Heritage Archive
(November 2016)

1 November 2016

Celebrating a special town

Just over three years ago the Lincolnshire town of Market Rasen was described by retail guru Mary Portas as one of her top three progressive pilot towns. The self-styled ‘Mary, Queen of Shops’ made the declaration at the beginning of 2013 as she toured the country assessing the progress of her Government backed multi-million pound Read more…

Fenland folk

Think of the fens and fenland folk and you probably imagine mud, water, lofty reeds, winters of ice, snow, bitter cold and locals dropping like flies. Did they perchance have a dark secret? The following is a description, a pretty bleak description, written by Sir William Dugdale (Dugdale’s Embanking and Draining) in the 1600s about Read more…

Shaping the city for the 21st century

Lincoln is undergoing a renaissance in its history as millions of pounds are invested in regeneration and transportation projects. Everywhere you look something is happening – from work on the new £30m Lincoln Transport Hub, to regeneration schemes such as The Cornhill Quarter project, where three new tenants have already signed up to take space. Read more…

Lawrence of Arabia… and Lincolnshire

A war hero re-emerges from the desert sands. Lincolnshire is a long way from the Middle East, but an unlikely character once biked along its country lanes hoping to escape the notoriety of an extraordinary past. TE Lawrence – or Lawrence of Arabia – is one of the twentieth century’s most iconic figures and now Read more…

Discover the Deepings

The natural border between Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire in the south of the county is the River Welland, which has an abundance of picturesque and peaceful river scenes and is ideal rambling territory. On the surface, the area appears to be a quiet rural retreat. However, there is much going on in the town and villages Read more…

That’s what you call ‘dedication’

Frank Swain’s decades long commitment to Freiston Football Club reflects not only a passion for the sport but the importance of local community involvement. Lincolnshire Life hears about how he has stuck with his team through the ups and downs. There is always a buzz of anticipation, excitement and nerves around on Saturday mornings when Read more…

Lincoln Cathedral music

For 70 years starting at the end of the 19th century, Lincoln Cathedral music was dominated by two towering figures in the shape of its organists, who were largely responsible for the direction of its musical events. It all began in 1896 with the appointment of Dr George John Bennett, a dynamic figure who proved Read more…