SLHA Magazine
LINCOLNSHIRE PAST & PRESENT
Winter 2011-12
A History of the Public Houses in Market Rasen -
Brian Ward
This illustrated account gives details of the principal pubs in the town, including their origins and history. Directories and a range of other local sources are extensively used.
'Gormless', the Farmers' Boy -
James R Foster
James A Foster (1899-1972), forbear of the writer, was a bus driver in the Scunthorpe area. Although a Yorkshireman by birth, he became well-known in Lincolnshire church halls and theatres for his humorous monologues in Lincolnshire dialect which he delivered in the guise of a simple farmworker.
Eamon de Valera's Daring Escape from Lincoln Prison -
Erik Grigg
De Valera, leading dissident Irish Republican, was arrested in 1918 and imprisoned at Lincoln. His subsequent escape, organised by fellow IRA members, reveals the incredible ineptitude of the prison staff.
William Bedford (1782-1841) -
Ruth Tinley
The remarkable story of a Lincoln tailor who, through diligent study and discussion at the Lincoln Mechanics Institution, eventually became a member of the British Asasociation for the Advancement of Science and in 1841 delivered a lecture to the Lincolnshire Topographical Scoiety on the geology of Lincoln.
Stones and Moats: Medieval Remains in Scredington -
John Porter
The likely origins and significance of two walls - south of the churchyard and as part of a farm house - are discussed, together with the five reputed moats in the village. (This links to a short piece in LP&P64)
Highlights of
The Collection -
Antony Lee
Description and illustrations of two elegant items of jewellery: a Roman ring (discovered at Revesby) and an Anglo-Saxon pendant (Horncastle, 2003).
Grantham Library: a Carnegie Library -
David Lambourne
This fine building, latterly the town museum, was opened in 1926. The campaign to have it built was very protracted: for years the townspeople opposed the extra penny on the rates, despite the generous capital funding offered by the Carnegie Trust.
