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Aisthorpe Cricket Club was "Founded in 1895 ...
After a less than auspicious start to its life, beginning on a losing streak, which it found hard to recover from, it took a necessary break in 1914, not to return in any form until 1932 ...
it was resurrected again in 1946, thanks to the efforts of Dr Monteith at Aisthorpe Hall ...
During the 1960s and 1970s Aisthorpe were often winning the League, and Major Hoult Division One Trophies"
http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/brattleby/section.asp?catId=37043
The pavillion stands just to the east of Aisthorpe Hall at National Grid Reference SK 94743 80570.
DB 19 November 2020

A characterful corrugated iron structure, still much used.
Jean Howard, 2 May 2021

John Cust, the first Earl Brownlow, commissioned Anthony Salvin to design the boathouse in grounds of Belton House in the 1840s.
It has unusual basket-weave plasterwork and a stone fish scale roof, and was restored by the National Trust in 2008.
DB 8 July 2016

Stickwork boathouse located in the wilderness garden. The National Trust is currently seeking funds for its restoration.
DB 23 September 2017

"Pair of cottages, now clubhouse and cottage. c1835 by W A Nicholson"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359360
"Unusually, the Hall was not built within its park, the park being on the opposite side of the village's main road.
Although part of the park has been lost to arable farming much of it remains as a golf course.
The course was first laid out over 9 holes in 1902 by the 2nd Earl of Londesborough, in all probability at this stage for the use of himself and his guests, but in 1904 Blankney Golf Club was formed to manage the course which it continues to do today.
In 1938 it was decided to extend the course to 18 holes and this extended course came into play at the start of the 1940 season"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankney
DB 1 August 2020

Bloxholm Recreation Room is dated 1952.
National Grid reference TF066538.
DB 8 June 2020

Main entrance to Central Park off Wide Bargate.
Local signage states that :-
"Complementing Boston's historic townscape is the large open space of Central Park. This was originally part of a much larger private deer park, attached to the late 1700's Tunnard House on Wide Bargate, near the main entrance gates to the park.
The private park was sold in 1894 with plans to develop the fine Victorian housing that still surrounds the park. The houses were built for the local shopkeepers and trades people of the busy town of Boston. Thorold Street, Tawney Street and Norfolk Street were completed in the early 1900's, Norfolk Street was located along the boundary of the original deer park.
In 1919 Boston Borough purchased the central portion and developed it as 'Central Park' with space and facilities for cricket and football as well as other games. The facilities here replaced those of Boston's larger 'Peoples Park' which closed and had been located at the opposite end of the town, being subsequently used for port based activities. Central Park opened to the public in 1932.
The park has provided a central, welcoming and cared for space for the town throughout its history. It is still evolving and has seen the recent developments of, new gardens spaces, artworks reflecting the towns heritage and a skate park"
DB 5 May 2022


The Regal Cinema, Boston, drawing by Hilary Healey based on programme leaflet.
It was built in the 1930s in flamboyant Art Deco style on West Street and was converted into a shopping arcade in the early 1980s.

Rear of the building viewed across The Haven.
"Assembly rooms and shops. 1822 possibly by Jeptha Pacey based on earlier designs by William Atkinson, altered later C19 and c1960s following a major fire"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388955?section=official-list-entry
DB 9 April 2022

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 has an entry "The Bourne Institute, in West street, has reading, card and ladies' rooms on ground floor and a billiard room and library on first floor; there is also a large room for concerts and entertainments"
Now the Pyramid Club for snooker & pool.
DB 8 July 2019

"The Public Hall and Corn Exchange in Abbey road, erected by a company in 1870, at a cost of £2,000, including land and fittings, is a structure of red brick with stone dressings, and has a large hall, with stage and retiring rooms, in which also the corn market is held, and capable of seating 700 people"
DB 8 July 2019

"3 Abbey Road. 1870. Built for the Bourne Public Hall and Corn Exchange Company Limited.
The architect was Charles Bell of London and the contract for the construction work went to Robert Young of Lincoln in May 1870, after his tender of £1,150 was accepted.
Construction work was carried out during the summer months and the corn market opened for business in October.
The controlling company was wound up in June 1938 when it was sold to Bourne Urban District Council.
In the local government reorganisation of 1974 ownership passed to South Kesteven District Council.
The Corn exchange was substantially extended and rebuilt in 1990"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_exchanges_in_England
DB 8 July 2019

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The Temperance Hall, erected in 1891, is now used as a parish hall"
More recently converted into a two bed detached house and being offered for sale September 2020 with an asking price of £195,000
Geoff Swain Collection 6 September 1993

The pier at Cleethorpes opened on August Bank Holiday 1873.
The Pavilion shown dates from 1905 and replaced an earlier hall destroyed by fire.
Originally, the pier was 1200 ft (360m) long, but was deliberately breached in WW2 - because of invasion fears - and after the war the seaward section was demolished.
Frank Robinson, 2009
See other images of the pier

The Swimming Pool was built when the improvements were made to the sea front in 1884.
undated postcard

An original army hut from the Machine Gun Corps encampment at Belton Park.
Bought to Dyke in 1920 to serve as St Georges Mission Church.
The Mission Hall became the village hall in 1976.
http://dykehistory.org.uk/dyke-village-hall
DB 20 August 2020

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 has an entry "A Temperance Hall, in which is held the Mechanics' Institute, reading room and library, containing upwards of 2000 volumes, was erected in High street in 1868, at an outlay of £350. Mr. Smith Fielding is secretary to the Mechanics' Institute, and Mr. John Robert Pearson to the Temperance Society"
The Epworth Temperance Hall Fund was registered as a charity on 30 Nov 1962. It was removed from the register on 12 Jan 2000 as its funds were spent up.
https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=213742&subid=0
DB 9 August 2019

Blue plaque on front of building.
"MEETING HALL
for the Epworth Temperance Movement and Band of Hope 1868 - 1948"
DB 9 August 2019

Kellys Directory 1930 records that "There is a parish library of 300 volumes, with a reading room".
DB 26 April 2021

Freiston Shore, north of Boston, was developed as a sea bathing resort in the late 18th & early 19th centuries.
Later coastal accretion caused a salt marsh to develop bringing the end of the hotel trade.
Freiston Shore contains the remains of fortifications constructed during the Second World War and a former light railway.
Postcard, 1906

This overgrown pond lies within the Decoy Wood nature reserve, and was once a duck decoy. It is said that in 1866 over a thousand ducks were caught here.
The photo shows what is left of one of the "pipes", down which the birds were enticed and trapped.
See:- www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/Friskney-Decoy-Wood
Frank Robinson, January 2014

Built in the Art Deco style in 1924, the Regal Cinema no longer survives.
Photograph 1963

Former State Cinema which opened 17th June 1940 with Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again".
Closed as a cinema in 1973.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23863
DB 18 June 2019

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "Gosberton Public Hall built in 1872, on a site given by Earl Brownlow, will seat about 350 persons"
DB 16 June 2019

Grimsby Albert Gardens & Prince Consort Memorial commemorate Albert, Queen Victoria's consort, who died in 1861. It is in the East Marsh area of the town close to the docks.
The memorial was unveiled in 1879 and moved to the Dock Offices at the dock entrance in c.1980.
'Jay Em Jay' Series postcard, posted 1904

Celebrating its 75th anniversary year (on Cleethorpe Road).
"The Caxton Players Society dates back to the early 1940s, during the Second World War, with performances to lift spirits during darker times.
Today, they are the only Society in the county with an auditorium, based in Grimsby, which offers seating for nearly 200 theatre-goers"
http://explorelincolnshire.co.uk/grimsby/cinemas-and-theatre/caxton-theatre-36862.html
DB 10 November 2018

People's Park in Grimsby was officially opened on 17 August 1883.
The 27 acres of land were a gift to the council from Edward Heneage of Hainton, a prominent landowner, who was influential in the town's development.
Undated postcard

A plaque set into the wall states :-
"ERECTED 1920 BY THE PARISHIONERS OF HARLAXTON IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918"
DB 26 September 2018

The Butlin Luxury Holiday Camp opened in 1936 and cost £100,000.
It is sited close to the beach and conveniently alongside the A52 between Skegness and Mablethorpe.
undated postcard

The ballroom at Butlin's was an important centre of evening entertainment for the weekly visitors.
undated postcard

South Street frontage of the indoor rifle range.
"Rifle range, 1897 ... 3 continguous blocked lancet windows having red brick heads with continuous hood mould"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359821?section=official-list-entry
DB 7 September 2023

Kelly's Directory of Linconshire 1919 states :-
"Here is a Temperance Hall, erected in 1872, at a cost of £500 and seating about 250 persons"
DB 8 February 2020

The Arboretum in Lincoln opened in 1872.
The lion statue was the gift of F. J. Clarke, businessman and four-times mayor of Lincoln. It was made from composition stone by Austin and Seeley of London.
undated postcard

"Gate lodge and refreshment room. 1872. Probably designed by Edward Milner ...
This building was built to serve the Arboretum which was laid out between 1869 and 1972, to the designs of the improtant Victorian garden designer Edward Milner"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388698
DB 16 September 2019

The fountain is center image and jets of water should be rising from top of the structure - unfortunately not working.
Local signage states :-
"The Lake is a key feature of The Arboretum.
The designer Edward Milner intended it to be both an ornamental and practical feature as it was designed to collect water from the many springs on the site.
The Fountain was erected in 1911, 39 years after ,the opening of The Arboretum, to celebrate the inauguration of Lincoln's new water supply from Elksley Water Works.
The introduction of the new water supply was greeted with great celebration and the fountain is composed of cores taken from the bore hole at Elksley"
DB 1 August 2019

"Shelter. Late C19. Made by Lockerbie & Wilson of Birmingham. Cast-iron, with ogee zinc sheet roof"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388690
DB 16 September 2019

"Statue of lion. 1872. By Austin & Seeley. Presented by FJ Clarke"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388691
Francis Jonathan Clarke (1841-1888) was a successful Lincoln High Street chemist, and Mayor of Lincoln 3 times, 1878-9, 1883-4, 1884-5.
Famous for Clarke's Blood Mixture.
http://www.itsaboutlincoln.co.uk/the-arboretum.html
All Saints Church, Monks Road just visible in the background, in the gap between the trees.
DB 1 August 2019

"Sunday 25th March 2018 was an emotional day for many in the community as the park's bandstand was played in for the first time since its extensive restoration"
http://www.boulthampark.co.uk/the-1920s-come-roaring-into-the-park/
"The new roof will be made of durable zinc and the concrete surround will be resurfaced along with brickwork base improvements"
http://www.boulthampark.co.uk/bandstand-80th-year-refresh/
DB 23 April 2018

"County Assembly Rooms, now in part a Masonic Temple. 1744, with front addition and vestibule 1908 by William Watkins of Lincoln"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388454
White's Directory 1872 has a listing "The COUNTY ASSEMBLY ROOMS, in Bailgate, form a spacious brick building, erected by members of some of the leading families of the county, about the year 1745; but the refreshment rooms, &c., were not built till 1826.
The large and lofty ball room, measuring upwards of 70 feet in length and 30 in width, was redecorated in 1870 at a cost of about £300.
In November is held the Lincolnshire Colour or Stuff Ball, which was established during the last century for the encouragement of the stuff manufactures and the consumption of the great staple produce of the county - long wool: but as the specific object for which it was originally instituted has ceased to exist, there is no longer any necessity for ladies to appear here in stuff dresses as formerly.
The building is vested in five trustees, viz., W. C. Amcotts, Esq., M.P., H. Chaplin, Esq., M.P., W. Hutton, Esq., G. K. Jarvis, Esq., and J. B. Stanhope, Esq., Mr. W. Cooling is secretary".
DB 13 May 2019

"The present theatre, initially called the New Theatre Royal, was built in 1893 to the designs of Bertie Crewe and W.G.R. Sprague.
After an explosion and fire in 1892 had destroyed the previous Theatre Royal on the site, built in 1806.
The 1806 theatre was, in turn, a rebuild of an earlier theatre of 1764 on Butchery Street, now called Clasketgate.
The structure of the building remained the same until 1907, when the present frontage, foyer, and lounge were added, spinning the orientation of the entrance to face Clasketgate.
A 2010 refurbishment of public non-auditorium space restructured and modernised the foyer and bar areas.
The building is Grade II listed"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Theatre_Royal_Lincoln
DB 20 October 2018

"Auditorium has a moulded proscenium arch with Corinthian flanking pilasters, corner brackets, and a single half-round box each side ...
The interior is important as a surviving example of late C19 theatre design and decoration".
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388499
DB 20 October 2018

"2 cantilevered galleries with curved, moulded plaster panelled fronts ...
The interior is important as a surviving example of late C19 theatre design and decoration"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388499
DB 20 October 2018

"A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of rope lines, blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly (hoist) quickly, quietly and safely components such as curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.
Systems are typically designed to fly components between clear view of the audience and out of view, into the large opening, known as the fly loft, above the stage"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_system
DB 20 October 2018

Playbill on display in the New Theatre Royal for a 1933 production by the Denville Players.
Dempsey Stuart as the featured actor.

Wartime theatre information displayed in the New Theatre Royal.
Programmes as advertised in the "Lincolnshire Echo" and the "Lincolnshire Chronicle".
"NEAREST AIR RAID SHELTER - ST. PETER-AT-ARCHES-140 yds."

Former Radion Cinema now the home of Radio Lincolnshire.
"Designed by W.J. King, the Radion Cinema was the last Lincoln cinema built before the war, opening on March 27th 1939"
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/37402
DB 16 September 2019

Former Ritz Cinema,143-147 High Street now a J.D. Wetherspoon's pub.
The Ritz Cinema opened 1937.
Taken over by the Rank Organisation and re-named as the Odeon 1956 but closed 1981.
Re-opened as an independent 1985, with the name reverting back to the Ritz, but closed again 1996.
In 1998 it re-opened as a J.D. Wetherspoon pub using the foyer and stalls area.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/25899
DB 5 December 2019

Looking from the St Andrews Stand towards the Lincolnshire Co-operative Stand directly opposite.
Sincil Bank Stadium has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895.
DB 30 March 2018

Goal mouth action in a match with Newport County.
"Founded in 1884, Lincoln City F.C. won the Midland League in 1889-90, their first full season playing league football. They moved on from the Football Alliance to become founder members of the Football League Second Division in 1892"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lincoln_City_F.C.
DB 24 March 2012

This Edwardian postcard depicts South Park with the lower slopes of South Common to the right.
South Common, a site of nature conservation importance, covers an area of 80 hectares between Canwick Road and Cross O'Cliff Hill.
Its southern boundary rises steeply to the limestone edge.

This rustic wooden shelter in Hubbard's Hills was one of four given by local Member of Parliament, R W Perks, at a total cost of £100, when the park was first opened in 1907.
Undated postcard

Hubbard's Hills is a deep wooded valley to the south-west of the town. It was acquired for the town using a generous bequest from Alphonse Pahud, a language teacher at Louth Grammar School.
card posted 1940s

The east side of Louth had several parks which have been taken into the growing town. One such was Stewton House Park.
The railway from Boston cut through it so that land to the west of the line was sold off for large houses and gardens and that to the east is mostly housing estate.
The railway has gone but the route is still there and converted to a pleasant tree-lined footpath.

This information board alongside the footpath to the south-east of the town centre gives details of the former East Lincolnshire Line which passed through Louth.

Former Empire Cinema now a gym.
"The Empire Cinema was built for the Jack Bancroft chain, and opened at the end of September 1928"
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/44333
Closed 11th May 1963.
DB 7 September 2019

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The Coronation Hall and Institute was erected in 1912. Here is a reading room, with billiard room attached"
The coronation of George V took place on 22 June 1911.
DB 21 August 2018

"Built as a Jubilee Hall by Scunthorpe Co-operative Society in 1925, but became a cinema in 1927.
It closed in 1955 and the building has now been converted into a Chinese restaurant called the Pearl City"
DB 19 February 2019

The former Royal Cinema which opened as a silent cinema on 1st October 1929.
In 1959 the Royal Cinema closed its doors and reopened as the town's Star Bingo Club.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43426
Now Oscar's Bar.
DB 19 February 2019

The Casino on North Parade opened in 1922. As well as a ballroom it had a restaurant and indoor skating rink. It later became the Winter Gardens and then Murphy Radio Ltd's factory.
Postcard from the inter-war period by Wilford of Leicester

"A conversion of the 1887 Central Hall, it opened as a cinema on 11th January 1922 ... Part time bingo was introduced in 1956.
Films ceased on Saturday 23 September 1962 ... It became a full-time bingo hall, which continues today [as Majestic Bingo]"
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48221
An entry for the Central Hall in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 :-
"Central Hall (John H. Canning, propr.), Roman bank"
DB 30 October 2019

"Skegness Cricket and Supporters Club has a long, rich and colourful history, and we have been in existence since at least 1877 ...
That it is in existence at all owes a lot to the 9th Earl of Scarborough who was instrumental in developing it, along with much of the town of Skegness"
http://www.skegnesscc.co.uk/aboutus.html
Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-
"There are Cricket and Lawn Tennis Grounds near the station, about 9 acres in extent, and adjoining on the south side are the Camp and Recreation Grounds, on which several regiments usually encamp each summer"
Also
"Skegness Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club (Bertram D. Foster, sec)"
DB 30 October 2019

"First known as the Piazza, the Embassy has been located on Skegness' Grand Parade since 1926, comprising a dance hall and an area for an orchestra to play live music.
The venue was destroyed by a storm in 1978 and in 1982 was refurbished as the Embassy Centre, then again in 1999"
https://www.list.co.uk/place/54593-embassy-theatre-skegness/
DB 30 October 2019

The Fairy Dell Fountain was part of a large complex of landscape and water features created along the front at Skegness between Grand Parade and the beach.
These attractions included areas for paddling and bathing as well as a boating lake and waterway.
Undated postcard

A frosty view of the Visitor Centre before it was flooded following a tidal surge in December 2013 - the damage led to its subsequent demolition.
DB 18 December 2010

Visitor Centre viewed from the east - across a carpet of Sea-Lavender (Limonium Vulgare) flowers.
The centre was badly damaged by a tidal surge in December 2013 and was subsequently demolished.
DB 1 August 2010

New Visitor Centre officially opened October 2016 but as the image shows was actually in use prior to that date.
"The spectacular new £1m building replaces the former Visitor Centre, which suffered extensive flood damage during the storm surge in December 2013.
The new building is raised on stilts to protect it from any future flooding"
https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/news/simon-king-officially-open-new-gibraltar-point-visitor-centre
DB 16 June 2016

Skegness pier was built in 1881 and was the fourth longest in England at 1843ft (562m).
The seaward end of the pier boasted a fine pavilion and concert hall.
Popular steamship pleasure trips across the Wash to Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast operated from a landing stage nearby.
Postcard, 1912

A severe storm on the night of 11/12 January 1978 destroyed almost half of the pier.
The concert hall was demolished some years later and little now remains of the original structure.
Ken Redmore, 2004

The exceptional length of Skegness Pier - over one-third of a mile - can be appreciated in this unusual view of Skegness pier, looking from the pier head towards the land.
Undated postcard

"Built and opened by local exhibitor Fred Clements, the Tower Cinema opened on 27th March 1922"
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/25355
DB 30 October 2019

Date Stone reads "W.I. VILLAGE HALL 1928"
"The Village Hall is on High Street and is now used by the local scouts as their HQ"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellingthorpe
DB 14 June 2018

An entry in Kelly's Directory 1930 reads "Freemasons' Lodges (St. Botolph's No. 588, Daedalus No. 3843 & Mark Mason No. 427), Masonic rooms, Watergate"
DB 23 February 2019

Former Picturedrome Cinema, later known as Sleaford Cinema, which opened in 1920 with 900 seats.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/18430
DB 24 July 2018

"Sleaford Playhouse is a Grade II listed Georgian building dating from 1820.
Prior to it being restored and re-opened as a theatre in 2000 it had been used as a benefits office and library.
The Grade II listed Playhouse started life as a theatre and was built for a local printer and actor Joseph Smedley.
In 1841 the theatre was sold to John Hyde and was later taken over by Jane Hill and William Pidd-Fischer in 1853.
In 1855, despite attempts to re-open it as a theatre, the building was sold to Thomas Parry who in turn sold the building to the Church of England.
Through a variety of donations and grants it was converted into the town's first infant school by local builders Parry and William Kirk, at a cost of £1,085"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playhouse_(Sleaford)
"Former Playhouse. Early C19"
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1168678
DB 20 June 2018

"Home to Sleaford Little Theatre Amateur Dramatic Society.
Built in 1825 our Georgian Playhouse Theatre had some success until it closed in 1856 and was converted into a school.
The following years saw the building used for a series of other uses but was restored and reopened in 2000"
https://sleafordplayhouse.co.uk/
DB 25 January 2020

Jean Howard, 11 April 2022

Datestone reads "MW 1911" (Maj. Gen. Sir Mildmay Willson Willson K.C.B., J.P. of Rauceby Hall?).
"The Village Hall is situated on Main Street and serves both South and North Rauceby with a number of village clubs and events being held there on a regular basis".
http://www.raucebyonline.co.uk/village.htm
DB 2020

Art Deco building situated on the south side of Westlode Street.
"Originally opened in as the Savoy cinema in June 1937, the building was converted into a bingo club in 1970"
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/eyes-down-at-new-look-regent-bingo-in-spalding-9046787/
DB 2 October 2019

Former Masonic Hall now Askew's Carpets.
Kelly's Directory 1905 has an entry "Freemasons' Shakespeare Lodge 426 ( J. J. Rainey, sec. ), Masonic hall"
A new Masonic Hall, in Halton road, was erected in 1913.
Geoff Swain Collection 24 June 2002

Sutton on Sea (originally Sutton le Marsh) was a popular bathing place, with accommodation for visitors, as early as the eighteenth century.
Despite the large increase in trippers brought by the tramway from Alford and the train via the Willoughby-Mablethorpe loop, Sutton remained relatively quiet.
Shelters, like these modern concrete shells near the sea front, allow visitors to sit quietly and enjoy the sea air.

From 1995 to 2014 the RAF held an International Airshow at RAF Waddington.
There had been airshows at the same venue for several years in the 1960s to early 1980s, but these were of a more local character.
A highlight of the show would be the Vulcan "scramble", a hugely impressive show of power and noise.
In a quieter vein, a Lancaster bomber of World War 2 vintage from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (seen here) would be on display.
Peter Grey Collection, 1968
Royal Air Force Waddington - Crowds at Air Show pictured in 1981.
DB May 1981

Royal Air Force Waddington - Air Show pictured in 1981.
"In the Cold War, RAF Waddington became an Avro Vulcan V-bomber base, with 83 Sqn being the first in the RAF to receive the Vulcan in May 1957. It continued in this role until 1984 when the last Vulcan squadron, No. 50, disbanded"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington
DB May 1981

Plaque on the outside of Wellingore Memorial Hall near the route of the Viking Way.
"The Viking Way is a long distance trail in England running 147 miles (237 km) between the Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire and Oakham in Rutland ...
The Countryside Commission recognised the significance of the Viking Way as a high quality long distance walk linking other major routes in Eastern England, these being the Yorkshire Wolds Way at the northern end, the Hereward Way and Macmillan Way from Oakham and indirectly via the Hereward Way, the Jurassic Way from Stamford and the southern end of the Peddars Way from Thetford.
Most of the route is designated as part of the European long distance path E2"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Way
DB 17 September 2020

Jubilee Park was "a gift from Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall to commemorate the jubilee of King George V in 1935"
http://www.woodhallspa.org/wp/31-2/heritage/jubilee-park
DB 9 March 2020

The Kinema opened in 1922 following its conversion from a sports pavilion.
The only full time cinema in the UK still using rear projection. A second screen was added in 1994.
DB 28 December 2017
