Lifestyle Archive
(August 2013)

1 August 2013

Breitling watches on show

Guests and customers joined Breitling in their marquee at the 2013 RAF Waddington International Air Show hosted by Mr Andrew Jones of Andrew Michael’s Jewellers. The 2013 Air Show was quite simply outstanding, with brilliant performances by the Red Arrows and the Avro Vulcan. The weather was absolutely perfect allowing display teams from around the Read more…

Lincolnshire Show 2013

What a glorious two sunny days we enjoyed at this year’s Lincolnshire Show. It wouldn’t be the show without a drenching at some point but luckily the rain held off until the very end on Thursday. Crowds had chance to fully appreciate the Red Arrows display overhead, the parades of prizewinning livestock, main ring attractions, Read more…

Restored to former glory

Philip Gaches is an award-winning master plasterer who was born and lives at Deeping St James. Here is his story of the work he recently completed at Claxby Hall. Claxby Hall is a lovely house set between Alford and Spilsby not far from Gunby Hall and sits on top of the chalk escarpment, from where Read more…

Fine art auction

Over £100,000 of pictures sold to local, national and international buyers at the second Specialist Fine Art sale of the year at Golding Young & Mawer’s Lincoln auction rooms. The evening sale featured 225 lots in three sections: twentieth century and modern, local interest and eighteenth and nineteenth century. The local interest section included a Read more…

Set your sights on this gracious home

When David Nickerson and his wife Pam moved into The Manor at North Ormsby nine years ago, it was like coming home. The grand Victorian property five miles from Louth had been in David’s family since his parents Samuel and Connie bought the house in 1952 when David was just eight years old. When his Read more…

Growing your own sunshine

If there is one flower guaranteed to make us smile, it is the sunflower. This year’s weather – a particularly hard winter, followed by a rainy, damp-squib spring – has caused sunshine to be a bit of an obsession. We all need out-of-doors quality time, in terms of body, and also soul, chemistry. Helianthus, the Read more…

A touch of pink

It is typically the bride’s job to be blushing on her big day… but as the mother of the bride there is always some way in which you can be blushing too. Now the summer has finally arrived, light colour choices are popular. Pinks have always offered a sense of romanticism to a wedding, whether Read more…

On the bright side

Even though the days are getting shorter and the nights longer there is no need to turn to traditional winter colours. Bright colour palettes are the inspiration behind the catwalk from sizzling reds to vivid blues and everything in between. With an array of billowing blouses, skinny jeans and a wide selection of footwear there Read more…

Wild at heart

Take a walk on the wild side this autumn with a multitude of looks from the catwalk. Whether you want to incorporate a touch of print, or a more definite statement, there is plenty of choice. From blouses, jackets, leggings and trousers, through to scarves, hats and shoes you can let out the inner animal Read more…

Man about town

Whilst many of you will have just found your summer shorts, the catwalk is getting ready for the cooler months ahead. Tailored styles are a popular choice in autumn for both daytime office wear and evening looks, as are collared shirts, V-neck jumpers and woollen jackets. Colours are muted with white tones and earthy hues.