Heritage Archive
(November 2019)

18 November 2019

Village prepares for festive celebrations

Uniquely different, leafy Woodhall Spa oozes a special ambience all year round, but it really turns on the magic at Christmas time. By Glynis Fox Once again, the village’s traditional Christmas Fayre – which takes place on 6th December – promises to be a magnet for thousands of people who want to experience its special Read more…

17 November 2019

Serve in a growing force

Lincolnshire Life was invited to join Army Reservists from the county on their exercise weekend high in the North Yorkshire Moors. Caroline Bingham put on suitable footwear and clothing and signed up for the day. WITH nearly 30,000 trained Reservists in the British Army, compared to 78,400 full-time, regular personnel, their contribution to the combined Read more…

1 November 2019

Traders’ Tokens

This series by Colin Smale traces the history of 17th-century currency in Lincolnshire. This month the focus is on Bolingbroke and Boston. BOLINGBROKE In the Domesday Book the old Saxon village of Bolingbroke was called ‘Bolingborg’. Bolingbroke may have been a misreading of ‘Bolingborg’ meaning ‘Bolla’s Hill’. Bolla was a local Celtic tribal leader. So, Read more…

Bull Running in Stamford

Many English villages, towns and cities have quirky traditions going back centuries and an activity known as ‘bull running’ in Stamford, Lincolnshire, certainly fits that description, writes Alan Middleton. The event, which was held on 13th November, St Brice’s day, each year was variously described as a festival, a hunt, a riotous custom, a sport, Read more…

The perfect spaniel

The companionship of dogs has always been important to Natalia Ashton. Now she’s drawn on her 30 years’ experience of living with and raising them to write a book dedicated to her favourite breed. Interview by Kate Chapman The Cocker Spaniel has been Natalia’s dog of choice for more than a decade, during which time Read more…

Illuminate the Pilgrim past

Stephen Wade meets Anna Scott to learn about the Illuminate celebrations taking place this month in Gainsborough. After lengthy preparations, much thinking and discussion, several meetings and consultations, a number of striking and impressive events commemorating and celebrating the momentous story of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Lincolnshire are set to take place. In Gainsborough this Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

1st of October – Lincolnshire Day – all the rain is with me, by Maxim Griffin Uphill. A stick and a raincoat. Water is pouring down the track – water is battering the hills – drizzle turns to a slate grey wall before I’ve even started. It doesn’t matter. I have a mission. One of Read more…