At the 2005 Annual General Meeting of the Society held in Louth Methodist Church in June David Robinson stepped down as President and was succeeded by Catherine Wilson.

The gift to David was a painting of the old Vicarage in the Horncastle Market Place.

The study tour organised and led by Ken Hollamby included a visit to the important Roman site of Caerleon.

In February 2006 Dr Jonathan Brown's book Farming In Lincolnshire: 1850-1945 was launched at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life. This was the second of the Studies in the History of Lincolnshire series. published by the History of Lincolnshire Committee.

In the photo: Dr Brown wirth Dr Andrew Walker

Jonathan Brown's book was launched by Dr Joan Thirsk, eminent agricultural historian.

Dr Shirley Brook, vice-chairman of the History of Lincolnshire Committee, presents Dr Thirsk with a bouquet of flowers.

Members of the Industrial Archaeology team at SLHA joined Caistor Heritage Group members on a walk along the former Caistor Canal in March 2006.

This is one of the locks between the Ancholme and South Kelsey.

Christopher Padley subsequently wrote a detailed article on the history of the canal which was published in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, the SLHA journal.

The 2006 Annual General Meeiting was held at Belton House by kind permission of the National Trust.

Tours were arranged to basement areas and also to the roof where members basked in the warm June sunshine.

In August 2006 members of the Industrial Archaeology Team began recording Holdingham Mill. They also paid a visit to nearby Haverholme Lock and inspected the turbine in the bywash installed by Charles Hett of Brigg in the 1880s.

Photo (l to r): Stephen Betteridge, ?, Ken Redmore, Catherine Wilson, Chris Lester, ?, Barry Barton, Chris Page, Jon Sass, Ken Hollamby, Stewart Squires.

The SLHA Industrial Archaeology Team arranged the East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference in May 2007. This was centred around Boston and took as its theme Fen Drainage.

Delegates are seen here at Cowbridge alongside the Maud Foster drain two miles north of Boston.

The Annual Meeting of the Society was held in Gainsborough Methodist Church.

The afternoon tour led by Stewart Squires included the historic toll bridge over the Trent.

Pearl received her award from the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Tony Worth.  (Later, in succession to the Lieutenant, Mrs Bridget Cracroft-Eley, he became Patron of SLHA.)

The annual Brackenbury Lecture is organised in turn by SLHA, the Tennyson Society and the Lincolnshire Methodist History Society.

In 2007 the Tennyson Society were hosts and their secretary Kathleen Jefferson proposed a vote of thanks to speaker Nicholas Bennett.

SLHA published a book All Things Lincolnshire, edited by David Start and Jean Howard, to celebrate David Robinson's 80th birthday in August 2007.

David Start, David Robinson and Jean Howard are seen here at the book launch event.

David Robinson, OBE, MSc, is a former SLHA president and widely regarded local historian and author.

The festschrift published to mark his 80th birthday provided a range of articles reflecting his wide interests in Lincolnshire.

The book on Lincolnshire's Agriculture Engineers, Ploughs, Chaff Cutters and Steam Engines, with 13 contributors and edited by Ken Redmore, was launched at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life in November 2007.

Ken is here paying tribute to the authors.

For several years SLHA joined with Keelby WEA in a residential weekend at Horncastle College, usually in February.

In 2008 the theme was xx. In the foreground: Kathleen Johnson; furthest from the camera: Mary Gibson

In addition to talks at the college the 2008 weekend, in line with the usual pattern, included a Saturday afternoon visit.

Members of the course are here enjoying the view from the west front of Lincoln Cathedral.

On a very cool Spring Bank Holiday Monday in 2008 the SLHA IA team provided a bookstall and information point at the Carrington Steam Rally.

After this very unsatisfactory pitch in the open air we were soon allocated a space in the craft tent - a spot we occupied for several years in succession.

(Chris Lester is here awaiting the first customer; Ken Redmore is the man behind the camera.)

A visit to Somerton Castle - a rare treat - was SLHA's prize from Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire for winning a quiz competition in 2008.

Surviving structures on the site were visited and exploratory archaeological work on an adjoining site was witnessed.

In the photograph (l to r): Rod Callow, Marjorie Whaler, Pearl Wheatley (half hidden), Dave Start (HTL), Mark Acton.

Ration Books and Rabbit Pie, a book based on the second world war memories of Lincolnshire civilians, edited by Linda Crust, was pubished by SLHA in the summer of 2008.

The book was launched in Spilsby Franklin Hall. As usual the Society had a small bookstall, manned here by Pearl Wheatley, which was the focus for both sales and animated conversations.

At the Annual General meeting of the Society held in Bourne in June 2009 Pearl Wheatley stepped down from the chair after 9 years in the role.

Catherine Wilson, SLHA President, makes the presentation.

The attic floor of Red Hall was of particular interest to SLHA members on their visit after the AGM.

On the extreme left: Neil and Sarah Wright; on the right: Joan Ketteringham

Professor Mark Seaward gave the annual lecture : Tennyson's Lincolnshire - an Environmental Perspective.

He is here answering questions from a packed audience after his lecture. Kathleen Jefferson, Secretary of the Tennyson Society, chaired the meeting (standing left).

In September 2009 the Association for Industrial Archaeology held their annual conference in Lincoln, which featured lectures and an extensive programme of tours to sites of industrial interest around the county.

The conference programme was organised and led by members of the SLHA Industrial Archaeology team. 

Some of the conference delegates are here seen on a tour of the Scunthorpe steelworks.

Neil Wright was the author of the book 'Sutton Bridge - An Industrial History' published by SLHA in 2009. Beryl Jackson, also in the photograph, made a large contribution the book.

This book is a revised and enlarged edition of the book first written by Neil in 1970 and reprinted in 1996.

A photograph of Jews' Court taken in 2009 shows few changes from that taken over by the Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society in the 1930s.

In fact the building had received extensive renovation - thanks to Heritage Lottery funding - early in the new millennium, as recorded by a discreet plaque on the extreme left of the facade.