Lincolnshire is more than spud and mud. Here are many accounts of people’s lives as they grew up in Lincolnshire, from working out of the greatest fishing port in the world (Out of Grimsby) to the steel works (Scunthorpe – Crimson Skies); from the first person to have been given the title ‘cat-burglar’ (Delaney) to the Spinning Lady’s life (Larks in the Lincolnshire Marshes). Some titles cover powerful stories of overcoming or accepting enormous social and physical barriers such as ‘From Plough to College’, ‘From the Fens to Westminster’ and ‘I Didn’t Have Cancer for Nothing’. There is also a delightful recount of the Everton family history in the ‘Little Will’ trilogy by Peter Gaston. The complete trilogy is now available through this website – or through any good bookshop Vol I ‘Little Will and Clink Carrot’, Vol II ‘For Better For Worse’ and Vol III ‘Old Men’s Dreams, Young Men’s Visions’. Until Valentine’s day there is a special offer on this trilogy to promote the publication of Little Will in paperback – please search for ‘Little Will Trilogy’ in the search bar.
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A selection of poems and stories in Linkisheer dialect, presented by Far Welter’d, the East Lincolnshire Dialect Society, with accompanying CD. Far Welter’d is the phrase used to describe a…
SPECIAL OFFER paperback and cased copies reduced. New prices below reflect the extra discount 🙂 John Cotton was born December 4th 1584 in Derby, a town then comprising 3,000 residents,…
Discover Lincolnshire’s beautiful countryside with this guide to some of the best walks in the county. There are 15 circular routes here, varying in length from 4 to 7 miles. …
Lincolnshire is a diverse county. Its landscapes ranges from Chalk Wold to Limestone plateau, to Fen and Coastal Marsh. The archaeology contained within it is equally dramatic, with thousands of…
The valley of the Trent and its tributaries is the most important district in England, for both osier growing and basket making. Not only for quality of output but also…
This book has been researched and written by pupils aged 10 and 11 from Cranwell Primary school. It has been an integral part of their studies of local history and…
What is The Lincoln Imp? And how did it come to be on Lincoln Cathedral? There are several versions of the story however all of them share the same basic…
Lincolnshire Archaeology & Heritage Reports Series No. 4 The fenland of south Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and west Norfolk, with its low rainfall and drying winds, was an ideal area for the…
SPECIAL OFFER – Was £35.00 now £25.00 A reprint of Bartholomew Howlett’s beautifully illustrated book of Lincolnshire. This rare book gives a fascinating insight of Lincolnshire in the late 1790s. …
John Reed born in 1937, spent his childhood in the village of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, until he joined the Royal Navy as a 16 year old in January 1954. This book…
The third, and last, in the series of titbits of Lincolnshire history. The witch of Tetford (known as ‘E’) was believed to be able to turn herself into a cat…
David Norman Robinson OBE MSc was born in Horncastle in August 1927. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School and went on to graduate from Nottingham University with an…
Born in Stalybridge in 1913 the author worked in the area as errand boy and then machine-shop apprentice until made redundant in the early 1930s. With little chance of employment…
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – otherwise known as the BBMF or simply ‘the Flight’ – is based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Its collection of five Spitfires, two…
Ray Jones first started beekeeping 13 years ago. Since then it has become his all consuming passion, taking his beekeeping examinations to advanced level and playing an active part in…
During the war years of 1939-1945, a total of 80,000 girls were recruited to the Women’s Land Army and the Women’s Timber Corps. The country relied heavily on these girls,…
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