SPALDING FIRE BRIGADE
Spalding Fire Brigade entered the 20th Century under equipped, under-trained and under-funded.
Farmers Friend
A blog of useful information, stories and comment. Plus serialisation of "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond"
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Thomas Nutt - The Beekeeper of Moulton Chapel
A little know hero of beekeeping was located in Moulton Chapel. here I describe the significance to Thomas Nutt's work.
Moulton Marsh
Here I look at the development of Moulton Marsh and Moulton Marsh Nature Reserve
ELECTRICITY
It is perhaps bizarre that in the middle of Spalding down the road from the house I was raised in, in Stonegate was a house that relied entirely on gas for it had no electricity until the 21st century. In it lived Edna Basam and her elderly mother when I was young and they had gas lamps on the walls for lighting. I remember asking them what they were as I hadn’t seen gaslight before and Edna lit…
Is Devolution a Threat to Rural Livelihoods, Economy and Opportunity
Devolution of powers assumes local people know what is best for local people. Here I question this reasoning and consider whether it is in fact a severe threat to rural life.
Shipwrecks - Profit Over Lives
The Wash had its share of shipwrecks with Samuel Plimsol M.P. fighting hard to reduce the mortality of sailors
WAINFLEET AND CONCEPTION OF EARLY INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WASH
It is hard to believe today that Wainfleet was considered as a bridgehead port to serve Lincoln with coal.
The Wash Dam
2022 saw Centre Port propose a Wash Dam project. Here I look at the history of this concept first proposed by the engineer John Rennie in 1837.
Who Owns the Marsh?
A court decision on 1st January 1824 in favour of Lord Yarborough established rights to marsh land that would later scupper a proposal to dam part of the Wash.
European Weather
A quick look at some of the historical hot weather events before the days of the Met office.