August is supposed to be hot and dry so you could be forgiven for thinking this August was the coldest and wettest on record. However, August 1912 easily takes the award.
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Local History
The Second World War ended over 60 years ago, only now have members of the Women’s Land Army and Timber Corp been awarded a badge to commemorate their contribution to the war effort.
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Welcome to a new series by Bob Randall featuring old photographs of our villages. We start at Helpston in 1896 during the boring of an artesian well for a new village water supply.
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By Avril Lumley Prior Our knowledge of the Fenland Saints – Guthlac of Crowland and his sister, Pega of Peakirk, is extracted mainly from an eighth-century Life of Guthlac, compiled by a monk named Felix, probably at Repton Abbey in Derbyshire.
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Gerry Kirt & Bob Randall They shall not grow old, As those that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them… …but Glinton’s war memorial to our fallen is showing the passage of time. The eleven-foot high cross, made of Weldon stone, was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester in October 1920.
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By Bob Randall It’s easy to overlook Peakirk’s modest War Memorial on the wall inside St Pega’s Church. Dedicated to the memory of the nine men from the village who died in the Great War, it’s just one of 70,000 war memorials to be found in Britain. The memorial is unusually detailed with not only [...]
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Take the Glinton Road towards Helpston, before you get to the level crossing, turn left at the sign for Marholm – over the manned level crossing and about 1/4 of a mile down the road on your left, you will find Woodcroft Castle. If you’re lucky, the gate will be open and you can take [...]
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By George Boyden, Helpston (aged 86 years) This question will no doubt be asked frequently of those whom it affected: “Where were you on VE day” (8th May 1945)? Well, at that stage, I was heading towards five years as a Prisoner of War (POW) having been captured at Calais in May 1940. Perhaps it [...]
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