No. 49 : Autumn 2002

A Note on an 1895 Advertisement for a Nostrum (wind pills by Page Woodcock of Lincoln) - Peter Richards
Points are made about the advertising, labelling and pricing of patent medicines100 years ago. An account of the career of Page Woodcock, a Lincoln chemist and Methodist, who manufactured and sold 'wind pills'.
Lincolnshire Books: a Library Publishing Programme - Eleanor Nannestad
For 25 years the Lincolnshire Library Service has produced books on the County written by its staff and local authors. A note of the outstanding titles from this wide-ranging collection.
Memories of Mablethorpe - J E Swaby
The author, a substantial contributor to Lincolnshire local history, recalls his time as Rector of Mablethorpe for 7 years in the 1950s. His first day in the resort in 1953 immediately followed the disastrous East Coast flood.
A Nostalgic Evening - Pearl Wheatley
An account of celebrations for Woodhall Spa’s Kinema-in-the-Woods’ 80th anniversary and the launch of the book telling the story of this unique cinema.
The M.O.’s Report - transcription of a document - Douglas Boyce
The Medical Officer of the 8th Lincolnshire Regiment reports from the trenches in the summer of 1916. Casualties had been high and there serious problems moving the wounded away from battle area.
Factory Hooters - Peter Stephenson
A graphic account of the complex range of hooters that punctuated the working day when Grantham’s industries flourished between the wars.
The Louth, Mablethorpe and Sutton Permanent Building Society - Tony E Merriman
A history of this small society from incorporation in 1877 to take over in 1991. This is also the story of local business men involved with the construction of the Louth and East Coast Railway seeking to stimulate development in the area. Throughout its century of existence it remained essentially a local institution, run by and for the community.
Statute or Hiring Fairs in Lincolnshire - C T Mackinder
The tradition of hiring domestic and farm servants at annual events in Lincoln and elsewhere in the County is examined. A range of useful information about both employer and employee is included in the records held at Lincolnshire Archives. There are also contemporary newspaper reports of these colourful annual gatherings.
The City of Boston? - John Beckett
Based on local and national documents this is an account of the unsuccessful - and little publicised - bid made by the Corporation of Boston to acquire city status in 1945.
Obituary - Fred Felstead of Bourne, aged 73, professional signwriter, local historian, book collector and amateur photographer.