Heritage Archive
(February 2013)

1 February 2013

Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Sixty years ago communities up and down the east coast of Lincolnshire were reeling from one of the worst peace-time disasters Britain had ever seen. A combination of a high spring tide and a European windstorm on 31st January 1953 caused a surge which swept down the coast and crashed through the sea defences, flooding Read more…

The sanctuary of the saltmarsh

“Migrating birds, such as geese, ducks and other waders, come to the Wash in huge numbers to spend the winter, with an average total of around 400,000 birds present at any one time.” Boston’s famous Stump, the parish church of St Botolph, is not only Lincolnshire’s most celebrated landmark and lighthouse to the Fens. It Read more…

Creating an alpine retreat

Even with our recent heavy snowfalls, a childhood in Lincolnshire does not seem to be the most auspicious start for a budding skier and chalet hostess. For Helen Raemers, however, her early life in Market Rasen and Gainsborough with her parents and three siblings was the beginning of a wanderlust and passion for skiing and Read more…

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot)

The 10th Foot, later known as the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, served with great distinction in many corners of the world for 275 years. It all started in 1685 when the exiled Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles I, landed at Lyme Regis to claim the throne from the unpopular King James II. He Read more…

Nev Tong – The wheel deal

After all the sporting euphoria of the London Olympics 2012, and before the build-up to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014, let us reflect on the efforts of one of our county’s finest cyclists, Neville (Nev) Tong. Nev was certainly a force to be reckoned with throughout the 1950s on the grass, red ash and Read more…