Heritage Archive
(May 2020)

25 May 2020

Lowland team to the rescue

Lincolnshire Lowland Search and Rescue is dedicated to helping find missing adults and children, as well as supporting emergency services during high risk incidents and natural disasters. Kate Chapman finds out about the volunteers’ training and challenges. The team of volunteers, known as LincsLSAR, is part of the UK Search and Rescue Operators Group, which Read more…

VE Day celebrations lockdown style

In spite of the restrictions put in place to ensure the safety of residents in Woodhall Spa, volunteers and businesses are continuing to make a positive impact. Popular 1940s vocalist ‘Miss Sarah-Jane’ entertained locals and care home residents on VE Day when she walked the streets of Woodhall Spa with a PA system singing a Read more…

For now, this is the new “YFC normal”!

Last month I wrote about the way we were starting to adapt to lockdown and how strange it felt, this month it seems to be the new normal, as we all adjust to the virtual life! Young Farmers’ Clubs are no exception. It’s true many of our farming members continue their usual day-to-day routine, but Read more…

13 May 2020

Town rises to new challenges

In Louth church groups, community initiatives and local businesses are helping to ensure that vital support remains available throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint letter to the community published recently on the Louth Town Council website, Rev Nick Brown, Rector of Louth and Canon of Lincoln, and Cllr Fran Treanor, Mayor of Louth, described Read more…

Speeding to success

Kate Chapman meets speedway supremo Tai Woffinden, who has set his sights on claiming a record seven world titles. He’s a three-time Speedway World Champion and the only British rider to achieve that incredible feat – but that’s not enough for Lincolnshire-born Tai Woffinden, who plans to firmly underline his place in the record books. Read more…

1 May 2020

Cliff Villages unite to support residents

A growing network of support among neighbours and local organisations is building even stronger foundations for life after lockdown. Rev Michelle Godbold, priest for Navenby, Wellingore, Harmston, Coleby, Boothby Graffoe and Temple Bruer, launched Graffoe Parish Coronavirus Community Care to help isolated older people, carers and single parents needing support, or those unable to get Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

10th April 2020: Hazy, warm Good Friday – summer light. By Maxim Griffin So. Welcome to the weirdness. It’s been a strange few weeks – I’ve been working relentlessly – nights with adults with complex sensory issues and challenging behaviours – I hardly saw the sun in March. I return home via the supermarket. I Read more…