering free school meals to pupils in need. As soon as Read more…

Step back inside Mrs Smith’s Cottage

Barbara Young travels back in time and enjoys a glimpse of rural days gone by as Navenby’s historic treasure reopens its doors after being lovingly restored and refurbished. Popular historic Lincolnshire visitor attraction Mrs Smith’s Cottage in Navenby reopened to the public last month for the first time for seven years after extensive refurbishment made Read more…

Shaded and safe new spaces

As more businesses reopen and plans resume for the expansion of the town’s tourism and leisure provision, there is an air of optimism in Sleaford. There is a new ‘norm’ on the high street, with all kinds of measures in place to keep visitors, workers and residents safe. But the sense of community spirit is Read more…

13 August 2020

Envision Virgin Racing to recreate 11-year-old’s winning Formula E car design

Lincolnshire schoolgirl’s ‘endangered animal’ design comes top in global competition. Eleven-year-old Kitty Thwaite, from Lincolnshire, is to have the climate change livery she designed for Envision Virgin Racing’s Formula E car recreated in full and put on display, after beating more than 3,000 entries in the team’s global art competition. Held in partnership with National Read more…

11 August 2020

Veteran trees of Lincolnshire

Celebrating the majestic cedar of Lebanon at Gunby Hall. A narrow gravel drive flanked by lime trees arcs through parkland and up to the big house. It is a bucolic setting only added to by the herd of Lincoln Red grazing peacefully nearby. Gunby Hall, just east of Spilsby in the Lincolnshire Wolds, is set Read more…

9 August 2020

Lincolnshire mills

In this issue Alan Middleton takes a look at some of the county’s historic mills which have now become popular tourist attractions. HECKINGTON WINDMILL Heckington Windmill is the only eight-sailed working windmill in England and some say it is the only one in the world. It was built in 1830 by Edward Ingledew of Gainsborough Read more…

6 August 2020

Bourne is ready for you

A true grit spirit and dogged determination will be the key to the rebuilding of local economies and that is something that abounds in the south Lincolnshire town. New life is being breathed into town and city centres up and down the country as the Government slowly eases the lockdown restrictions which saw shops and Read more…

Solvitur ambulando It is solved by walking

8th July – thin rain. By Maxim Griffin Clearing town with direction in mind – just onwards – west and out of here – out over the back of a filling station under which had been found the cremated remains of Beaker folk and Angles – soon a famous Scottish restaurant will emerge among the Read more…

1 August 2020

Steaming across the Humber

For centuries before the famous bridge was built, local ferry crossings were vital for the movement of goods and people at the Humber Estuary. Dene Bebbington takes a closer look at how the paddle steamer changed working life and leisure in the region. Travel between Lincolnshire and Hull was hindered for thousands of years by Read more…