Showing posts with label Lincolnshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lincolnshire. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2026

How did people cross the Humber before the bridge?

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Andytoknow introduces us to New Holland, a railway village on the south bank of the Humber, and in particular to New Holland Pier station, w...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Geoff Marshall asks: What are Britain's least served stations?

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Geoff Marshall says in his YouTube blurb: So we quite often talk about Least Used Stations ... but what about the Least SERVED - the station...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Man vows to "never travel to Lincolnshire again" after Humber Bridge fines

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The judges were aghast. What, never again see Lincoln Cathedral or the stone buildings of Stamford? Nevertheless, they gave Hull Live our H...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

My Liberator article on the Yorkists' New Deal

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This article appears in the new Liberator – you can download the whole issue from the magazine's website. Following the best traditions...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Kevin Keegan: The humble superstar of the Seventies

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Embed from Getty Images Kevin Keegan made his debut for Scunthorpe United at the age of 17 and played for them for three seasons in the old ...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Geography: She does well to find her way home – E

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Stamford, Lincolnshire: Nowhere near Newcastle upon Tyne Watch a few TV quiz shows and you will realise there are that two subjects the Brit...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

An Edward VIII postbox on Ryhall Road, Stamford

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Today I bagged another Edward VII postbox. Having stalked and photographed the three examples in Leicestershire (on the Saffron Lane Estate ...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

Mysterious blue glow traced to Flying Banana

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BBC New s wins our Headline of the Day Award with this tale of mysterious Lincolnshire: Is it a UFO? Is it the Northern Lights? No, it's...
Monday, December 15, 2025

The Joy of Six 1449

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"They can mess about with flags and play the national anthem and rail against DEI all they like. But if they shut down your mum’s nursi...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

Man sought over trousering of hedgehog statue

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BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award.  The judges were also impressed by the photograph provided by Lincolnshire Police .
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Monday, December 01, 2025

We're building walls to separate social and private housing again

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The segregation of the classes is back, and it's not done only by price. Here's a report by Jessica Murray and Michael Goodier from ...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Former nun Emma Smith's 101 days buried alive in Skegness

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There's a sad and fascinating story in today's Guardian about  Mick Meaney , and Irish labourer who in 1968 was buried alive in a co...
Monday, October 27, 2025

The 17th-century Stamford Canal

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The Stamford Canal was an artificial cut that paralleled the River Welland between Stamford and Market Deeping. It was nine and a half miles...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Charles Dickens describes flooding in the Welland Valley

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My Lady Dedlock has been down at what she calls, in familiar conversation, her “place” in Lincolnshire. The waters are out in Lincolnshire. ...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

The Joy of Six 1422

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"The British physicist has dedicated herself to increasing diversity and accessibility within the STEM community, with a special emphas...
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Sunday, August 17, 2025

The Towers of Trebizond was partly written at Butlin’s in Skegness

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I'm an admirer of Rose Macaulay's writing, and wouldn't share the critical judgement in this old London Review of Books article ...
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Friday, June 13, 2025

Lord Bonkers' Diary: We feed them sausages and plum bread

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I'm pleased that Sister Sid is doing so well, but I worry about those Lincolnshire refugees.  I don't know how long they are put up ...
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Monday, June 09, 2025

John Gray on the strange death of Tory England

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Embed from Getty Images While I was writing my article in the current Liberator, I searched for the quotation below - the last paragraph in...
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Sunday, June 08, 2025

From Liberator: Such people write about Lincolnshire as though they were Victorian explorers or missionaries

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The new Liberator - issue 429 - is out and can be downloaded free of charge from the magazine's website. As well as Lord Bonkers' D...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025

The loss of the Lagik at Sutton Bridge on the River Nene

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Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency As the first one has proved surprisingly popular, here's a second post about a cargo vessel being...