Lincolnshire Pride October 2016

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OCT 2016

HANDEL’S MESSIAH AT LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COUNTRY CLOTHING WITH THOMAS BELL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

LincolnshirePride

Eating Out in October

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Start your festive shopping early, with our Christmas Gift Guide...

Restaurant of the Year Competition Launch WIN WITH PRIDE

Win free meals out simply by voting for your favourite Lincolnshire restaurant...

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MURDER, SHE WROTE

Louth crime writer Tessa Harris at the Lincoln Book Festival...

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Stately Homes LOCAL STORIES

OCTOBER 2016

Profiling Lincolnshire’s most significant country houses...

This Month: Dairy farming and artisan cheese in Market Rasen...

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Marco Pierre White at the Doubletree

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Art at the Usher National Portraiture Exhibition comes to Lincoln this month

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MOTORS

Morgan’s quirky three wheeled electric car

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OCT 2016

HANDEL’S MESSIAH AT LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COUNTRY CLOTHING WITH THOMAS BELL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

LincolnshirePride

Eating Out in October

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Start your festive shopping early, with our Christmas Gift Guide...

Restaurant of the Year Competition Launch WIN WITH PRIDE

Win free meals out simply by voting for your favourite Lincolnshire restaurant...

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MURDER, SHE WROTE

Louth crime writer Tessa Harris at the Lincoln Book Festival...

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Stately Homes LOCAL STORIES

OCTOBER 2016

Profiling Lincolnshire’s most significant country houses...

This Month: Dairy farming and artisan cheese in Market Rasen...

£3.70

Marco Pierre White at the Doubletree

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Art at the Usher

National Portraiture Exhibition comes to Lincoln this month Page 40

MOTORS

Morgan’s quirky three wheeled electric car Page 155

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LincolnshirePride OCT 2016

HANDEL’S MESSIAH AT LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COUNTRY CLOTHING WITH THOMAS BELL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

Eating Out in October

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Restaurant of the Year Competition Launch WIN WITH PRIDE

Win free meals out simply by voting for your favourite Lincolnshire restaurant...

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MURDER, SHE WROTE

Louth crime writer Tessa Harris at the Lincoln Book Festival...

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Stately Homes LOCAL STORIES

Profiling Lincolnshire’s most significant country houses...

This Month: Dairy farming and artisan cheese in Market Rasen...

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Marco Pierre White at the Doubletree

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Art at the Usher National Portraiture Exhibition comes to Lincoln this month

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MOTORS

Morgan’s quirky three wheeled electric car

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Summer is over, long live autumn.

This month, try not to mourn the warmer month, and instead console yourself with a few of the autumn highlights we have lined up in this edition.

For starters, there’s the first of our festive gift guides, championing local retailers and encouraging us all to make an early start on our Christmas shopping. Our local restaurants and hotels are gearing up for festive celebrations, too, and if you’re organising a party this season, they’ll be able to ensure your celebration is really enjoyable.

Next, there’s the launch of our Restaurant of the Year awards, which champion local restaurants, quality pubs and local ‘food heroes,’ all of which will be voted for by our readers.

We’re profiling one of Lincolnshire’s local food producers in this edition - Market Rasen’s Cote Hill Farm.

And finally, we profile a couple of enjoyable events taking place in the centre of Lincoln - the city’s book festival, and a real coup in the form of the National Gallery’s British Portrait Award - The Collection is one of just three venues in the UK where the exhibition can be seen.

Hopefully, these highlights will make the passing of summer a little easier to bear!

Rob Davis, Editor

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LincolnshirePride OCT 2016

HANDEL’S MESSIAH AT LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COUNTRY CLOTHING WITH THOMAS BELL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

Eating Out in October

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Restaurant of the Year Competition Launch WIN WITH PRIDE

Win free meals out simply by voting for your favourite Lincolnshire restaurant...

Page 70

MURDER, SHE WROTE

Louth crime writer Tessa Harris at the Lincoln Book Festival...

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Stately Homes LOCAL STORIES

Profiling Lincolnshire’s most significant country houses...

£3 .7 0

Marco Pierre White at the Doubletree

Page 56

Art at the Usher National Portraiture Exhibition comes to Lincoln this month

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MOTORS

Morgan’s quirky three wheeled electric car

Page 155

This Month: Dairy farming and artisan cheese in Market Rasen...

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October 2016

A roundup of the county’s ‘good news’ plus a look at WHAT’S ON in the county throughout October.

We’re visiting Lincolnshire’s STATELY HOMES this month, telling the story of their history, and the families who created them.

Murder, she wrote, this month as Lincolnshire CRIME WRITER Tessa Harris is one of the guest speakers at Lincoln Book Festival.

Lincoln THROUGH THE AGES on our history pages this month, as we look at the people who made Lincoln the city we know today.

Festive shopping galore as we present a roundup of Lincolnshire-based independent retailers’ CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Celebrating local FOOD & DRINK with a trip to Marco Pierre White’s Lincoln restaurant and Market Rasen’s Cote Hill dairy.

Our HOMES & GARDENS pages this month feature a brace of country homes, beautiful bespoke china and autumn gardening.

Autumn FASHION AND BEAUTY this month, with country clothing from Brigg’s Thomas Bell and autumn cosmetics.

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County News Two Lincoln Parks Named Some of the Best in Britain Hartsholme Country Park and Lincoln Arboretum have been named in a recent survey as some of the best parks in the entire country...

Two Lincoln parks have been given the prestigious award of a Green Flag.

The award, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country.

“Hartsholme Country Park and the Arboretum are two of our most popular parks and we’re proud they have both been awarded Green Flag status once again,” says Caroline Bird, Community Services Manager at City of Lincoln Council.

“It demonstrates a genuine commitment by our teams to keep the parks at their best throughout the year, allowing us to provide a welcoming, clean and safe environment for

Lincolnshire’s Lost Cathedral’s Location is possibly found...

Sidnacester Cathedral has been lost in time and for years now, possible locations have been Caistor, Louth, Horncastle Lincoln and Stow.

The best proof yet has recently been uncovered in Louth; a piece of stone that could have formed part of the very early apsidal cathedral.

The same sort of stone can be found in the foundations of many Anglo-Saxon churches throughout the South and East of England.

The Cathedral has been lost and its location hunted for more than 1,000 years so this is a great find.

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Croc Conservatory for Sir Joseph Banks in Langworth As part of a new redevelopment project, a conservatory on the Lawn complex in Lincoln was about to be pulled down...

both visitors and residents to enjoy.”

The Green Flag awards are judged on cleanliness, community involvement, sustainability and horticultural standards by over 700 experts who volunteer to go out and visit the sites, marking their scores as they go along.

“All the flags flying this year are a testament to the efforts of the thousands of men and women, both staff and volunteers, who work tirelessly to maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award,” says International Green Flag Award scheme manager Paul Todd, after it was announced the Lincoln parks were among 1,686 other green spaces.

Lincoln’s lawn complex is undergoing redevelopment at the moment, and as a part of that, a large conservatory named after the Lincolnshire botanist Joseph Banks had to be destroyed.

Luckily, the Woodside Wildlife Park in Langworth stepped in and saved the Grade II listed conservatory from demolition, moving it to Langworth, and allowing it to take pride of place in their wildlife park.

The conservatory will serve as a coral reef aquarium and a home for exotic animals like crocodiles and red pandas.

When it was part of the Lincoln Lawns, it was a home for exotic plants and Koi carp. It was an attraction that was popular with generations of people, and it will hopefully be just as popular at its new location at the Woodside Wildlife Park.

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Send your press releases and county news to: Features Editor via tilly@pridemagazines.co.uk.

Britain’s Got Talent 2016 Winner Performing in Lincoln

A Brand New Homeware Store Opens in Lincoln

Richard Jones, the latest winner of TV competition Britain’s Got Talent, will be performing at Lincoln with an incredible magic show...

Jachs is the brainchild of couple Steve McDowell and Rachel Cook, offering vintage and retro furniture and an ‘uplifting service’ for unloved homeware...

Lincoln’s Engine Shed is going to be welcoming the man who dazzled the audience and judges on Britain’s Got Talent by turning fizzy drinks into cups of tea on the 3rd October.

Since being crowned the 10th winner of the competition, he has impressed the Queen on her 90th birthday and is now a Member of the Inner Circle with a Gold Star, the most prestigious position in the Magic Circle.

“Being able to book someone like Richard Jones is amazing,” says Sammi Storey, President of University of Lincoln Students’ Union.

“We love to bring a broad range of different events to the venue and a Britain’s Got Talent magician, especially the winner, does just that.” n Tickets are only £8 and can be bought on the Engine Shed’s website www.engineshed.co.uk or by calling 01522 837400.

n Lincoln has had some fascinating discoveries recently as Roman, Saxon, Norman and even Medieval items were found by a team working on the roads around the city. The remains of a 12th century farm have been dug up.

n Lincoln Castle’s Magna Carta is returned to its vault after a leaking roof.

The documents had to be removed to a controlled environment because of the humidity in the room.

n Boston’s inspirational cancer survivor John Hobbs has recently sailed around the Solent on the south coast with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust as part of a scheme to give people recovering from cancer more confidence. n Lincoln hosts the first ever Bubble Rush to be held in the county last month in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice, the county’s only children’s hospice. The event was in Boultham Park and saw hundreds of participants.

n Lincoln University has joined with the military to develop a new specialised degree in Human Resource Management for Defence.

n Market Rasen mastermind David di Duca has developed a greenhouse that has hydraulic legs allowing it to rise nearly one metre off the ground to avoid flooding has recently featured on Channel 4’s Shed of the Year show.

n Whaplode is the home of Jackie, a short-legged Dexter cow, who has fallen pregnant despite not being near a bull for two years! Moos the daddy?

Whether you want to bring your kitchen to life with contemporary accessories, or create a living space with bespoke furniture and vintage pieces, a new furniture and homeware shop in Lincoln could be the inspiration you need.

The brainchild of local couple Steve McDowell and Rachel Cook, Jachs opened its doors in January and although still in its infancy, the quirky and eclectic outlet already has people talking.

For over 10 years, Steve has provided domestic and commercial removals and storage services, as well as managing the international shipping of antiques to clients in both America and Japan. This passion for vintage furniture and restoration, with Rachel’s love of interior accessories, makes Jachs an exciting new retail offering for Lincoln.

“We understand everyone wants to put their own stamp on their home which is why we’re happy to customise our wooden furniture.

If it’s not the right colour, we’ll paint it for the customer before delivering it to them,” says Steve.

Not only this, but if you have an existing piece that simply needs reviving, Jachs collect it, upcycle it and return it to you. Better yet, if there’s something you have set your heart on but can’t find in store, Rachel and Steve will gladly try to source it.

“Our stock is ever-changing and if a customer is after something we haven’t yet had in, we’ll try to find it,” says Rachel. n Visit the new homeware store Jachs at Birchwood Shopping Centre in Lincoln, visit the company’s website www.jachs.co.uk or call them on 01522 543555.

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County News Grimsby’s Guy Martin breaking records in Lincoln Lincolnshire’s TV personality and motorcyclist Guy Martin visited Lincoln to set a World Record...

Lincoln’s Brayford was surrounded by people last month, as locals were on the lookout for TV star Guy Martin.

Guy is originally from Grimsby, and he came back to his home county to film a World Record in a hydrofoil.

It was for his new TV show Speed, but when it came to the challenge, the weeds in the Brayford caused issues and the hydrofoil needed adjustments made to it.

He may be back again for a second World Record attempt...

A Honeymoon Suite for Popular Wedding Venue The Granary at Elms Farm Cottages has recently been updated with a new honeymoon suite for the bride and groom after a wedding in the barn...

The Granary at Elms Farm Cottages along the Boardsides to Boston right next to Boston West Golf Course has recently converted the loft area of their Wedding Barn into a stunning Honeymoon suite.

A new oak staircase is able to lead couples into a beautiful bedroom with an en-suite featuring a double shower.

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The bedroom has a balcony area looking into Granary Barn where wedding receptions are often held.

The balcony has proven very popular with couples for photo opportunities and brides wishing to throw their bouquet. n For more information, call 07887 652021 or visit www.elmsfarmcottages.co.uk.

THE BOOK CLUB This month we have some gripping horror stories to read, just in time for Halloween...

Slade House, David Mitchell Turn down Slade Alley, find the door, enter the garden of an old house that doesn't quite look right. A stranger greets you. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t.

This tale begins in 1979 and comes to its conclusion around Halloween 2015.

Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a guest is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen and who chose them? The answers lies at the top of the stairs...

Alice, Christina Henry In crumbled buildings stands a hospital. Inside is a woman Her hair once blonde hangs in tangles.

She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place.

Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives her a chance to escape. She can uncover the truth about her, only something else has escaped with her...

The House on Cold Hill, Peter James Ollie Harcourt is dreading moving house with his wife Caro and their 12 year old daughter Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House, a Georgian mansion, he is filled with excitement.

But it soon becomes clear that the they aren’t the only residents in the house.

The Last Days of Jack Sparks, Jason Arnopp Jack Sparks died writing this. It was no secret he had been researching the occult for his book. He’d already caused a Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism. Then there was that video. 40 seconds of footage that Jack said was not his, yet was posted from his YouTube account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack- until now.

The Loney, Andrew Hurley The locals called it the Loney; the area between the Wyre and the Lune. It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is.

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ASWARDBY HALL, HORNCASTLE

£1,650,000

An impressive unlisted country mansion together with a cottage and stables standing in delightful grounds of approaching 15 acres.

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THE BARN, CAYTHORPE

An imaginatively converted stone barn in an open rural position just to the east of Caythorpe and offering charming accommodation.

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Fine & Country Lincoln 55 High Street, Navenby, Lincs LN5 0DZ Telephone: (01522) 287008 Email: lincoln@fineandcountry.com www.fineandcountry.com

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HEATH BARNS, CARLTON SCROOP

£875,000

A recently completed detached stone barn conversion in approximately 20 acres and enjoying one of the finest views in the county.

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THE OLD HOUSE, BRANT BROUGHTON

£645,000

A classic mid 18th century Grade II Listed village house of considerable charm and character.

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Cliff House, Walesby A truly unique, attractive and spacious country residence situated on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds with stunning views and alongside deer parkland. It is a private home, not overlooked, with the rare privilege of panoramic views of the countryside from every window. 6 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms sitting in grounds totalling 4.52 acres (approx) including gardens, grazing land, stables, equestrian arena and additional outbuildings. EPC: E. Guide Price: £750,000

The Clock House, Fulbeck An attractive stone property, extremely well presented and finished to a very high standard. Historically the old cart shed attached to Fulbeck Hall. The impressive gardens are the work of Guy Petherham, three times RHS award-winning garden designer.

Accommodation briefly consists of an open plan kitchen with living area, a larger drawing room, a utility/garden room, reception hall, 3 bedrooms, an office/dressing room and a family bathroom. EPC: F. Guide Price: £355,000

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o A Guide t LINCOLNSHIRE’S STATELY HOMES There are two unbeatable activities for a Sunday afternoon in the eyes of a Yellow Belly; Sunday Lunch at one of the high quality pub restaurants in Lincolnshire, or afternoon tea at one of the incredible stately homes. This month we discover what else the latter has to offer, the history hidden behind the century-old walls, the ghost stories some of the manor houses have to tell for Halloween adventures, and what stately homes in Lincolnshire have to offer visitors in the 21st century...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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- STATELY HOMES -

Sunday. For most of us, it’s the day of the week we can have off from our busy working lives, and people in Lincolnshire like to spend it at a pub restaurant or at home tucking into a roast dinner.

On special occasions, Sundays are spent at the wealth of stately homes in the county.

Enjoy a delicious three-tiered afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones and cakes, followed by a tour of the house and a walk through the grounds, if the weather prevails.

Yellow Bellies, and the British as a whole, are immensely lucky to be able to spend Sundays this way, exploring the heritage and culture our ancestors have left us, learning about the history of our market towns and manors during the Industrial Revolution, the World Wars, the Victorian times, and in some cases, right back to Tudor times.

Stately homes are beautiful and hold so much history, but the main reason why stately homes are still standing is because they’re still useful. We are using them, not as homes for one family anymore, but for the

“YELLOW BELLIES, AND THE BRITISH AS A WHOLE, ARE IMMENSELY LUCKY TO HAVE A WEALTH OF STATELY HOMES TO EXPLORE...”

Gunby Hall

NEAR SPILSBY The house is built from red brick, and was constructed in 1700 for Sir William Massingberd.

The interiors are wood panelled, and it has eight acres of Victorian walled gardens.

It was substantially extended in 1873 and again in 1898 with the addition of the North Wing and Clock Tower. It’s a Grade I listed building.

Gunby Hall is allegedly haunted, and the sightings have been linked with rumours of a brutal murder.

STOKE ROCHFORD HALL, GRANTHAM

general public as National Trust sites, hotels, spas, restaurants, pubs, wedding venues and even schools.

The halls, manors, houses, castles and gardens in Lincolnshire often hold special events too. The Burghley Horse Trials was last month, held in the grounds of Burghley House in Stamford, seeing people from across the world attend the sporting event, and Belvoir Castle holds an incredible firework display every year in August.

Doddington Hall’s indoor and outdoor exhibition of sculptures ended last month too, seeing national and international sculptors creating works to fill the Hall.

We also discovered Normanby Hall to get an insight into what life was like at the Hall for the family who had a number of stately homes across the country, not just in Lincolnshire.

This feature introduces you to the county’s stately homes and what they can offer you on a Sunday afternoon...

Sir William Massingberd discovered his daughter was to run away with one of the servants.

On the night the lovers intended to flee, he hid and shot the servant dead.

The body was dragged into the pond. Some say that Sir William was so enraged he shot his daughter too. Word of the secret murder must have got out because locals whispered that Gunby Hall was cursed. The ghostly form of the murdered servant has been seen haunting the path by the pond, now called Ghost Walk, eternally waiting for his lover...

Stoke Rochford Hall in Grantham is one of the area’s most beautiful stately homes.

The remains of a Roman villa and a bath house were found on the site by archaeologist William Stukeley in 1739.

The present building dating from 1843 was built for Christopher Turnor. His grandson held many summer conferences at the hall.

In 1940 the hall was requisitioned by the War Office, and used for headquarters for the Parachute Regiment. It was in the library at Stoke Rochford that the 1944 Arnhem ‘drop’ was planned.

Purchased in 1948 by Kesteven County Council, the hall was home to Kesteven College of Education, a teacher-training college which closed in 1978.

In 2005 a fire gutted the interior of the hall. It was restored

by English Heritage for £12m.

Stoke Rochford Hall is now a hotel, restaurant, bar, conference centre, wedding reception, leisure club and golf course. n For more info, call 01476 530337 or visit www.stokerochfordhall.co.uk.

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>> DODDINGTON HALL, NEAR LINCOLN Doddington Hall was built between 1593 and 1600 for Thomas Tailor, who was a lawyer, the Recorder to the Bishop of Lincoln. It remains in private ownership today. In the mid 20th century the Hall was restored by Laurence Bond and Francis Johnston.

In 1762, Sir John Hussey Delaval covered every inch of the Holly Room, even the doors, with tapestries depicting country scenes.

Doddington Hall is said to be haunted by a girl who threw herself from the roof whilst being pursued by a lustful squire. Each autumn her ghost is apparently heard screaming in terror as it falls from the roof.

The Hall’s contents, including textiles, ceramics, porcelain, furniture and pictures, reflect 400 years of unbroken family occupation.

It is surrounded by six acres of walled and wild gardens.

The Hall and Gardens are open to the public, with facilities for private tours and school visits.

Summer concerts and occasional exhibitions are held in the Long Gallery. Other businesses have been developed on the estate like a Christmas tree shop, a wedding department and a farm shop selling produce.

They also host a yearly sculpture exhibition to represent the talents of sculptors across the country. n For more information on what Doddington Hall has to offer, call 01522 694308 or visit their website at www.doddingtonhall.com.

TATTERSHALL CASTLE Tattershall Castle was part of a stone castle or a fortified manor house, built by Robert de Tattershall in 1231 and rebuilt for Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England in 1430.

Of Lord Cromwell’s castle, the Great Tower and moat still remain, owned by the National Trust.

The great tower’s basement was believed to be used during the Civil War as a prison.

The ground floor was the parlour today used for weddings for up to 90 guests. The first floor of the private suite was the hall, which would have been used to entertain guests. The second floor was the audience chamber, and only the finest of guests would have been admitted here.

“TATTERSHALL CASTLE’S BASEMENT WAS BELIEVED TO BE USED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS A PRISON...”

Today, the old guardhouse is the gift shop, and the grounds are home to a number of peacocks. n For more information, call 01526 342543 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tattershall-castle.

HARLAXTON MANOR, GRANTHAM Harlaxton Manor was built in 1837 but the current mansion is the second Harlaxton Manor, with an earlier 14th century one built at a different site.

The manor has served as the British campus for the University of Evansville since 1971.

It’s also a popular wedding venue.

The manor is a popular location for filming.

The Ruling Class, The Last Days of Patton, The Lady and the Highwayman, The Haunting and The Young Visitors were all filmed here. We recommend watching the Haunting before visiting at Halloween! n For more information on the manor’s wedding facilities, please visit www.harlaxton.co.uk or call 01476 403020.

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Belton House, Grantham

Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in Belton near Grantham. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues within a larger wooded park.

Above: Grimsthorpe Castle.

Left: Tattershall Castle.

Top: Doddington Hall’s formal gardens and Doddington Hall.

GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE, BOURNE Lying within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown, Grimsthorpe Castle has been home to the de Eresby family since 1516. The present owner is Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

It is quite possible that the castle was built around 1140.

During Queen Mary’s reign, the castle’s owners, Katherine Willoughby and Richard Bertie, were forced to leave it due to their Anglican views.

When the Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne they returned with their daughter, Susan, who became Countess of Kent, and their son Peregrine, the 13th baron.

The house has been described as the most complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton was the inspiration for motorway signs that give directions to stately homes.

For three hundred years, Belton House was the seat of the Brownlow family, who had first bought the land in the 16th century.

Between 1685 and 1688 Sir John Brownlow and his wife had the mansion built.

Despite great wealth they chose to build a modest country house rather than a grand contemporary Baroque palace.

However, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations like sash windows for the main rooms, and more importantly separate areas for the staff.

After World War I, when the Machine Gun Corps was based in the park, the Brownlows, like many of their peers, were faced with financial problems.

In 1984 they gave the house away, complete with most of its contents to the National Trust.

It is now visited by many thousands of tourists each year. n For more information, call 01476 566116 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house.

Above: Belton House is near Grantham and was built by the Brownlow family.

Left: The Belton Horse Trials are held in the grounds in front of Belton House every year.

Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent, was the daughter of Katherine Willoughby, owner of Grimsthorpe Castle.

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EASTON HALL AND GARDENS The gardens are about 400 years old covering 12 acres and were home to the Cholmeley family for 14 generations. There had been a house on this site since at least 1592.

The Hall was described in 1872 as large and handsome, elegantly furnished, containing many valuable paintings and other works of art. US President Franklin Roosevelt described the gardens as “A dream of Nirvana” and “Almost too good to be true.” He spent part of his honeymoon here with his bride, Eleanor.

Easton Hall was requisitioned during WWII. It became home to units of the Royal Artillery and of The Parachute Regiment, and suffered considerable damage. In 1951 the Hall was demolished, but a renovation project began in 2001. The Cholmeley family still live in the village and are responsible for the 2005 renovation of the hall’s gardens. n For more information, call 01476 530063 or visit the website www.visiteaston.co.uk.

“US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DESCRIBED EASTON AS A DREAM OF NIRVANA, AFTER VISITING ON HIS HONEYMOON...”

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AUBOURN HALL, LINCOLN Aubourn Hall is an early to mid 17th century house. The house was built for Sir John Meres between 1587 and 1628, possibly on Tudor foundations. The property has been the home of the Nevile family since the 17th century, with the present owner being Christopher Nevile.

The gardens of the Hall are now developed and open to the public on special open days, and it’s also a wedding venue. n For more information, call 01522 788224 or visit the website www.aubournhall.co.uk.

WELLINGORE HALL Wellingore Hall was the 18th century home of the Neviles who abandoned their ancestral home being Aubourn Hall, though the family returned to Aubourn after the Second World War. The central part of the Hall is thought to have been built in 1780 with additions in 1800 and 1876. It is now offices and apartments, which includes Belle & Bouquet and Aitch Interiors.

n For more info on the bridal shop, call 01522 811122 and for more info on the interior design studio, call 01522 810961.

Top: Normanby Hall. Above: Soldiers at Easton when it was a hospital around 1917. Below: Wellingore Hall.

Right: Easton Hall.

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FUN

FACT

Samantha Cameron, wife of the former Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron and elder daughter of the eighth Baronet, grew up on the Normanby estate.

Normanby Hall is a classic English mansion built between 1825 and 1830 for Sir Robert Sheffield in the North of Lincolnshire just above Scunthorpe...

The Sheffield family had lived on the site since 1539.

John Sheffield became Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703. He built a fine mansion in London called Buckingham House. His son, the second Duke sold the house to George III and it is now known as Buckingham Palace.

During the 19th and 20th centuries the Sheffield family stayed at Normanby for the winter season pheasant shooting and entertaining guests over Christmas and the New Year. In the spring, the family would move to London and then return to Normanby for a week in June en route to their shooting lodge in Scotland where the family would spend the summer.

Wherever the family were staying, hampers of fruit and vegetables from the walled garden at Normanby were sent to them, and in return, hampers of laundry were sent backto Normanby for washing.

During the First World War the family remained in the house helping to care for the soldiers.

The story of how the Hall was used as a hospital during WWI is told in the Normanby at War exhibition on the first floor of the Hall.

The Sheffield family moved out of Normanby Hall in 1963. The Hall is now in the care of the North Lincolnshire Council. The former 350 acre estate around the Hall is now a Country Park. Within it, there is a museum, deer sanctuary, miniature railway and woodland.

You can get married at the estate too. n Visit www.normanbyhall.co.uk or call 01724 720588 for info.

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Lincoln’s Most Haunted FOR HALLOWEEN If you wish to go ghost hunting for Halloween around Lincoln, here are some places you may want to visit...

St Mary’s Guildhall: There have been a few reports here from visitors.

People have heard loud bangs, the sound of footsteps and things moving around before.

There have been reports of apparitions too.

Lincoln Castle: As you can imagine, Lincoln Castle has had a few ghost sightings. In the prisons, the doors sometimes open and close on their own and moans and screams have been heard.

Many ghostly figures have been seen haunting the steps that would’ve led to the gallows.

Brown’s Pie Shop, Steep Hill: Humphrey is the ghost that haunts the pie shop. A lady complained to staff about letting children run around the shop, but there were no children present. The chef at the shop would hear running and on his return to the kitchen, all the pots and pans would be moved.

Greestone Steps: Many ghosts are said to haunt the steps.

Electric devices have turned themselves off and many people have reportedly seen hanging bodies from the arch...

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WALCOT HALL Walcot Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian country house which stands in 22 acres of parkland in the hamlet of Walcot in North Lincolnshire.

It was built in the mid to late 18th century for Thomas Goulton, modified in the early 1800s and partly demolished in 1964.

Several families have occupied the building, including the Marriotts, Stricklands, Constables and Legards. It was bought by the current owners in 2004 and is used to cater for weddings and corporate events. n For more information, please call 01724 720420 or visit www.walcothallestate.co.uk.

“GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED MEDIEVAL MANOR HOUSES IN ENGLAND...”

GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL Gainsborough Old Hall is over 500 years old and one of the best preserved medieval manor houses in England. The hall was built by Sir Thomas Burgh in 1460.

Architecturally the Old Hall has changed very little over the years. On the north east corner is a brick tower.

Today, the Hall survives as well as the kitchen, possibly the most complete medieval kitchen in England. You can visit, there are tours and there’s a coffee shop.

The tower of the Old Hall is supposedly haunted by the Grey Lady, thought to be the daughter of the Lord of the Manor who fell in love with a poor soldier and planned to elope with him. Her father discovered the plan and locked her away in the tower where she died from a broken heart. The girl’s spirit is said to wander the tower, endlessly waiting for her lover to arrive. n For more information, call 01427 677348 or visit www.gainsborougholdhall.com.

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- STATELY HOMES -

One of the biggest, best and most used stately homes in the county has to be Burghley House in Stamford. It has a wealth of history, and is popular with people of the 21st century too...

Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1558 and 1587. It was the residence of his descendants, and since 1801, the Marquesses of Exeter.

The house is one of the main examples of stonemasonry and proportion in 16th century English Elizabethan architecture. The main part of the house has 35 major rooms on the ground and first floors. There are more than 80 lesser rooms and numerous halls, bathrooms and service areas. The grounds were designed by Capability Brown.

Since 1961 it has been owned by a charitable trust established by the family. The House has featured in many films including, The Da Vinci Code, Pride & Prejudice, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Batman Begins.

FUN

FACT

Burghley is open to the public, hosting many events, including the Burghley Horse Trials, and weddings. If you haven’t already, explore the house and gardens!

In the early 17th century, three Belvoir Castle (No.2) servants were accused of murdering the 6th Earl’s two sons by witchcraft.

One servant died while in prison and two were hanged.

The Four

BELVOIR CASTLES IF YOU THOUGHT THERE HAS ONLY EVER BEEN ONE BELVOIR CASTLE, A STATELY HOME NEAR GRANTHAM, YOU WOULD BE MISTAKEN. THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN FOUR CASTLES...

Castle No.1

A Norman castle was built for William d'Aubigny. It was left to his granddaughter Isabel, who married Robert de Ros in 1234.

When that family died out in 1508, the manor and castle passed to George Manners. His son was created Earl of Rutland in 1525.

Sadly the Norman Castle was left to ruins after 1464.

n For more information, call for details on 01780 752451 or see www.burghley.co.uk.

Left: Sir William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I and resident of Burghley House.

Opposite: Gainsborough Old Hall and St Mary’s Guildhall.

Castle No.2

Castle No.3

During the English Civil War, it was one of the more notable strongholds of the king’s supporters, and King Charles spent a night here on his way into Lincolnshire.

Work was completed by 1668 and cost £11,730, equivalent to £1,820,000 in 2016.

John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland started construction of a new castle from 1528.

However, in 1649, Castle No.2 was destroyed by the Parliamentarians.

A new building was started in 1654 which was designed as a large family home.

In 1816 it was almost completely destroyed by a fire. The loss was about £120,000, £8,280,000 in 2016, including pictures by Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck and Reynolds.

Castle No.4

It was rebuilt again by the wife of the 5th Duke at a cost of £82,000, about £6,870,000 in 2016, and was completed by 1832.

The castle is open to the public. The tour shows the staterooms, the Regents Gallery and the Roman State Dining Room. n For more information, call 01476 871001 or visit www.belvoircastle.com.

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- LINCOLN BOOK FESTIVAL -

CRIME THE PERFECT

Tessa Harris dreams of committing the perfect crime... committing it to paper, that is, rather than performing the act in real life. Born in Louth and educated at Oxford, the author, journalist and screenwriter is one of the guest speakers at this year’s Lincoln Book Festival, where she’ll meet other criminal masterminds and explore in blood-curdling detail the darker side of fiction over the past three centuries...

Words: Rob Davis.

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Louth-born crime-writer, Tessa Harris, doesn’t recall covering any murders during her time as a trainee reporter on the Louth Standard in the 1980s.

“I had to wait until I moved to London to cover those,” she says, wryly. Nevertheless, the award-winning novelist does look back on her days on the newspaper in Louth with great fondness. “It was brilliant training.

I learned so much, from writing about weddings, to interviewing and feature writing. There was the odd burglary, too, of course!”

Educated from the age of 11 at St Joseph’s Convent in Lincoln, Tessa, whose maiden name was Pennell, went on to study History at - appropriately enough - St Hugh’s College, Oxford. “My passion for history was certainly born during my time spent in Lincoln. I adored Steep Hill and the Cathedral, and can vividly remember the Castle and the chapel where prisoners were kept separate from each other to avoid ‘corrupting influences.’” Tessa also says she owes a debt of gratitude to her History teacher at the convent, Mrs Vale, whose lessons inspired her.

After Oxford, Tessa returned to Fotherby, where she lived on her father’s farm. “I’d always wanted to write, but needed to gain experience. One day, I heard my parents talking about Italian prisoners who were billeted nearby during the Second World War, and it fired my imagination. I did some research and the result was an article in a local magazine.”

That research also formed the basis of one of Tessa’s first attempts at screenplay writing. “I wrote a film script called ‘Cry of the Curlew,’ set on the coast near Saltfleetby, about a local girl who fell in love with an Italian POW. Of course, it’s never been made, but I hope to turn the idea into a novel one day.” >>

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>> Tessa’s various freelance articles, coupled with her local knowledge, landed her a job on the Louth Standard. It was while she was working there that she met her husband Simon, an officer stationed at RAF Binbrook at the time. “I was representing the newspaper at a cocktail party and we just clicked. Last year we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary,” she says.

The couple moved near London and Tessa went on to write for national magazines and newspapers, but there were always reminders of Lincolnshire. She recalls: “I worked on a women’s magazine and had to interview Jeffrey Archer, the former MP for Louth.

I told him I’d once sold him a raffle ticket at a charity event and he remembered his time in the town fondly.”

Other famous ‘yellowbellies’ Tessa has interviewed include the actress Patricia Hodge, best known for playing the mother in the hit comedy ‘Miranda.’ “It turned out that Patricia and I went to the same prep school - St Martin’s in Grimsby,” she recalls.

And then there were many encounters with none other than Grantham’s most famous daughter, Margaret Thatcher. “I met Mrs Thatcher several times because I worked on a newspaper in her Finchley constituency.

She had a great presence.”

Throughout her long career as a journalist Tessa continued to write fiction in her spare time, both novels and film scripts. She even had a screenplay, set in 18th century London, optioned by an American production company. When the project never made it to the big screen, she decided to turn the story into a novel and the Dr Thomas Silkstone mystery series was born.

“The character of Dr Silkstone was based on a real American doctor who came to

TESSA HARRIS Born in Louth, lived in Fotherby and educated in Grimsby and Lincoln.

Attended Oxford University where she read History, before becoming a national newspaper journalist and editor.

Became a literary publicist and screenwriter and created the first in her six-book Dr Silkstone series in 2011.

Above: Tessa’s Dr Thomas Silkstone mysteries. Right: Lincoln’s Collection will host this year’s lectures.

Below: Lord Cormack, himself Grimsby born, is patron of the Lincoln Book Festival.

London to study anatomy. I imagined him using pioneering forensic skills - a sort of CSI meets the Age of Reason. So, I approached an American agent who soon landed me a publishing deal.”

The first novel in Tessa’s crime series, ‘The Anatomist’s Apprentice,’ was, for a time, one of the most downloaded library ebooks in the world. It went on to win the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award 2012 in the US. Five more books in the series have followed, with Dr Silkstone facing such challenges as grave-robbing and slavery to solve many a gruesome murder and ensure that justice prevails.

“I take great care with my research to ensure every detail is as accurate as possible,” Tessa explains. “Some of the stories I’ve discovered just couldn’t be made up. Take, for example, the fact that an eight foot Irish giant visited London and found friendship with a Polish dwarf of noble descent!”

In Tessa’s third novel, ‘The Devil’s Breath,’ she drew on her memories of the Wolds to describe how a catastrophic poisonous cloud engulfed much of the east of England, including Lincolnshire, in 1783 after a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

To date Tessa’s six novels have been well-received in America and have been translated into Portuguese, Italian and French. She’s also just been commissioned to write a new series, this time set in Victorian London against the backdrop of the Jack the Ripper murders. “The first book is out in the States next June and I’m hoping it’ll be published here soon after,” she adds.

Meanwhile, Tessa is really looking forward to returning to Lincoln again to talk about crime in the 18th century at the Lincoln Book Festival. “There’s something fitting about coming back to the place where it all began,” she says, adding: “And it would be wonderful if Mrs Vale was in the audience!” n

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300 YEARS OF CRIME Reaching Young Writers...

The charity First Story brings professional writers into secondary schools serving low income communities to work with teachers and students to foster creativity and communication skills. First Story is delighted to make its Lincolnshire debut at the Lincoln Book Festival on Monday 26th September.

Lincoln Book Festival 26th September-2nd October For more information email lincsffriendsfs@gmail.com.

Landscapes of the Mind...

The Duchess of Rutland talks about Capability Brown and restoring his landscapes at Belvoir Castle, whilst award winning author Susan Fletcher imagines Van Gogh’s Provence landscapes in her novel Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew. n Wednesday 28th September, 6.15pm The Collection.

The Romans...

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Find out as Tom Holland, presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Making History presents Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the House of Caesar, followed by Robert Fabbri discussing his Vespasian series with TV Time Team’s Guy de la Bédoyère.

In this seventh book of the series, Fabbri re-imagines an uprising of Boudicca, against the Emperor Nero and his sycophants.

n Tuesday 27th September, from 6.15pm, The Collection.

War Path...

Chaired by Douglas Hogg, historian Roger Moorhouse discusses Hitler’s pact with Stalin in his book The Devil’s Alliance. For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history collaborated with one another. The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world when it was announced. The Second World War was launched under its auspices, with the invasion and division of Poland. Set in the tense atmosphere of pre-war Germany, James MacManus’ thriller-cum-love story Midnight in Berlin is inspired by true events including an ‘unsporting’ plot to assassinate Hitler blocked by our PM! n Saturday 1st October, 6.15pm,

Aspects of Shakespeare...

Robert Bearman sheds light on the business dealings of the Bard - how successful was he in earning a living in such a precarious profession?

And BBC TV and radio presenter Andrew Dickson discusses how a man who never set foot outside England made himself at home in so many places around the globe? n Thursday 29th September, 6.15pm, The Collection.

Chaired by Maureen Maxwell, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Criminology at The University of Lincoln, a trio of crime writers discuss the genre on Sunday 2nd October from 2pm...

n The Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries, with Tessa Harris...

Dr Thomas Silkstone, a young anatomist from Philadelphia, now living in England, is a pioneer of forensic detection. Within the mysteries of the body, especially those who have been murdered, Silkstone uncovers tell-tale clues that lead to justice. The third novel, The Devil’s Breath, is set partly in Lincolnshire.

n The Secret Poisoner, A Century of Murder with Linda Stratmann...

This dark social history reveals the 19th century as a battleground where poisoners went head to head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability and bring the guilty to justice.

Combining archival research into case histories with a novelist’s eye, Stratmann shines light on domestic desperation in Victorian times.

n The Grantchester Novels with James Runcie...

The author discusses his Grantchester series and his hero, the full-time priest, part-time detective, Sidney Chambers – England’s most loveable sleuthing vicar! n All events during The Lincoln Book Festival take place at The Collection. Tickets £10, see www.lincolnbookfestival.org, or call 01522 873894.

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What’s On...

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Find out What’s On this month with events taking place in different venues across the county. October is a great month to laugh at comedians and experience some stellar performances...

LINCOLN BOOK FESTIVAL

Monday 26th September Hear from acclaimed authors in Lincoln at The Collection in a fascinating series of talks around themes of history in Lincoln and beyond. It’s classed as the region’s leading literary arts festival.

07713 581814, www.lincolnbookfestival.org

TAPAS AND WINE NIGHT

Friday 30th September The Red Lion at Bicker hosts special evenings throughout the year, and this month, enjoy their Lincolnshire tapas and wine tasting evening with live music.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk

DANCING QUEEN

Saturday 1st October Dancing Queen: The Concert is an action packed party show featuring over two hours of the greatest hits from Abba, Grease and the 70s. This is the ultimate nostalgia night that guarantees to get you dancing.

01522 519999, www.lincolntheatreroyal.com

BURGHLEY FLOWER FESTIVAL

Saturday 1st - 9th October Burghley Flower Festival will transform the magnificent State Rooms in Burghley House with beautiful floral displays created by local flower societies. 2016 will also see the return of the Leicestershire Society of Botanical Illustrators whose artworks will be displayed in the Great Hall. There is no extra charge, just admission to the hall and gardens.

01780 752451, www.burghley.co.uk

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Pretty Muddy...

- CHARITY -

PRETTY MUDDY

Saturday 1st October Pretty Muddy isn’t like any other fundraising event. It is a muddy obstacle course that women of any ability can climb over, crawl under, and charge to show cancer that hell hath no fury like a woman in pink!

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

MACMILLAN CHARITY BALL

Monday 10th - 15th October This beautiful period drama, tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, left in straitened circumstances when their father dies and they are forced to move to a Devon cottage, but Aunt Jennings is determined to find husbands for them in London. The show will be performed by the Louth Playgoers at the Riverhead Theatre.

01507 600350, www.louthplaygoers.com

THE ADELE SONGBOOK

Saturday 15th October Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC Adele Special, the outstanding Katie Markham who is originally from Scunthorpe has the show-stopping voice and captivating charisma to deliver all your favourite Adele hits in an enthralling concert performance.

08448 542776, www.plowrighttheatre.com

Saturday 1st October The Starlight Macmillan Charity Ball will be held on the 1st October at Kelham Hall this month. The black tie event will include live music, a drinks reception, fireworks, a prize draw, a magician and a three course meal for £75 per person or £700 for a table of 10. There will be a red carpet arrival and professional photographers all in the name of Starlight Macmillan.

01526 323589, www.starlightmacmillancharityball.co.uk

LINCOLN HALF MARATHON

Sunday 2nd October Get involved with Lincoln’s first ever half marathon this month on the 2nd October, raising funds for the Ethan Maull Up Yours to Cancer Foundation.

Entries are open for up to 2,000 runners to compete!

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

Neil Hannon, The Divine Comedy...

THE DIVINE COMEDY

Sunday 16th October With their eagerly anticipated 11th album Foreverland due for release on 2nd September, The Divine Comedy responsible for classics like National Express and Dive Lady have announced 18 dates this October including a date at Baths Hall, £30/tickets.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

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JACKSON LIVE

Tuesday 18th October Jackson Live in Concert sees long time fan and hugely talented Ben recreate the Michael Jackson experience with his stunning rendition of all his favourite songs. Ben is joined on the stage by his incredible band and dancers who work their way through all the hits. He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

64 SQUARES

Tuesday 18th October Rhum and Clay come to the Lincoln Drill Hall with their acclaimed adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game; a one man show performed by three actors and a drummer.

01522 873894, www.lincolndrillhall.com

ROMEO & JULIET

Wednesday 19th October Critics Circle Award winning company Ballet Cymru present an extraordinary adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

Intense fighting and passionate duets echo through dramatic and lyrical choreography.

Exquisite costumes and extraordinary video projections create a world of danger and excitement

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

Hallé Orchestra...

- HIDDEN ENGLAND -

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

EASTON WALLED GARDENS

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

01476 530063, www.visiteaston.co.uk

Friday 23rd September See the Hallé Orchestra at Lincoln Cathedral with all of the tickets for the performance being sold with allocated reserved seats for the first time. The programme features Sir Mark Elder as the Conductor and Elena Urioste on Violin. The programme includes Beethoven, Glazunov and Dvorak.

DODDINGTON HALL

Saturday 15th October Visit Doddington Hall for a Music at Doddington evening, with Artistic Director Graham Oppenheimer, in the classical setting of the Long Gallery, on Saturday 15th October, £20/ticket with prosecco.

Romeo & Juliet in ballet...

Saturday 22nd - 28th October Pumpkin Rolling will be happening again this half term at Easton Walled Gardens. Children of all ages will roll pumpkins down the grass terraces, and the furthest roller wins! The tearoom will be open serving warming food and cake, or, if the weather allows it, bring your own picnic.

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

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What’s On...

- CELEBRATING LINCOLNSHIRE -

LINCOLNSHIRE DAY

Saturday 1st October The day aims to encourage local people, often known as yellowbellies, and those who have moved from the county, to honour the historical event along with Lincolnshire’s traditions, past and culture.

Some people dress up in yellow to celebrate the day, while others hold local events and decorate their workplaces with Lincolnshire flags.

Many places of heritage across the capital of the county open for free like Lincoln Cathedral, and some offer free tours like Lincoln Castle so people can learn and discover more about the history of Lincolnshire and the county in the 21st century as it’s evolved over the years

01522 545458, www.visitlincoln.com

LINCS SAUSAGE FESTIVAL

Friday 28th October Each October the Lincoln Sausage Festival celebrates the county’s most iconic export with visitors tucking into more than 30,000 individual sausages on the day. The event is held at the castle, where a host of stalls will fill the grounds and the Castle Square.

There will also be live entertainment and cookery demonstrations.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

BLOOD BROTHERS

Wednesday 19th - 22nd October Set in Liverpool during the 60s/70s, Willy Russell’s play provides a window into the lives of two families, socially poles apart. A single mother struggling to make ends meet has no option but to give away one of her baby twins to a wealthy woman who yearns for a child of her own. The show is at Blackfriars Art Centre in Boston.

01205 363108, www.blackfriarsartcentre.co.uk Mozart by Candlelight...

LINCOLNSHIRE GAME EVENING

Friday 28th October As the shooting season begins, the Red Lion at Bicker will host a local game evening with live music on Friday 28th October, to celebrate the sport and the birds.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk

DOCTOR FAUSTUS

Thursday 20th October Exquisite puppetry, physical theatre and circus artistry throw petrol over the flames of Marlowe’s battle for one circus leader’s soul.

Under the straining tent poles of the world’s most famous circus, Dr. Faustus employs the one show tactic not yet undertaken to achieve glory - black magic. The show is at the Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham.

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

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MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT Friday 21st October With beautiful settings and candlelit lighting, the European Baroque Ensemble and Singers transport you back to the sumptuous past.

Enjoy a packed programme of classical music and song at Grimsby Auditorium, which includes excerpts from Mozart’s operas such as: The Magic Flute, the Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte and many more.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

BEYOND THE BARRICADE

Friday 21st October Beyond the Barricade features songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon and many others, climaxing with a spectacular finale from Les Miserables.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk Cosette from Les Miserables...

KITCHEN GARDEN SPOOKY TRAIL

Monday 24th - 29th October Explore Doddington Hall’s kitchen gardens with your family by taking part in the mysterious trail. Watch out this year though; it won’t just be pumpkins you’ll need to hunt. Will you all be able to spot all of the curious bats and their facts?

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

LION, WITCH AND WARDROBE

Wednesday 26th October From APL Theatre, the creators of sellout 2015 UK tour of The Snow Queen, comes this festive new adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s timeless story, which promises to be a magical and thrilling adventure for the whole family at the Stamford Corn Exchange.

01780 766455, www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

HALLOWEEN GHOST BUS TOUR

Saturday 29th - 30th October Be spooked on Halloween weekend by exploring haunted Lincoln by open-top bus with a local ghost expert. One of the team from the popular Lincoln Ghost Walks will guide you around Lincoln on Tour Lincoln, the open-top city sightseeing bus, whilst telling spooky tales and stories of Lincoln’s haunted past.

01522 545458, www.visitlincoln.com

The Visit Lincoln Bus...

ELAINE PAIGE STRIPPED BACK

Friday 21st October Elaine has performed live in concert all over the world and as a recording artist, has worked with legendary producers such as Tony Visconti, Dennis Lambert, Peter Matz, and others and has released 22 solo albums.

She has starred in more smash hit West End and Broadway musicals than anyone else of her generation, and she is coming to the Meres Leisure Centre in Grantham.

01476 581930, www.1life.co.uk

- HALLOWEEN -

CIRCUS OF HORRORS

Wednesday 26th October The Circus of Horrors as seen on Britain’s Got Talent celebrates its 21st anniversary as it takes to the road with its latest incarnation The Never-ending Nightmare. The show features a mixture of bizarre, brave and beautiful acts all woven into Alice in Horrorland.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

LINCOLN CASTLE

Saturday 22nd - 30th October Lincoln Castle will host several spooky events during Halloween like Spooky Prison, a chance to see the Victorian prison, meet some vile people and hear some ghostly stories.

For something a little more sinister, you’re able to visit the Victorian Prison at night for stories of grave robbing, surgeons and baby farmers.

Visitors can explore the prison where these characters can be found within the cells and open spaces. These rare events also offer visitors the opportunity to enter the grounds after dark and witness a full Victorian funeral each evening.

If it’s a little too scary, you can visit the Prison during the day for the same stories and experience.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

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Handel’s MESSIAH

Nothing heralds the dawn of Advent composer George Frederic Handel’s classic Baroque masterpiece Messiah. Sitting in Lincoln Cathedral listening as the rousing Hallelujah chorus resounds through the stunning Nave, it is impossible to deny that Christmas is coming...

Edited by: Tilly Wilkinson.

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The Festive Cathedral

Calendar...

At Lincoln Cathedral the show of Messiah marks the start of a very special festive season of events...

Messiah, like the advent calendar or Christmas tree, has become an integral part of the festive season. In it we hear tell of the coming of Christ heralded by the prophets of the Old Testament and the figure of John the Baptist preparing the way of the Lord. So the much loved music stays with us throughout the Advent Season, calling to mind the gift of God’s reconciling love for his people.

Originally intended for Easter, Messiah was composed between August and September 1741, taking a mere three weeks to complete.

Originally from Germany, Handel had risen to fame due to his talent as a musician and for the Italian Operas he created.

The 1730s saw Handel broaden his repertoire, and shift his focus to sacred oratorios due to their increasing popularity. In 1741 he gave up the opera business to completely devote himself to this genre which was to bring him yet more fame, fortune and public affection.

Handel’s music would probably have been sufficient to earn him celebrity status, but his generosity and philanthropic endeavours further warmed the regard in which he was

“THE LAST TWO YEARS’ PERFORMANCES BOTH SOLD OUT, HIGHLIGHTING ITS POPULARITY WITH LINCOLNSHIRE PEOPLE...”

held. He was generous with his considerable wealth - he is still the fifth richest classical composer in history - and used his influence to raise substantial sums for charity.

Handel’s portion of the proceeds from the Dublin premiere of Messiah were gifted to a local debtors’ prison and hospital.

Messiah had its premiere in Dublin in 1742, where it was an instant success. The event was so well attended that ladies were requested to leave their skirt hoops and gentlemen their swords at home to enable everyone to fit in. Its initial reception in London at the Covent Garden theatre the following year was cooler; it was felt to be too exalted a work for performance in a theatre.

With words taken from the King James Bible, Handel was working with magnificent texts that must surely have heightened his inspiration. The music has extraordinary variety and emotional range. It consoles with Comfort Ye, My People, it shocks with Thou Shalt Break Them In Pieces, it dances with Rejoice Greatly, it affirms in the eight minute final Amen chorus, and it exults with Hallelujah of course!

At Lincoln Cathedral the performance of Messiah marks the start of a very special season of events. The last two years’ performances both sold out, highlighting its popularity with the people of Lincolnshire.

Tickets for this years event are on sale now.

G4 PERFORMANCE

Wednesday 23rd November Due to overwhelming public demand, original X-Factor stars and operatic vocal quartet G4 are back, with ‘Christmas By Candlelight.’ Ticket prices vary.

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS Saturday 10th December

This performance is held in the Chapter House and comes with a tot of Gluhwein and Christmas biscuits, whilst the evening show is followed by canapes, wine and a lantern lit tour of the Cathedral.

LA NATIVITE DU SEIGNEUR Sunday 18th December

An organ concert exploring the story of Christmas. Performed by Organist Laureate Colin Walsh in the Nave of the Cathedral.

Tickets £6.

n Visit www.lincolncathedral.com or call 01522 561644 for more information and to book your tickets.

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LINCOLN Prestigious Portraiture in

Art lovers in Lincolnshire owe a debt of gratitude to Jenny Gleadell and Ashley Gallant, two of the curators of Lincoln’s Collection and Usher Gallery. This month, the duo have secured rather a coup, bringing the National Portrait Gallery’s British Portrait Award to the city, alongside a second exhibition of equal prestige and national significance....

Words: Rob Davis. Images: Rob Davis.

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This month sees a remarkable coup for the county with the arrival in Lincolnshire of The National Portrait Gallery’s flagship annual BP Portrait Award. That’s in addition to a second exhibition, unprecedented in the UK, of work by two renowned British contemporary artists, Euan Uglow and Sargy Mann.

The BP Portrait Award launched in June, where winners of the competition were announced at the gallery on St Martin’s in London. Open to all artists, both amateur and professional, it attracted over 2,550 entrants, and will tour just three venues, Lincoln’s Usher Gallery, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Leicester’s New Walk Museum & Art Gallery.

The exhibition’s arrival in Lincoln is all thanks to Lincolnshire County Council’s

Uglow and Sargy Mann, two incredibly talented but still relatively unknown artists, as well as creating a programme of workshops and creating or commissioning all of the associated interpretation.”

Both exhibitions will run concurrently, launching as Pride goes to press and remaining at the gallery until November and January.

“We’re a bit nerdy about art, so being able to work between The Collection on Danesgate and its associated exhibition space, The Usher Gallery, is a terrific pleasure for us. We love being able to introduce our exhibits to a wider audience.”

Ashley and Jenny aim to host between six and eight exhibitions in a year at

“THIS MONTH BRINGS NOT ONE BUT TWO NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS OF PORTRAITURE TO LINCOLN, AND WE’RE EXPECTING OVER 10,000 PEOPLE TO VISIT THE EVENTS, BRINGING MANY PEOPLE INTO THE CITY...” team of four curators, and specifically to Ashley Gallant and Jenny Gleadell, who work alongside the team responsible for the rest of the county’s Heritage Services venues - Lincoln Castle, The Lincolnshire Archives, Gainsborough Old Hall, The Museum of Lincolnshire Life and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

The Collection, and typically work three years in advance, but serendipity intervened earlier this year, when another venue pulled out of the touring schedule and the National Portrait Gallery chose Lincoln as one of the venues hosting this year’s exhibition.

“We’re lucky to be able to bring the exhibition to the county this year, and we believe that the BP Portrait Award will attract over 10,000 visitors.”

This is the BP Portrait Award’s 37th year, and the event will feature 53 different pieces from artists from 15 counties in all different 2D mediums, from oil to acrylic to gouache.

“We’ve had very little time to pull it together so we’ve been working hard not just on bringing the exhibition together logistically, but working on a second exhibition by Euan

“We are really happy we’ve got the BP Portrait award coming to Lincoln because it’ll encourage visitors from a 90 mile radius, and because it’s a proven fact that when non-local people visit Lincoln they enjoy the city, visit its shops, restaurants and so on, so we think there’s great benefit to hosting the exhibition as an ambassador for the city.”

“In addition though, we can promote Uglow and Mann to a whole new audience. Both are hugely important, but unsung influences to artists. We’ve commissioned a good deal of new material as interpretation and will be producing our own exhibition catalogue for those visiting the exhibition, having liaised with the two artists’ estates and spoken to their families.”

“We are also working alongside conservators to ensure the works are in the best possible condition as some pieces have never been seen before or have required cleaning.” >>

EUAN UGLOW & SARGY MANN As well as hosting the BP Portrait Award, Lincoln’s Collection and Usher Gallery will also host an exhibition of work by Euan Uglow and Sargy Mann (pictured).

Both are renowned, if rather understated, British artists.

It’s the first time the two have been brought together side by side. n

n The BP Portrait Award will run from 12th September to 13th November from 10am-4pm, whilst Euan Uglow / Sargy Mann will run from 24th September to 8th January from 10am-4pm. See over the page for a preview of the two exhibitions...

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Above/Left: Euan Uglow’s The Quarry and Sargy Mann’s Figures by a River will run alongside the BP Portrait Award.

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“Both artists were obsessive about capturing the beauty of what they saw and experienced around them, and have in common a keenness to translate their threedimensional experiences onto canvas.”

“Mann was a student of Uglow, and yet this is the first time that the two artists’ work will be seen side by side. This is a unique and unprecedented display of these two artist work.”

“Mann actually became blind during his career, and yet his most famous work was completed after he lost his eyesight, constructing his paintings purely from intuition.”

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It’s especially satisfying that Lincolnshire can host the two exhibitions since our share of national funding is small compared to the size of the county. The county’s entire portfolio of venues (including the NCCD in Sleaford, Drill Hall and The Collection & Usher Gallery) don’t collectively amount to the sum of money given to, for instance, just one of Nottingham’s venues.

Happily, this month’s brace of exhibitions will put Lincolnshire on the map, attracting not just locals keen on art, but a number of tourists from further afield, too. “We’re really excited, looking forward to welcoming visitors not just to the Collection and Usher Gallery, but to Lincoln, as well!

“THIS IS A UNIQUE AND UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY OF THE WORK OF UGLOW AND MANN...”

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1. The Quarry Pignano, Euan Uglow, 1979/80.

2. Figures by a River, Sargy Mann, 2015.

3. Haydn as Henry, Stephen Earl Rogers, 2016.

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4. Laura In Black, Joshua LaRock, 2015.

5. Francesca, Daniele Vezzani, 2015.

6. Sir Andrew Motion, Fiona Graham Mackay, 2015.

7. Hugo, Benjamin Sullivan, 2016.

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Bo Wang, 2015.

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11. Tad, John Borowicz, 2015.

12. Portrait of Katrina, William H Neukomm, 2015.

13. Girl in a Liberty Dress, Clara Drummond, 2016. n The BP Portrait Award will run from 12th September to 13th November from 10am-4pm (£5/adults; £4/conc; £3/children).

Euan Uglow / Sargy Mann will run from 24th September to 8th January from 10am-4pm (free entry).

Visit The Collection & Usher Gallery, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP, call 01522 550965 or see www.thecollectionmuseum.com.

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Lincoln - HISTORY -

THE PEOPLE OF

LINCOLN, THE HEART OF OUR COUNTY, HAS BEEN THE HOME OF ROMANS, NORWEGIANS, FRENCH AND MANY MORE NATIONALITIES. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT, WORKED, FOUGHT, AND LIVED IN THE CITY Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE YOU..?

Lincoln is a city that has lived through so many periods in time. There are arches still standing that the Romans used to use, incredibly detailed monuments, Cathedrals and Castles that have withstood the test of time, and buildings that have survived through two World Wars. But how far does the city’s history actually go back?

THE FIRST SETTLERS The earliest origins of Lincoln can be traced to the remains of an Iron Age settlement of round wooden dwellings that have been dated to the first century BC. This settlement

was built next to a deep pool - now known as the Brayford Pool - in the River Witham at the foot of a large hill.

The Brayford The Brayford A patient being delivered to the Drill Hall during the typhoid outbreak in 1905

The origins of the name Lincoln may come from this period, when the settlement is thought to have been named in the Brythonic language of Britain’s Celtic inhabitants as Lindon meaning The Pool, presumably referring to the Brayford Pool.

The extent of this original settlement is unknown as its remains are now buried deep beneath the Roman and medieval ruins, and modern Lincoln.

Notable Lincolnites...

1815: George Boole, born in Lincoln in 1815, was an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought which contains Boolean algebra.

1845: James Ward Usher spent his entire life in Lincoln, and acquired in the late 19th century the rights to reproduce in jewellery the Lincoln Imp, which sold in huge numbers. He also was a keen collector of fine art and artefacts. The Usher Gallery in Lincoln is named after him.

1916: Penelope Fitzgerald was a novelist, poet and biographer born at the Old Bishop’s Palace in Lincoln in 1916. The Times included her in a list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945, and The Observer named her novel The Blue Flower, as one of the ten best historical novels.

1940: Known for his roles in the Harry Potter series, V for Vendetta, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Elephant Man and narrating in many well known films, John Hurt was born in 1940 and attended Lincoln School.

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THE VIKINGS Between 410 and 1066, before the Vikings invaded Britain, the Latin name Lindum Colonia was shortened in Old English to become Lincylene.

After the first destructive Viking raids, the city once again rose to some importance, with overseas trading connections.

After the establishment of Viking Law in 886, Lincoln became one of The Five Boroughs in the East Midlands. Flaxengate excavations revealed new timber-framed buildings fronting a new street system in about 900.

Lincoln experienced an unprecedented explosion in its economy with the settlement of the Vikings and the Danes. The banks of the Witham were newly developed with the Lower City being resettled and the suburb of Wigford quickly emerging as a major trading centre.

THE NORMANS In 1068, two years after the Norman conquest, William I ordered Lincoln Castle to be built on the site of the former Roman settlement, for the same strategic reasons and controlling the same road.

Construction of the first Lincoln Cathedral, within its walled precinct facing the castle was completed in 1092. it was rebuilt after a fire, but was destroyed a second time by an unusual earthquake in 1185.

Broadgate and the Drill Hall in 1930s

THE ROMANS In AD43 the Roman Emperor Claudius and an army of 40,000 soldiers invaded the south coast of Britain. Between AD50 and AD60 the Ninth Legion Hispana arrived in Lincoln.

The Romans built a legionary fortress high on a hill overlooking the natural lake and at the northern end of the Fosse Way Roman road, now the A46.

The Celtic name Lindon was subsequently Latinised to Lindum and given the title Colonia when it was converted into a settlement for army veterans.

The conversion to a colonia was made when the legion moved on to York in AD71.

Lindum Colonia or more fully, Colonia Domitiana Lindensium, after its founder Domitian, was established within the walls of the fortress with an extension down the hillside to the waterside below.

It became a major settlement, accessible from the River Trent and the River Witham.

However, the town and waterways fell into decline. By the end of the fifth century, the city was largely deserted. Today, you can still see so much of Roman Lincoln like Newport Arch and artefacts at the Collection.

The rebuilt was on a magnificent scale, with its crossing tower crowned by a spire reputed to have been 525ft high, the highest in Europe. When completed, the central of the three spires is widely accepted to have succeeded the Great Pyramids of Egypt as the tallest man-made structure in the world.

THE BISHOPS The bishops of Lincoln were among the magnates of medieval England; the diocese of Lincoln had more monasteries than the rest of England put together.

When Magna Carta was drawn up in 1215, one of the witnesses was Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln. One of four surviving original documents is in Lincoln Castle.

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Among the most famous bishops of Lincoln were Robert Bloet, the justiciar to Henry I, Hugh of Avalon, the cathedral builder known as St Hugh of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste, the 13th century intellectual, Henry Beaufort, chancellor of Henry V and Henry VI, and Thomas Wolsey, the lord chancellor of Henry VIII.

The administrative centre was the Bishop’s Palace. When it was built in the late 12th century, the Bishop’s Palace was one of the most important buildings in England. Both Henry VIII and James I were guests here; the palace was sacked by royalist troops during the Civil War. THE JEWS Lincoln was home to one of the five most important Jewish communities in England. In 1190, anti-Semitic riots that started in King's Lynn spread to Lincoln.

In 1255, there was an incident called The Libel of Lincoln in which prominent Jews of Lincoln were accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy named Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln. They were sent to the Tower of London and 18 were executed. The Jews were expelled en masse in 1290.

“LINCOLN WAS HIT BY A MAJOR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1904 AND AUGUST 1905 CAUSED

BY THE POLLUTED DRINKING WATER THAT WAS SOUGHT FROM HARTSHOLME LAKE AND THE RIVER WITHAM...”

THE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH During the 13th century, Lincoln was the third largest city in England and was a favourite of more than one king. During the First Barons’ War, it became caught up in the strife between the king and the rebel barons, who had allied with the French. It was here and at Dover that the French and Rebel army was defeated.

During the 14th century, the city’s fortunes began to decline. The lower city was prone to flooding, becoming increasingly isolated, and plagues were common.

In 1409, the city was made a county corporate, an act in the Middle Ages of turning a self-governing town or city into a sort of county of itself.

THE TUDORS The Dissolution of the Monasteries in Tudor times made Lincoln’s problems even worse, cutting off its main source of income and causing no fewer than seven monasteries to close down within the city alone.

A number of nearby abbeys were also closed, which led to the region’s political power decreasing even more. When the cathedral’s great spire rotted and collapsed in 1549 and was not replaced, it was a significant symbol of Lincoln’s economic and political decline.

However, the poverty of post-medieval Lincoln preserved pre-medieval structures that would probably have been lost in a more prosperous scenario.

LINCOLN AND THE REST OF THE WORLD...

Our history shows that Lincoln is connected with the rest of the world. We’ve been the home of nationalities from everywhere. To keep connections with them, Lincoln has various twin towns.

Port Lincoln, Australia: This port was discovered in 1802 by the man who discovered Australia, Captain Matthew Flinders, from Donington. A friendship agreement was made in 1991.

Tangshan, China: Lincoln accepted an invitation to establish links with Tangshan following an industrial breakthrough by one of Lincoln’s largest companies in 1988.

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany: The twinning relationship with Lincoln was formed in 1969 and is one of the oldest, strongest and most successful in the country.

Radomsko, Poland: Radomsko one of the oldest cities in Poland and we twinned with them in 2007.

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THE ROYALISTS & PARLIAMENTARIANS Between 1642 and 1651, during the English Civil War, Lincoln was on the frontier between the Royalist and Parliamentary forces and changed hands several times.

Many buildings were badly damaged.

Lincoln now had no major industry and no easy access to the sea and was poorly situated. Thus while the rest of the country was beginning to prosper at the beginning of the 18th century, Lincoln suffered immensely, travellers often commenting on the state of what had essentially become a one-street town.

THE GEORGIANS By the Georgian era, Lincoln’s fortunes began to slowly pick up, largely down to the Agricultural Revolution. The re-opening of the Foss Dyke canal allowed coal and other raw materials vital to industry to be more easily brought into the city. As well as the economic growth of Lincoln during this era, the city boundaries expanded to include the West Common.

THE VICTORIANS Coupled with the arrival of the railway links, Lincoln boomed again during the Industrial Revolution, and several world famous companies arose, such as Ruston’s, Clayton’s, Proctor’s and William Foster’s.

Lincoln began to excel in heavy engineering, building locomotives, steam shovels and all manner of heavy machinery.

A permanent military presence was also established in the city with the completion of the Old Barracks, now the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, in 1857. These were replaced by the New Barracks, now Sobraon Barracks, in 1890.

Lincoln was hit by a major typhoid epidemic between November 1904 and August 1905 caused by polluted drinking water from Hartsholme Lake and the River Witham. Over 1,000 people contracted the disease and fatalities totalled 131 including the very man responsible for the city’s water supply, Liam Kirk of Baker Crescent.

THE SOLDIERS In the two world wars, Lincoln switched to war production. The first ever tanks were invented, designed and built in Lincoln by William Foster & Co during the First World

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“The first tanks were invented, designed and built in Lincoln by a company called William Foster & Co...”

Top/Left: Munitionettes pulling a Sopwith Camel on Monks Road.

Above: The High Street, just opposite the Waterside Centre.

Right: The Odeon Cinema with a replica Hurricane on the roof of the building to promote the film the Battle of Britain released in 1969.

Below: The extra turret that was added to the Observatory Tower at Lincoln Castle for the filming of the 1962 film The Wild and the Willing.

Bottom/Left: The Drill Hall was for patients in the Typhoid outbreak of 1905.

Left: The Regal Cinema and Restaurant. This is now Primark.

War and population growth provided more workers for even greater expansion. During the Second World War, Lincoln produced a vast array of war goods, from tanks, aircraft, munitions and military vehicles.

THE BUSINESSMEN Ruston & Hornsby produced diesel engines for ships and locomotives by teaming up with former colleagues of Frank Whittle and Power Jets Ltd in the early 1950s. The company opened the first-ever production line to build gas turbine engines for land-based and sea-based energy production.

Hugely successful, it was the largest single employer in the city, providing over 5,000 jobs in its factory and research facilities.

In the post-war years after 1945, new suburbs were built, but heavy industry declined towards the end of the 20th century. More people are nevertheless still employed today in Lincoln building gas turbines than anything else.

It’s strange to know who the people were who walked the streets of Lincoln from 100BC to the present day, from what the city was to what it has become, and what it has been through in the process. It provides a real sense of pride for Lincoln.n

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- CHRISTMAS GIFTS -

GIFTS s a m t s i r h C

Celebrate the season and give your loved one a gift they’ll treasure courtesy of the county’s best independent retailers.

This month we’ve asked them to suggest thoughtful gifts for ladies, gents and younger members of the family too...

Above: Breitling watch from Andrew Michael Jewellers, Charlei bear from Segals of Grimsby, Vivienne Westwood handbag from Maudes Jewellers and Autumn Glow print form Lincoln’s Little Red Gallery.

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- CHRISTMAS GIFTS -

Earrings Vivienne Westwood Glitzy Jordan Earring in gold vintage rose from You & Beyond, £95, 01780 755996, www.youandbeyond.co.uk.

Fine Art The Perfect Summer’s Day by Sherree Valentine Daines, framed price £795, 01636 646426, www.trentgalleries.co.uk.

Bracelet Links of London Sweetie XS Heart Silver Bracelet from John Greed Jewellery, £120, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

Handbag Vivienne Westwood Opio saffiano mini handbag from Maudes Jewellers, £220, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Laying Hare, in cast bronze, measuring 70cm, £575.

01636 822000, www.elizabethandstevens.com

Notebook The Rutland Notebook, made in Stamford, leather, available in nine colours, £19.95, 01780 762550, www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk.

Watch Ladies Bering Time rose watch from Maude’s Jewellers in Boston, £149, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Mug & Teapot Roy Kirkland ‘Shut the Gate’ teapot, £21.95, and ‘Shut the Gate’ mug, £8.99, 01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk.

Charlie Bears from Segals, Freshney Place, Grimsby, 100s in stock, £9.99 to £750 for limited editions.

01472 354891, www.segalsjewellers.co.uk

John Deere Children’s Sippy Cup, Age 10 months, £4.20, from Doubleday 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

Necklace Personalised family silver disc necklace from John Greed Jewellery, £29.95, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

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Fine Art Alec Makinson’s Autumn Glow Original using kiln fired glass at the Little Red Gallery, £475, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

John Deere Store & Carry Case including 18 of the miniature John Deere models at Doubleday, £26.65, 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

Rainy Day Fund Assorted money boxes from LMS (Lincoln) Ltd, £10.99, 01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk.

Lincolnshire Pride Gift Subscription £29.50/12 months, £14.75/six months.

01529 469977, www.pridemagazines.co.uk

Pandora silver bangle with rose clasp, £65, from Pandora of Wide Bargate, Boston.

01205 364587, www.pandora.net.

GIFT VOUCHER

Our gift voucher of the month is from John Ferrett at John Ferrett Photography. He’s giving a huge discount for clients who mention the magazine...

Barbour Scarf, Tartan 100% Lambswool Scarf in Grey, 25cm x 180cm, Sinclairs of Stamford £27.95, 01780 765 421, www.sinclairsonline.co.uk.

Mugs From a selection at Jachs, 391-392 High Street, Lincoln LN5 7SS 01522 543555.

Lamp Wooden UK hand-turned lamp with Betty Badger shade from Aitch Interiors, £95, 01522 810961, www.aitchinteriors.co.uk.

John Ferrett Photography - £50 Voucher If you have a relative who adores their pet, the perfect gift for them would be a pet photography voucher. Pre-book a photography session to receive a £50 discount when you mention Lincolnshire Pride on any of John Ferrett’s printing packages.

01522 754274, www.jferrettphotography.com.

Bespoke Hampers made to order to your budget using genuine Lincolnshire produce by Abbey Parks.

01205 821610, www.abbeyparks.co.uk.

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Fine Art Blaze IV is an original by Gary Benfield, framed price £1995, from Trent Galleries, 01636 646426, www.trentgalleries.co.uk.

Dog Collar Dubarry dog collar, £59, from Giles & Bella in Newark, 01636 643733, www.gilesandbella.com.

Home Decorations Libra Family Bench from Gates Nurseries giftware department, £69.99, 01664 454309, www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk.

ALL WRAPPED UP

CHRISTMAS TIPS

Traveller’s Journal Made in Stamford, refillable, leather, pocket size £35, medium size £45, 01780 762550, www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk.

A rotary cutter cuts long straight or decorative edges on wrapping paper. Use it with a ruler to get quick, even cuts; swap out the blades to create decorative pinked and wavy edges.

Always use double-sided tape to hide nasty looking streaks of sticky tape.

Phone Wallet Land Rover Leather iPhone 6 Wallet in a variety of colours, £60, from Duckworths, 01673 842101, www.duckworthlandrover.co.uk.

Colour code your wrapping: Assign each family member a different colour paper, and you won’t even need gift tags.

Prevent wrapping paper from unravelling with kitchen roll tubes.

Fine Art Leigh Lambert’s Should Have Played Marbles, limited edition at the Little Red Gallery, £325, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

Men’s Gift Set A Man’s Ritual set, with shower gel, soap, shaving gel & balm £30, Sinclairs of Stamford.

01780 765 421, www.sinclairsonline.co.uk.

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The secret to a beautifully wrapped box? Not using too much paper, which causes bulky, sloppy folds. Before trimming, wrap the paper around the box - the ends should overlap just a couple of inches.

Citizen Watch Calibre 8700 range, BL8140-55E, £349. From Eric A Bird, St Mary’s Street, Lincoln.

01522 520977, www.eric-a-bird.co.uk.

Watch Galactic 29 SleekD White Diamond Dial watch from Breitling, £6,280, 01636 679638, www.andrewmichaels.co.uk.

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Christmas begins with a trip to

Gates Garden Centre

Browse through over 3,000sqft of Christmas decorations and 12 themed displays...

Choose from the many inspiring gift ideas for the whole family…

Meet Santa and his Elves in our magical winter grotto (from end of Nov)...

Enjoy festive dining by the log burner in our cosy, 360-seat Garden Restaurant...

Somerby Road, Cold Overton, Oakham LE15 7QB 01664 454309 • gatesgardencentre.co.uk Open Seven Days a Week • Free Parking

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WHITE

t n a i l l i r B e r u P

The original celebrity chef and ‘enfant terrible’ has landed in Lincoln. Doubletree by Hilton’s Electric Bar and Restaurant is dead, but long live the restaurant which has been created in its place, the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill. This month, we deliver our verdict...

Words: Rob Davis.

On a Steak Out: 16oz T-bone, option - a 28-day aged quality steak from Royal warrant holders Campbell Brothers.

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Is there anything better than a good steak?

I can think of few things, and so, like the rest of Lincoln, I was quite excited to hear that Doubletree by Hilton’s Electric Bar and Restaurant would be superceded by its new Steakhouse Bar & Grill restaurant, fronted

by Marco Pierre White.

It’s one of six franchises and 34 restaurants fronted by the original celebrity chef who trained under Albert Roux & Michel Roux at Le Gavroche, and who has worked with Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Lincolnshire’s own Jason Atherton.

It’s been five years since Doubletree by Hilton was introduced to Lincoln’s skyline.

A 115 bedroom hotel with five floors and four conference rooms.

Far from offering so-so en masse dining, its Electric Bar & Restaurant was really good, with decent food and a smart atmosphere.

My initial disappointment that the Electric was to be mothballed turned to delight at the thought of a smart new steakhouse that would provide quality steaks, but the same lively atmosphere and good views for which the previous restaurant was always renowned.

Our fear was that the new restaurant would succumb to centrally purchased ingredients and centrally instated menus, to the detriment of quality. But in fact, the new restaurant has improved on the Electric’s impressive dining legacy with a menu that’s not just about steaks, but offers so much more besides.

meet the CHEF MARCO PIERRE WHITE, ENFANT TERRIBLE AND THE ORIGINAL CELEBRITY CHEF Early Days: Born and raised in Leeds, trained as a chef in Harrogate. Left for London at 16 years of age.

Shameless Name Dropping: Began his classical training as a commis under Albert Roux and Michel Roux at Le Gavroche. Later, Marco trained Gordon Ramsay, and Heston Blumenthal.

Dining is available to non-guests and guests alike, and takes place from noon until 2pm Monday to Saturday (4pm Sunday) then from 6pm-10pm seven days a week.

There’s a single menu - no nonsense - which comprises two sharing boards (charcuterie and a fish based fritto misto) for those who want to ‘graze,’ plus four ‘for the table’ options like olives and sourdough bread.

There are 12 starters, from rillettes of duck to rarebit and from lobster macaroni to cream of cauliflower soup. >>

Celebrity Status: Appeared on Hell’s Kitchen, author of several books including White Heat 25, his re-released autobiography.

Top: Selection of steaks at Doubletree’s new Marco Pierre White backed restaurant.

Above: Main course of grilled 8oz salmon steak, served with Béarnaise sauce, salad and pommes frites.

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>> Naturally the mainstay of main course options is a choice of six steaks from an 8oz fillet (£29.95) to 10oz sirloin and rib-eyes (£26.50), plus a 16oz t-bone (£29.95) and a châteaubriand (16oz, for two, at £56).

The flagship steak is a 24oz Buccleuch Côte de Boeuf option for two diners at £61.

Steaks are available with a range of five sauces from peppercorn or mushroom to an escargot and garlic option. It remains to see whether Lincoln diners are ready to embrace continental ways to quite that degree, but in a world of big fat chips (and these are still available), I’m quite happy that the standard offering as an accompaniment is a French fry style chip, rather than anything chunkier.

If you want to eschew the steak options, there are two ‘gourmet’ burger choices; a European derived one, plus an American one with Monteray and barbecue sauce.

In addition, there’s a choice of 12 à la carte main courses from pork belly to swordfish to fish and chips. These are priced from £12.50 to £18.95, and there’s further choice in the form of 11 side dishes.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Monday to Saturday 12 noon - 2pm, 6pm - 10pm.

Sunday 12 noon - 4pm, 6pm - 10pm.

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Dessert? More choice, with seven options from classic chocolate brownie and sticky toffee puddings to a Cambridge burnt cream and raspberry crème brûlée and an Eton Mess. There’s a cheese option, too.

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Marco Pierre White was the first British chef to achieve not one, not two, but three Michelin stars, and did so by the age of 33.

Famously though, he gave them back.

“I was being judged by people who had less knowledge than me, so what was it truly worth? I gave Michelin inspectors too much respect,” he said immodestly.

I think it’s only fair to give due credit to a chef whose dining provision is engineered to value pleasure over pretentiousness. Don’t succumb to food snobbery; this may not be fine dining - which is where the Electric was aiming - rather, it’s a steakhouse, but a really good one, and one that’s guaranteed to provide really enjoyable, truly satisfying dining.

“MARCO PIERRE WHITE WAS THE FIRST BRITISH CHEF TO ACHIEVE NOT ONE, NOT TWO BUT THREE MICHELIN STARS, AND DID SO AT THE AGE OF 33.

THEN, HE GAVE THEM ALL BACK...”

Above: Cambridge burnt cream with raspberries.

Right: Selection of starters Marco’s lobster macaroni, créme du Barry cauliflower soup, warm baked sourdough, charcuterie, salami and baked Camembert.

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on the MENU FROM THE RESTAURANT’S À LA CARTE MENU

Starters

Lobster macaroni; lobster served in a lobster bisque, with fresh tarragon £11.25.

Rillettes of duck au poivre vert £8.25.

Steaks & Sauces

Côte de Boeuf from Buccleuch 24oz with pommes frites and salad £61 (for two).

Fillet steak 8oz £29.95.

Escargot and garlic butter sauce £5.00.

Main Courses

Roast belly of pork with crackling, butter beans and honey spice roasting juices £12.95.

Grilled 8oz salmon steak with Béarnaise sauce £15.95.

Desserts

Eton Mess £5.75.

Cambridge burnt cream £5.50.

Farmhouse cheeses Colston Bassett Stilton; Keen’s Cheddar, Somerset Brie £7.50.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change. n Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill, Doubletree by Hilton, Brayford Wharf, Lincoln LN1 1YW. Call 01522 565182 for bookings or see www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk.

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Character & HISTORY

The Petwood Hotel is ‘where heroes trod’ and where history was made. It’s also one of the county’s most established hotels, with exceptional dining and first class service.

This season paying a visit to the Edwardian Hotel is especially recommended, in order to discover the Petwood’s newly restored gardens, to enjoy festive party nights with friends, and to meet irascible hotelier Basil Fawlty, and his long suffering waiter, Manuel. Que? Words & Images: Rob Davis.

Main Picture: Smoked trout mousse with pea purèe, pea shoots and beetroot.

Opposite: Lemon sole steamed with peas, asparagus and pancetta.

Pan fried duck breast with grilled pak choi, chilli potatoes and pomegranate.

Chocolate croissant and butter pudding.

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meet the CHEF PHILIP LONG, HEAD CHEF AT THE PETWOOD HOTEL WOODHALL SPA

‘Where heroes trod’ reads a line from The Petwood Hotel’s marketing collateral, a reference to its role as the home of the 617 Dambusters Squadron. But if you think that’s where the Woodhall Spa hotel’s historical connections cease, you’ve overlooked its Harold Peto landscaped gardens.

The 21st century grounds of the hotel are currently mid way through a two phase restoration project to restore the Edwardian hotel’s landscape, with a long walkway with horley festoons already completed, and 2,500 new plants, including salvias, and roses and sidalcea, already planted. A second phase of the grounds’ renovation will be complete by late autumn, and will see a redesigned entrance way, a refresh of the hotel’s terrace and the reinstatement of the Temple of Atalanta - Peto’s pièce de resistance.

“THE PETWOOD WILL THIS AUTUMN, COMPLETE THE RESTORATION OF ITS 1910 HAROLD PETO-LANDSCAPED EDWARDIAN GARDENS...”

Food Experience: “I’ve been here at The Petwood Hotel for three years having previously worked in Manchester, and at London’s Claridges. I loved the surroundings, the history and the potential of the hotel when I first visited.”

More recently, next month represents 20 years of custodianship by the Brealey family, who have, over two decades, ensured the grand old hotel continues to receive the love and investment it so rightly deserves, including refurbishing the hotel’s 53 bedrooms and bathrooms and the addition of its Woodland function suite in 2004. New for 2017, the Petwood will offer its peak wedding dates for exclusive use as the hotel continues to improve its wedding provision.

Fortunately, you don’t have to do anything as drastic as submitting to rule of common law marriage to enjoy The Petwood. Employing over 100 people, the hotel is one of Woodhall Spa’s biggest employers, and for the past three years, its brigade of chefs have been >>

Food Wisdom: “A good restaurant relies on a strong working relationship between kitchen and front of house, delivering great dishes, and great service too.”

Food Heaven: “I love fresh crab. Our seafood risotto with sea trout is just heaven for me, I think it’s really delicious!”

Food Hell: “I do hate celery.

The taste and the texture, it’s just awful!”

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>> doing great things under its Head Chef Philip Long. The hotel’s provision of dining is first class, from afternoon tea to fine dining in its restaurant and informal dining in its Terrace Bar, or on the terrace itself, if weather permits.

This season sees a wealth of office parties, and the Petwood Hotel is especially suitable for these. A few dates remain on Friday and Saturday evenings during December, but the recommendation is to book early as these are set to fill up very soon.

Three course dining plus a disco and casino table will ensure any company, large or small, can celebrate the season in style.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Prix Fixe Restaurant Monday to Saturday 6.30pm - 9pm.

Sunday Noon - 2pm, 6.30pm - 9pm.

Terrace Bar & Refurbished Terrace Monday to Sunday Noon - 9pm.

Afternoon Tea Mon to Sat 2.30pm - 5pm, Sun 3-5.30pm.

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on the MENU PRIX FIXE FINE DINING £27.50/TWO COURSES £32.50/THREE COURSES

Starters

Pressed terrine of chicken, pigeon and roasted red peppers.

Deep fried ham hock and potato croquette with a grain mustard enhanced celeriac rémoulade.

Main Courses

Lemon sole fillets steamed with peas, asparagus and pancetta.

Braised shoulder and grilled cutlet of lamb with rosemary dauphinoise.

The Petwood will also provide Christmas afternoon teas or gift vouchers, plus Christmas Day dining (£80/head; five courses) for those seeking to escape domestic drudgery, and a black tie New Year’s Eve event with six course dining and entertainment for £99/head with the option to stay over too.

One further recommendation is the hotel’s event “Faulty Towers The Dining Experience”, on 7th-9th October. Based on the anarchic sit-com with John Cleese, the evening sees Manuel, Sybil & Basil entertaining guests whilst serving them in an interactive live theatre performance. It’s absolutely hilarious, and with a three course dining experience for £47.50/head included with the two hour show, makes for an unforgettable night. Prompt booking is recommended, given that it’s one of the hotel’s most successful in a programme of regular events that also sees live music performances and theatre groups like Lincoln-based Chapterhouse Theatre Company performing at the hotel during the summer.

Chapterhouse is also returning to The Petwood

to perform Dickens’s A Christmas Carol on Sunday 20th November from 7pm in the hotel’s Woodland Suite.

Events like this and Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, as well as the hotel’s festive party nights, plus the reopening of the Peto gardens mean that rediscovering the Petwood Hotel is essential this autumn.

As for the dining itself, The Petwood comes highly recommended at any time. Opt for Phil’s à la carte menu and you’ll enjoy a choice of seven starters and 10 main courses, all cleanly presented and flawlessly implemented. Select Lincolnshire affiliation means Phil insists on fresh deliveries of fish landed daily in Grimsby, locally sourced meat, locally grown vegetables and so on.

In all, the hotel may enjoy an enduring reputation as the place that heroes trod and history is made, but it’s The Petwood’s future, rather than its heritage, which most excites us. The place gets better and better with each visit... so do take up this month’s recommendation of an autumn visit!

Wild mushroom lasagne with layers of pasta and wild mushroom compote finished with a parmesan crisp.

Desserts

‘The Pudding,’ made from chocolate croissants and whisky flavoured custard with clotted cream.

Chilled strawberry soup finished with a balsamic drizzle.

Lincolnshire unpasteurised cheeses consisting of Cote Hill Blue and Yellow with Lincolnshire Poacher, served with crackers, celery, grapes and tomato chutney.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change.

n The Petwood Hotel, Stixwould Rd, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG. Call 01526 352411 or visit www.petwood.co.uk.

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- RECIPES -

Duck á L’Orange with Confit Duck and Potato Rösti (Serves 2)

For the Confit Duck: 2 duck legs Sea salt 250g lard, cut into chunks 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 sprigs thyme 1 orange, zested

For the Potato Rösti: 2 large waxy potatoes, grated and squeezed of any excess water 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 25g butter Thyme Salt & white pepper to season

For the Orange Purée: 3 oranges, quartered with the skin on 10 dried apricots 3 teaspoons of local honey 50ml water

For the Duck Breasts: 4 duck breasts, seasoned with thyme salt 25g butter 1 clove garlic, crushed, 2 sprigs thyme 4 english carrots, peeled 100g kale or borage.

“If you’re looking for a dish with wow-factor, Steven Bennett’s Duck á L’Orange is the one...”

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Recipes: Steven Bennett, The Lincolnshire Chef.

Styling: Charlotte Hay, The Creative Larder.

If you’re looking for a dish with wow-factor to serve guests at a dinner party, you’re definitely going to impress them with Steven Bennett’s version of Duck á L’Orange.

Place the duck legs onto a tray and cover with sea salt. Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge over night.

Preheat the oven to 110ºc. Wash the legs cold water, removing the salts. Gentry dry with a cloth, before placing into a small deep tray with the garlic, thyme and lard. Cover with foil and place in the oven and cook for four hours.

Remove duck legs from the oil and place straight onto a plate. The oil can be saved and used when cooking your sunday roast. Pick the meat from the legs, leaving the skin and any unwanted bits to one side. Tip any excess fat from the plate into the picked meat and add the zest of one orange.

Place on top of cling film, roll into a sausage, making sure the cling film is tightly rolled together and set in the fridge.

Meanwhile, in a bowl add a pinch of salt and pepper to the grated potatoes, and mix together.

Heat a large frying pan with oil and pack in the grated potato, place half the butter around the edge of the pan and cook the potato for 15 minutes until golden on one side. Turn over, add the remaining butter and cook for a further 15 minutes.

Once you’re ready to serve cut into four.

For the orange purée, place all of the ingredients into a sauce pan, cooking on a low heat for one hour, with the lid on. Once cooked, place into a blender before sieving any excess lumps. Place into a plastic squeezy bottle and leave to one size.

Leave the duck breasts till last. Place the breasts into a frying pan skin side down and cook for around five minutes on a medium heat. Turn over

and cook for a further two minutes on the other side. Add 25g butter, garlic and thyme and baste for one minute. Remove from pan and rest.

Place the carrots into a pan of boiling water and cook for three minutes. Remove and place into the juices of the duck.

Remove the confit duck sausage from the fridge, cut it into four, and remove the cling film. Place the sections into a frying pan with the carrots and the duck juices, allowing it to cook for just two minutes.

Add the kale or borage to boiling and cook for 30 seconds before draining and adding to the carrot and duck juices.

To plate, place one of the potato rösti quarters on the plate, slice each of the duck breasts, top with the carrot, the kale and the confit duck, add dots of the orange purée and drizzle with a red wine sauce or homemade jus. n For more information about what Steven Bennett’s restaurant the Comfy Duck at Oaklands Hall Hotel in Grimsby has to offer call 08443 876312 or visit the website www.thecomfyduck.co.uk or www.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk.

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- RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR -

WIN FREE MEALS OUT ...with Pride’s Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016!

Words: Rob Davis.

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We’re seeking your help to find Lincolnshire’s very best restaurant.

In return, we’re offering the chance to win free meals out in 2017, as we launch this year’s Restaurant of the Year competition...

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Opposite Page: Steak at The Inn, Woodhall Spa. Below: Lamb at The Queen’s Head, Kirkby la Thorpe.

Dine out for free in 2017, as we once more invite you to nominate your favourite restaurant, bistro or coffee shop and to name your ‘food hero.’

It’s time to launch our annual Restaurant of the Year competition, and the way it works is simple. We ask our readers for vote for Lincolnshire’s best restaurants and food related businesses, then randomly select one of our readers to enjoy free dining our at our six prize partner restaurants throughout 2017.

“We ask our readers to nominate their favourite restaurants for a very simple reason,” says Rob Davis. “It gives us a much more objective, comprehensive

overview of where our readers like to dine, and frees the awards from any commercial bias.”

“You can vote for any restaurant, regardless of whether they advertise or not, and because our readers are based right across the county, and have a wide range of budgets, we’ll see entries from all over Lincolnshire, from village pubs to fine dining restaurants.”

“As always, we’ve divided up our awards into three categories. We’re seeking nominations for our readers’ Restaurant of the Year, for our flagship award. These can be pubs, restaurants and hotels offering daytime and evening dining.” >>

WE’VE THREE CATEGORIES FOR YOU TO VOTE IN RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR, BISTRO OR COFFEE SHOP OF THE YEAR AND ‘FOOD HERO’

Above: Chefs at work at The Inn, Woodhall Spa. Above/Left: Last year’s Restaurant of the Year winner was The George of Stamford.

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Main/Centre: One of Food Hero Steven Bennett’s dishes, as seen at The Comfy Duck within Oaklands Hall Hotel.

>> “Good food needn’t be expensive; it just needs to be well-executed, with local ingredients and a good dining environment.

For that reason we’re not simply seeking the county’s ‘posh’ restaurants, but pub restaurants too.”

profiled our partner restaurants opposite for a sneak preview of where you could be dining next year.

“Our Restaurant of the Year competition is one of my favourite features,” says Rob. “I look forward to counting the votes each year and always enjoy the diversity of nominations.”

“Next, we’re seeking nominations for our Bistro or Coffee Shop of the year category.

These are venues which offer lighter bites, casual dining or simply the chance to enjoy coffee and a slice of cake.”

“And finally, we ask our readers to nominate a county ‘food hero.’ This can be a local farmer, food producer or a chef who goes out of their way to be a good ambassador for the county’s dining community or local

“They serve to provide us with suggestions for future features in our magazines and help us to keep in mind which restaurants are valued by our readers.”

food producers, someone who’s passionate about the county in which they live and work, and about quality food and drink.”

When our nominations are collated, we’ll award three awards in each category, and reveal the results in our January edition.

Each winner will receive a plaque to display outside their business, too.

In addition, we’ll select one reader from our Lincolnshire magazine and one reader from our Rutland magazine to enjoy meals out at one of our six partner restaurants.

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You can vote by post, simply by filling out the form overleaf, or you can visit our website to cast your vote electronically. >>

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- RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR -

Main: Chicken forestiere at The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill.

Dine Out for Free in 2017

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT, AND YOU COULD WIN FREE DINING OUT AT THE FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS...

The Green Man, Norton Disney Norton Disney, Lincoln LN6 9JU

A lovely pub restaurant beautifully refurbished by Matt Kerekes and Becky Pinfold, serving real ale and traditional pub food in a warm and cosy atmosphere. Old beams, wood burners and plenty of character!

01522 789804 www.thegreenmannortondisney.co.uk

Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Lincoln within Doubletree by Hilton, Brayford Wharf, LN1 1NY

Toft Country House Hotel Toft, Bourne PE10 0JT

The Marco Pierre White Enjoy a country house Steakhouse Bar & Grill, is hotel offering quality dining. situated on the 5th floor of The bar area boasts the Doubletree by Hilton original features dating Lincoln, and offers back some 300 years panoramic views of the including lovely stone Brayford Marina plus a walls & oak beams. An open steakhouse menu, including fireplace creates a relaxing Marco’s favourite dishes. and friendly atmosphere.

01522 565182 www.mpw restaurants.co.uk

01778 590614 www.tofthotel golf.co.uk

The Ram Bar & Brasserie

The Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate

The Ram offers elegant dining and drinking in one of Newark’s most historic settings.

Experience a modern British menu with a stunning drinks selection, in a venue that dates back to the 15th century.

Dine at The Lincoln Hotel and enjoy creative cuisine courtesy of the brigade in The Green Room fine dining restaurant.

Beautiful uphill location overlooking the Cathedral, just a stone’s throw from historic Bailgate.

Castle Gate, Newark NG24 1AZ

01636 940220 www.theram newark.com

Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN

01522 520348 www.thelincoln hotel.com

The Petwood Hotel

Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG

Dine in The Terrace Bar or in the Petwood’s wood panelled restaurant and enjoy a distinguished yet relaxed ambiance, this is a splendid setting for a romantic meal for two or celebratory dinner.

01526 352411 www.petwood.co.uk

n By voting for your food hero, favourite coffee shop or bistro and nominating your Restaurant of the Year, you’ll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win dining out at each of our partner restaurants in 2017. Cast your vote by filling in the form over the page, or vote online at www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

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$ Welcome to Lincolnshire Pride Magazine’s food awards, in which we want our readers to nominate their favourite restaurant, bistro/coffee shop and the county’s ‘Food Hero.’ This entry form will ensure your vote is counted, and in return, we’ll pick one reader at random to win meals out at our partner restaurants in 2017...

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Vote for your favourite restaurant, and a favourite bistro or coffee shop below. We’d also like you to nominate a ‘Food Hero’ — perhaps a butcher, baker, food producer, chef or similar: Restaurant of the Year (name & location):............................................ ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

Bistro/Coffee Shop of the Year (name & location): ............................... ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

Food Hero of the Year (inc. reason for your nomination): .................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

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Terms & Conditions: One entry per household. Photocopies/multiple entries will not be counted. Competition is available to anyone in the county or surrounding area. You must not be personally or professionally allied with nominations. Votes received for each venue will be counted up to determine the eventual three winners for each category and seven runners-up. The Editor’s decision as to our competition winners is final and further terms and conditions may apply.

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Please provide your name, address, and telephone number (we will need to contact you if you’re our lucky winner!):

Name: ................................................................................................

Address: ............................................................................................. ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

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Postcode:............................................................................................

Telephone:..........................................................................................

Send your entry to: Lincolnshire Pride Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016, Pride Magazines, Elm Grange Studios, East Heckington, Boston, Lincolnshire PE20 3QF.

We’ll pick one voter at random to win complimentary meals in 2017. If one of your nominations wins, we may want to quiz you on why you voted for them!

Alternatively, you can vote on our website by visiting

www.pridemagazines.co.uk/vote

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st November 2016

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Celebrate with us this

Festive Season Our Christmas Party, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve menus are now available online.

Celebrate the season with fresh ingredients, wonderful food and a warm welcome!

Located on the A17, Kirkby La Thorpe, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 9NU

Call 01529 305743 www.thequeensheadinn.com

The Queen’s Head Q U A L I T Y P U B R E S TA U R A N T

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Meaty Mains

THIS MONTH WE’RE DISCOVERING SOME OF THE COUNTY’S MEATY MAIN COURSES. WE HAVE THE BEST LIVESTOCK IN THE COUNTRY AND THEREFORE, WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TASTING DISHES...

NICE & SPICY

The Crown Hotel in Stamford served a meaty - and spicy - main course of Harissa spiced lamb chops for just £16.95.

01780 763136 or see www.kneadpubs.co.uk.

n The Green Man in Norton Disney, recently taken over by Becky Pinfold and Matt Kerekes this year, is a stunning pub restaurant serving some really delicious meals and really meaty mains.

n The Red Lion in Bicker presented a starter of hot smoked breast of wild mallard with watercress, fresh beetroot and orange salad.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk.

They served us a succulent pan roasted chicken breast with a rösti potato dripping in a creamy mushroom sauce.

Call 01522 789804 or visit their website www.thegreenman-nortondisney.co.uk.

n THE INN AT WOODHALL serve a main course that’s hard to beat. The Inn Burger is served in a Brioche bun, with Poacher cheese, relish, pancetta, gherkin, fries and onion rings.

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- SAMPLE DISHES -

presented beautifully

Marco Pierre White’s new restaurant in Lincoln’s DoubleTree by Hilton is a Steak House; plenty of meaty mains! That includes this lamb dijonnaise with dauphinoise potatoes.

01522 565182, www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk.

PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE Lincoln Hotel has a tenderloin of pork with spring greens and roasted apple, cider jus and hassleback potatoes on the menu.

01522 520348, www.thelincolnhotel.com.

Farndon Boathouse has a number of meaty mains like this pancetta salad, but you can’t beat their wild boar & chorizo burger with smoked cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and red onion for £14.95.

01636 676578, www.farndonboathouse.co.uk.

01526 353231, www.theinnatwoodhallspa.co.uk.

n Featured dishes are representative examples of our featured chefs’ skills... the menus of our featured restaurants change frequently so dishes are subject to availability. Check each restaurant’s website prior to your visit for an up-to-date menu.

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A SPRINKLE OF FESTIVE CHEER Save yourself the work on Christmas Day and enjoy time with the family, or organise your office bash, courtesy of our roundup of festive restaurant offerings..

Words: Rob Davis

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- CHRISTMAS PARTIES -

‘Tis the season to celebrate in the county this month, as Lincolnshire’s pubs and restaurants reveal their special menus and packages designed to entice festive diners.

Whether you’re hosting a get together with friends or seeking to avoid a morning of food preparation, by dining out on Christmas Day, our suggestions for pubs and restaurants will take the stress out of entertaining and put the festive cheer back in the season.

The Red Lion at Caythorpe and its sister pub restaurant, Brant Broughton’s Generous Briton, will both be celebrating the arrival of Christmas. The Red Lion has open fires, stripped pine floors and tables, plus local ales for a warm, cosy feel. Generous Briton, meanwhile, is conveniently situated just a few minutes from Lincoln. (01400 272632, www.redlioncaythorpe.org.uk).

Bicker’s Ye Old Red Lion is a picturesque pub in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside, and is ‘farming family’ owned.

Christmas Day, dining with mulled wine on arrival, three course meal and petit fours. £55/adult. Boxing Day Carvery, £25/adult.

New Year’s Eve with live music from Kings & Bears Band and a traditional hog roast too, for just £15/person (01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk).

Kirkby la Thorpe’s Queen’s Head’s Christmas Parties are hosted from 28th November to 24th December from £21.95/two courses, £27.95/three courses.

Live entertainment on selected dates in December. Limited availability for New Year’s Eve, call to avoid disappointment.

Recently refurbished garden room now available for private parties (01529 305743, www.thequeensheadinn.com).

Newark’s Farndon Boathouse is a stunning contemporary party venue with wonderful dining. Party nights are now available from £25-£37.50/head on Fridays and Saturdays in December, plus selected Wednesday and Thursdays. Christmas Day lunch £75/head, Boxing Day lunch £30/head, New Years

Five Ways to Ensure Festive Cheer 1. Easier Entertaining: Use any of our suppliers and you’ll enjoy great quality food without the hassle. They’re not only great for office parties and suchlike, but for avoiding lots of work, catering for the family on Christmas Day! 2. A Better Atmosphere: If you’ve a smaller workplace, take a part to a party and graft your festivities onto a party night at a larger venue, for a better atmosphere.

3. Avoid Disappointment: Think it’s too early to begin Christmas party planning?

We beg to differ! Many dates are already becoming booked up, so organise your festive entertaining as soon as possible!

4. Think About Transport: Don’t just book your venue early - think about transport too, especially later in the evening when taxis may already be pre-booked.

5. Accommodation: Over the page we’ve recommendations for venues with festive accommodation for offices with staff who live all over the county.

Eve party with champagne reception £75/ea.

(01636 676578, www.farndonboathouse.co.uk).

Now open at lunchtimes, The Brownlow Arms is available for festive lunches throughout November and December, with seasonally changing à la carte menus.

This year saw the quality pub restaurant crowned winners of the Lincolnshire Country Dining Pub 2016 in the Good Pub Guide (01400 250234, www.thebrownlowarms.com).

Having taken over The Green Man earlier this year, this will be Becky Pinfold and Matt Kerekes’s first Christmas at the pub restaurant. A beautifully refurbished rural pub restaurant just a few minutes from Lincoln, Christmas menus are now available, with private parties by prior arrangement (01529 305743, thegreenman-nortondisney.co.uk).

For a sumptuous stately home setting for your festive celebrations, consider Grantham’s Stoke Rochford Hall. Set in 28 acres of parkland, and now a training venue for the NUT, this magnificent Grade I building benefited from a £12m renovation a few years back and now offers the chance to celebrate in its restaurant, providing high quality dining in a pretty setting, with ingredients sourced from the estate’s very own kitchen garden (01476 530337, www.stokerochfordhall.co.uk).

3 DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO CELEBRATE... n Assembly Rooms, Bailgate, Lincoln

Festive party lunches from Monday - Friday £24.50/head, Party Nights Monday - Friday £28.50/head, and New Year’s Eve ball £65/head.

01522 5200098, www.countyassemblyrooms.co.uk

n Pimento

Eschew the tradition of turkey in favour of a vegetarian treat at Pimento on Lincoln’s Steep Hill.

01522 544880.

n The Mint Leaf

Alternatively, for something really different, enjoy pan-Asian cuisine at Newark’s Mint Leaf.

01636 646994, www.mintleafuk.co.uk.

Opposite: Festive afternoon tea at Oaklands Hall Hotel - see over.

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- CHRISTMAS PARTIES -

Toft Country House Hotel...

Party nights are now available at Bourne’s Toft Country House Hotel, with accommodation available on site too, and the backdrop of the family’s beautifully landscaped golf course.

Holiday Inn, Brayford Wharf

It’s the season to celebrate at Brayford Wharf’s Holiday Inn with Tribute Nights (Bublé; Robbie WIlliams) on 2nd, 9th and 16th December at £39.95/person inc three course meal. Festive lunches from £19.95/person, and party nights from £42.95. Also available: Christmas Day lunch, £45/head, four courses plus coffee.

01522 544244, www.ihg.com

CHRISTMAS AT THE PETWOOD HOTEL

Christmas parties hosted from 2nd December with three course dinner, disco and roulette table. £40/person.The Petwood Hotel also offers Christmas Day dining for those who want to ditch the washing up, at £80/person, four courses plus coffee. The hotel is also hosting a ticket only black tie New Year’s Eve party, £99/head.

01526 352411, www.petwood.co.uk

Party nights throughout December with three course meals £30/person. November and December lunches also available £14.95/two courses, £16.95/three courses. Early booking recommended.

Call 01778 590614 www.tofthotelgolf.co.uk

OAKLANDS HALL

Various party nights from 2nd-31st December, with tributes acts of Robbie Williams, Bublé, motown, Elton John and Tom Jones. £28/head with three course meal.

Christmas Day dining £69.50/head, New Years Eve dining £34.95/three courses with champagne and live music.

0844 3876312, www.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk

THE INN, WOODHALL

Woodhall Spa’s Inn and sister venue The Dower House provide two options for those seeking to host party nights and enjoy Christmas lunch without the hassle.

Both have been beautifully refurbished with a host of dining rooms and private dining facilities.

Menus and details are available to view online now.

01522 520348, www.theinnatwoodhallspa.co.uk

n Look out for each of our featured restarant and hotels’ festive offers in this edition of Pride - and book early to avoid disappointment. Don’t forget, we’ve eating out recommendations each month in Pride - and if you’ve particularly enjoyed a meal somewhere recently, don’t forget to vote in our Restaurant of the Year Awards!

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Barnsdale Lodge, Oakham, Rutland

Christmas is always a pleasure at Barnsdale Lodge, with festive party nights in December, and a festive lunch menu.

Other offers to be confirmed as Pride goes to press. Christmas menus and offers are available to download from the hotel’s website, with early booking strongly recommended.

DREAMING OF A A MARCO PIERRE WHITE CHRISTMAS

Located on Brayford Wharf, and with 115 rooms, Lincoln’s Doubletree provides luxurious accommodation for parties who wish to stay over.

Dine in the hotel’s new Marco Pierre White steakhouse - book early; being new it’s still extremely busy!

01572 724678 www.barnsdalelodge.co.uk

Tel: 01522 565180 or see www.doubletree3.hilton.com

THE LINCOLN HOTEL

Celebrate in the heart of Lincoln at The Lincoln Hotel on Eastgate, with Christmas parties during either lunchtime service £25/person, or in the evening £35/person inc disco. Christmas Day lunch £69/person, three courses. New Year’s Eve black tie event with champagne and canapés, plus five courses £89/person.

01522 520348, www.thelincolnhotel.com

The Lincolnshire Showground

Lincolnshire’s Showground hosts the largest Christmas party in the county. If you’ve a smaller party, join them on Saturday 10th December from 7.30pm. Tickets £42/head, three course meal, disco and live entertainment.

Ensure the rest of your season is festive too, by attending the showground’s Food & Gift fair, on 2nd & 3rd December for a great festive shopping opportunity.

01522 522900 www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING...

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Available 28th Nov – 23rd Dec (excluding Sundays) BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

SUNDAY LUNCHES £21.95 for 3 courses in restaurant only.

Bar meals also available.

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Seize The

DAY - LINCOLNSHIRE HOMES -

Words: Rob Davis.

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Carpé Diem, reads the crest above the door of Aswardby Hall, near Spilsby. The 15 acre country estate, the home of Marrianne del Garbutt and family, is currently on the market seeking new custodians keen to ‘seize the day...’

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ASWARDBY HALL, NEAR SPILSBY Leafy and graceful, Aswardby Hall near Spilsby is a compelling property for anyone seeking a period house with plenty of history.

It’s also a large, practical family home, with ample space to pursue any number of interests, from happy hacking to teeing off.

“The dating of the house is somewhat in dispute,” says owner Marrianne Garbutt, “But it’s mentioned in Pevsner, described as a C17 county home.”

“We do know that it was remodelled following a fire around 1905, with the Carpé Diem crest instated, and that it has been a home for notable Lincolnshire families since 1880, at one time part of a country estate totalling more than 680 acres!”

Today, Aswardby Hall’s estate is a little more modest, at 15 acres, but no less desirable,

“IT’S A SUBSTANTIAL FAMILY HOME, WITH SEVEN RECEPTION ROOMS, THREE FLOORS AND TEN BEDROOMS...”

Above: The parterre gardens make a tremendous birdseye view in addition to looking beautiful close up!

having being tastefully modernised by Marrianne and her family.

“The house has been empty for about 18 months before our arrival in 2010. We moved here from Leeds looking for peace and quiet after city life.”

It’s a substantial family home, with no fewer than seven reception rooms, from a grand drawing room and orangery, to a cosy snug.

Arranged over three floors, there are eight bedrooms on the first floor with a ‘Jack & Jill’ en suite and dressing room to the master and five further bathrooms. There are two bedrooms on the first floor, and for relatives, older teenagers or staff, the estate includes a two bedroom self-contained bothy and an additional one bedroomed flat, too.

Location: Spilsby eight mins; Louth 24 mins; Lincoln 51 mins.

Style: 15 acre country estate including Hall, rebuilt in 1910.

Bedrooms: Ten with four en suites and two further bathrooms.

Receptions: Seven, currently arranged as drawing room, dining room, orangery, library, billiards room, sitting room and snug.

Other Features: Golf course, two bedroom bothy, summerhouse, victorian stable yard, park, golf course and fishing lake.

Guide Price: £1,650,000.

Aswardby Hall’s kitchen has been created by Peter Jackson of Horncastle, from maple and ebony, with granite surfaces and appliances

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>> from Miele or Gaggenau including steam ovens, microwaves, dishwashers and plate warmers. There’s a black five ring Aga, as well as a separate prep kitchen/utility with Miele BBQ and fryer, weighing machine and Maytag laundry equipment. A wine room and boot room add further practicality, along with a study for those who are seeking to work from home.

Top: The drawing room is one of seven reception rooms in the house.

Of rather less practical but rather more desirable consideration is the estate’s six hole lakeside golf course.

“The course was entirely hidden under meadow grass and weeds.

Although we’ve brought all the fairways back and the park looks beautiful, any new owner will have to review the Greens. I’m no golfer but I expect a putter won’t suffice! We’ve restructured the rose garden and created grounds that are inviting, substantial and strong.

Our Rhododendron borders are like nothing I’ve ever seen before with intense, vivid colours.”

“There’s also a white garden with cross-shaped rill, Japanese garden with pond and a walled garden with hedging and central fountain.”

“Most importantly the children love playing in the gardens because they’re magical, filled with places to hide and build dens. The lake is

“WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL ROSE, JAPANESE AND WHITE GARDENS AND RHODENDRON BORDERS THAT FORM A 100 FOOT WALL OF COLOUR WHEN IN BLOOM...”

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well-stocked with fish, and if the next owners have dogs or horses, we have four internal Victorian stables with room for a further four large loose boxes and plenty of room for a paddock or manége.”

“The Hall is the perfect country retreat and a beautiful home, but we are just too busy in our everyday work lives to make the best of what she offers.”

Our daughter is a teenager and will leave for college soon, so it’s time to seek new custodians who will enjoy this amazing place as much as we have. We’ll miss the village and the Hall, though rest assured - anyone who moves here with have the very best life that any home possibly could offer.”

Above: The house was remodelled in 1910 following a fire, and so escapes a restrictive Grade II covenant.

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“THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN GOLF COURSE WHICH WAS OVERGROWN WITH MEADOW GRASS BEFORE BEING REINSTATED BY THE FAMILY. THERE’S ALSO A JAPANESE GARDEN AND WALLED ROSE GARDEN...”

Left: The orangery leads to a loggia on the east aspect.

Below: The house has two kitchens for easy entertaining.

Bottom: The sitting room adjacent to the entrance hall.

n Aswardby Hall is currently on the market with Fine & Country, High Street, Navenby LN5 0DZ. Call for details on 01522 287008 or see www.fineandcountry.com.

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For farmer’s daughter Margaret Harrold, Heath Barns is a link to the past, both in the sense that the property has been created on the family’s arable farm, and with a glazed room joining two historic barns to create a lovely home...

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HEATHS BARN, CARLTON SCROOP To be born into a farming family is one of the luckiest of circumstances, as Margaret Harrold knows only too well.

Her halcyon childhood saw her enjoying the undulating landscapes of the countryside east of the A607 on the Lincolnshire cliff.

Margaret’s family’s arable operation on the land endured from 1946 until 2010, when she and her brother sold the farm.

Seeking to retain a bit of her childhood, though, Margaret and partner Gordon Hunter retained a couple of rundown barns and set about creating a beautiful barn conversion with panoramic views over three counties and plenty of space to ensure that their grandchildren could enjoy the same childhood, running around the same safe, natural open spaces.

“WE’RE NOT SURE HOW OLD THE BARNS ARE BUT THERE’S A DATE OF 1536 CARVED INTO ONE BRICK...”

Above: The house has four reception rooms in total and it also has two log burners.

“We’re not sure how old the barns are,” she says. “There’s a date, 1536, carved into one brick. It’s probable, though, that at the very least the barns were knocked down and rebuilt since, retaining the same materials.”

The two barns were the subject of a three year long renovation completed by a team of local architects and builders. The two separate buildings were joined by means of a link room connecting what is now the dining room and kitchen.

Location: Grantham seven miles; Newark 15 miles; Lincoln 20 miles.

Style: Newly completed barn conversion set in 20 acres.

Bedrooms: Four with three en suite bathrooms.

Receptions: Four, currently arranged as sitting room, snug, living room, and dining room.

Other Features: Guy Petherham landscaped grounds, 20 acres.

Guide Price: £875,000.

Whilst Heaths Barn evades a Grade II listing, the conservation folk still required the existing door and window spaces to be retained. Otherwise, Margaret and Gordon were free to create their barn conversion exactly as they envisaged.

Arranged over two floors, the house is deceptively large, with four reception rooms, two downstairs bedrooms at opposite ends of the house, and a master bedroom suite >>

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>> on the first floor with en suite, galleried landing and an additional bedroom or study.

Top: The kitchen features bespoke cabinetry with painted units and granite surfaces.

“We like the fact that the kitchen, living room and dining room all open out onto the plot’s panoramic views,” says Margaret. “To the left there’s Belvoir Castle and the Leicestershire countryside, whilst to the other side, you can see all the way to Newark. We’re right in the catchment areas of both Sleaford and Grantham schools and we’re on the Viking Way for cycling and walking. We’re also part of a really friendly village, too.”

The property has oak floors and a bespoke oak kitchen created by Tom Main of York, where the couple have a second home. The grey painted units complement a stone floor, granite surfaces and integrated appliances, including an Everhot two oven ‘Aga’ style cooker.

There’s a Woodwarm log burner in the dining room, as well as a brick fireplace with a second log burner in the snug, next to the handmade oak fireplace created in situ by Anwick’s Allenbys.

Everywhere, there’s exposed beams and rafters, stable doors and other lovely period details that add heritage to what is, for all intents and purposes, a modern family home.

The bi-fold doors of the dining room open out onto a lovely terrace which Margaret and Harold say is ideal for entertaining, and the

“WE’VE REALLY LOVED LIVING HERE, AND OUR FIVE GRANDCHILDREN ABSOLUTELY ADORE THE PLACE, BUT, APPROACHING RETIREMENT, WE’RE SEEKING TO RETURN TO YORK...”

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grounds themselves have been professionally landscaped by Fulbeck’s Guy Petherham, creating sweeping curved beds and interest at different levels.

“We’ve really loved living here, and our five grandchildren absolutely adore the place, but we’re approaching retirement and seeking to return to York where we live just near The Shambles.”

“We’ll miss the place greatly, but it’s nice to think that another family, and hopefully some other children, will be able to grow up in such an idyllic safe place, enjoying just the kind of childhood that my brother and I did!” n

Right: The staircase was hand built in oak, in situ by Allenbys of Anwick.

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“THE GROUNDS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY LANDSCAPED

BY FULBECK GARDEN DESIGNER GUY PETHERHAM, CREATING SWEEPING CURVED BEDS AND INTEREST AT DIFFERENT LEVELS...”

Left: The dining room with its bi-fold doors.

Above: Galleried landing of the master bedroom.

Bottom: The house has four bedrooms and three en suites.

n Heaths Barn is currently on the market with Fine & Country, High Street, Navenby LN5 0DZ. Call for details on 01522 287 008 or see www.fineandcountry.com.

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Garage Grunge Or

ATTIC ANTIQUES?

Ponders Golding Young & Mawer auctioneer Colin Young ‘Antiques in the attic’ is a term we are all aware of, where those undiscovered and hidden antiques are ‘found’ after years of neglect. The ensuing results never cease to amaze their owners, having been inconsequential for decades.

Sold for £5,000

Sold for £380

Sold for £420

Also hitting the headlines are ‘barn finds’ of classic cars, where a vehicle remains loved enough to avoid selling but remains a low priority as it gathers dust.

An area of collecting that is also overlooked with the exception of specialist collectors is what I term ‘garage grunge’.

This turned out to be a Europa, which had clearly broken down in the 1970’s and was just abandoned. When selling we ensured that the layer of dust was kept perfectly intact and undoubtedly helped it to realise £5,000.

Here is a selection of hidden finds that have graced the specialist automobilia sales at The Bourne Auction Rooms in recent times.

One such example I came across was in a 1970’s pre-fab concrete garage, which upon entry was hit by the magical name ‘Lotus’.

Many items such as old signage, tools and equipment that are discarded for a generation are well received when it hits the auction room.

n Colin Young MRICS - Colin is senior auctioneer with the Lincolnshire Firm Golding Young & Mawer, established in 1864 and is a BBC Bargain Hunt antiques expert.

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Kitchen

Solut ions...

Words: Rob Davis.

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- HOMES -

What single home improvement can add thousands to the value of your home, improve the way you live, work and cook whilst creating a space where the whole family can come together?

The answer is a new kitchen, and the solution is a Horncastle firm celebrating its 1,000th installation this year...

“A really good kitchen can transform the way a family lives their life,” say Daniel Johns & Guy Shufflebotham. The two should know, having spent over 15 years running their business, Kitchen Solutions, installing over 1,000 kitchens for clients across the whole of Lincolnshire.

This month, the pair are celebrating 15 years in the industry, having set up in 2001 in Louth, before moving to Horncastle 10 years ago to take advantage of a more central location.

Kitchen Solutions work in both period and modern properties, and with budgets of anything from £6,000 to £50,000.

“Ensuring the design of a kitchen is right for a client is more important than with any other room in the home,” says Daniel. >> Main: Featured here is an in-frame shaker kitchen from Kitchen Solutions’s 1909 range. It’s finished in two-tone charcoal and partridge grey, with Bianco Carrara and mable surfaces, a modern look, but one that will look stylish for years.

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>> “Not only are kitchens a bigger investment, requiring more tradespeople and entailing more disruption, but they’re spaces that have to function well, in addition to looking good.”

“The way we use our kitchens has changed a great deal over the years. They’re no longer just rooms in which to prepare food, but spaces where families socialise, dine together, work or do homework. That’s why there’s a trend towards living kitchens incorporating dining spaces and living room areas with sofas, coffee tables and TVs.” “It’s important to make the most use of an experienced kitchen designer, taking advantage of their ability to visualise how a space can suit your lifestyle and your family, and create a room that works well.”

“There are all sorts of tricks we use to ensure a space works well for a family, because we know that a well-planned kitchen is the space in which families will interact most.”

“In addition to our experience, we go out to see our clients to measure up accurately and get a feel for their needs, to really understand what they’re seeking from a new kitchen.”

“It’s an absolutely no-obligation, strictly no pressure visit, but from there we’re able to look at everything from technical feasibility to design to the budget, and create a full colour 3D plan. The client is then invited into the studio to view the plan, make further changes live on our system and view their kitchen as realistically as possible, from different elevations. Our system also enables us to create accurate costings.”

“We’ve over 60 doors, each available in around 24 colours, with the further ability to match any Farrow & Ball colour, plus a range of appliances from Neff - for whom we’re a Premier Dealer - sinks from Franke and modern features like Qooker boiling water taps.”

KITCHEN SOLUTIONS 15 Years: The firm has been established for 15 years, based in Horncastle since 2006.

1,000: Kitchen Solutions has installed over 1,000 kitchens during its lifetime.

Bathrooms & Bedrooms: The firm also installs bathrooms and bedrooms for customers.

“If a customer decides to go ahead, we project manage everything from building works to electrics, plumbing, gas, right down to tiling and decorating, coordinating them all and using experienced tradespeople that we trust to take the work away from the client.”

“We’ve installed about 1,000 kitchens, and we always have happy customers at the end of each project, which we’re really proud of.

It’s testimony to our desire to give our customers a room that looks great and works really well for them, one that’s planned and installed by experts. A good kitchen is like a good reputation; designed to last a lifetime. It’s our business to give our client both a great kitchen, and a great customer experience too.” n

“IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE MOST USE OF A GOOD KITCHEN DESIGNER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ABILITY TO VISUALISE HOW A SPACE CAN SUIT YOUR LIFESTYLE & CREATE A ROOM THAT WORKS WELL...”

Below: This painted country kitchen is finished in Alabaster, with a mixed material work surface.

Right: An in-frame shaker kitchen in pure white with timer surfaces, and inset range cooker.

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Kitchen Design Tips...

4 Work with an experienced kitchen designer for the best design input.

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can project manage and coordinate all of your different trades.

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n For a guaranteed pressure-free kitchen design consultation, visit Kitchen Solutions at Wharf Road, Horncastle LN9 5HL. Alternatively call 01507 522 000 or visit www.kitchensolutionslincsltd.co.uk.

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We all dream of a place in the sun. But construction businessman David Jagger, who comes from Woodhall Spa, turned that dream into reality with the creation of his second home in Florida.

A High Flying PROPERTY If you’re seeking a place in the sun, and a property investment, local businessman David Jagger has a compelling suggestion in the form of his Florida home which he’s offering for sale to a Lincolnshire based family...

Words & Images: Julie Fetko.

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“Professionally, I’ve alway been in the construction industry, but in my personal life I’ve a long-standing appreciation for planes,” says David. “I gained my pilot’s license in 1977 and would fly from a private airstrip I created near Woodhall.”

David’s interests in property and aviation intersected on a visit to Florida, where a friend had recently created a home on a plot known as Eagle’s Nest. Adjacent was a new development, the Mount Royal Airpark, and with his interest piqued, David purchased a plot and began to realise his dream of a property in the Florida sun.

“I purchased the land six years ago and had my architect in Lincolnshire draw up the plans for the perfect holiday home. It took around three months to build, and the result is a really wonderful holiday home that we’ve visited ever since.”

With fewer opportunities to travel abroad these days, David is offering the fully furnished property for sale, and believes it will appeal especially to former pilots and RAF personnel living in Lincolnshire and the surrounding area. The airpark’s 3,000ft paved runway provides easy access, and as the

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property, near Welaka, is located on St John’s River, it’s ideal for those with an interest in boating, too.

“The estate has over 100 homes; around half for permanent residents and half created as holiday homes. It’s a superb location not just in terms of the landscaping, with lush foliage and mature oak woodland, but because of its accessibility too.”

Left: Lincolnshire businessman David’s property was created in 2008 on the Mount Royal Airpark, with its aviation facilities. Above: The property comprises three bedrooms, two en suites, a living room, kitchen and screen room.

“The property is around an hour and a half to two hours from the attractions of Disneyworld, Cape Canaveral and Daytona, and only an hour or so from Orlando International airport. This ensures regular flights with Virgin via Manchester Airport.

David’s brief to his architect was to create a comfortable home with three bedrooms, two en suites, and a screen room for enjoying the Florida sunshine. A kitchen diner and lounge area provides plenty of additional living space whilst the creation of a hangar ensures that families and those with a special interest in aviation can make best use of its location.

“IT’S A GREAT PROPERTY BUT WITH FEWER CHANCES TO ENJOY IT, I’M PUTTING IT ONTO THE MARKET, AS A ‘PLACE IN THE SUN...’”

American Dream LIVING THE

“We’ve had RVs, boats and aircraft, and for those who want to establish a place in America it’s hard to imagine being anywhere better.

We’ve excellent neighbours called Buddy & Francis. They welcome us back when we visit.”

“It’s a great property but with fewer chances to enjoy it, I’m putting it onto the market, fully furnished, as seen here, and ready to move into.”

“It’d be lovely to think of a Lincolnshire family being able to enjoy it was much as we have, so in addition to marketing it over in the US, we want to spread the word a little over here, too, and would enjoy talking to anyone from the area who wants to enjoy their very own ‘place in the sun.’” n

Location: Mount Royal Airpark, Welaka, Florida.

Style: Modern holiday home on aviation park created in 2008.

Position: Around an hour and a half key attractions, e.g.: Disneyworld, Cape Canaveral, Universal Studios.

Property: Three bedrooms with en suite to master plus living kitchen and lounge, garage and hangar.

Guide Price: $349,000 (£230,000).

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From unique and thoughtful gifts, to impressive items for your home, a visit to Elizabeth & Stevens is always worth a visit, but with new deliveries of quirky items for Autumn, we particularly recommend a visit this month.

From large ironwork and gates or stone sculptures for larger properties to antique and reclaimed furniture, and sofas, right down to cushions, throws and the smallest finishing touches, the retailer has an eclectic mix of items.

If you’re looking for the perfect finishing touch for your room, an unusual gift for a friend or a way to add interest to your garden as part of your winter landscaping the retailer is certainly worth a visit!

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1. ‘To the Moon and Back’ battery powered illuminated hanging £35.

2. Cow hide from a selection £call.

3. Rule Britannia and Pug cushions £28/ea. 4. Boston Terrier in resin £24.50, approx 50cm. 5. Noir open bookcase measuring approx 2m x 3m £2,300. 6. Chanel and perfume prints on quality card, 30cm x 40cm

by Ros Shiers £24.99/ea. 7. Crystal and diamanté glasses £38.50/set four.

8. T-Rex replica wall mount in hand-painted resin £110, approx 50cm tall. 9. Bronze prancing horse £299. 10. Trio of clocks, not to scale, illuminated Westminster 1m dia, £375; faux metal numeral clock

45cm £23; chrome and metal Dublin clock £75. 11. Faux fur throw in silver £175.50. 12. Chesterfield sofa in charcoal vintage Italian leather 216cm x 70cm x 78cm £1,900.

13. Large cockerel, approx 1.5m tall, £164. 14. Stone lion, 2m long, for outdoor £call/pair. 15. GR/ER restored postboxes, various colours £call; postbox money box £15.

16. Resin parrot, UV protected for outdoor or indoor £145. 17. Antique dowry chest 117cm x 70cm x 78cm £1,500. 18. Leather/nickel hurricane lamp £50; timber hurricane lamp 57.50; XL candle with five wicks £49.99. n

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TIME for

- HENRIETTA CLAVERING -

Henrietta Clavering is the fine artist who has turned her hand to designing a range of beautiful fine bone china tableware & accessories inspired by her sketches done ‘en plein air’ in the surrounding landscapes and by the original artworks she creates in her Lincolnshire studio.

This month the local designer explains why fine art should marry with design and craft to create something beautiful to enjoy every single day...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

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>> Fine art shouldn’t be the exclusive preserve of the canvas. That’s the opinion of artist & designer Henrietta Clavering.

She’s brought together the time, processes and appreciation of form inherent in fine art, and combined these with traditional English craftsmanship to create a range of tableware for everyday use.

Above: Henrietta has collaborated with a Stoke on Trent pottery to produce three fine art inspired collections. Shown here are: Harthorne & Stapleford Pine large pasta bowls. £30/ea.

Having settled in Edinburgh, Henrietta attended Edinburgh College of Art, studying towards a degree in fine art, specialising in sculpture, later travelling to Nova Scotia College of Art & Design where she finished her BA and lived in the US before returning to the UK and moving to Lincolnshire in 2001.

“I’ve been working part time with Nigel Rhodes at his Stamford gallery, with a view to setting aside time to develop my fine art and design studio. I’m an artist first and foremost, and have always appreciated and been inspired by land artists and sculptors such as Richard Long, Richard Serra, Michael Heizer and painters such as Franz Kline.

I really enjoy sketching in the countryside as this is the process of directly observing and experiencing the shapes and forms in the landscape. I never work from a photograph but have to see it for myself.”

“I'd produced Hawthorn, a long charcoal drawing, over about a month or two. This has been the basis of my most successful design range ‘Harthorne’ and the original drawing came joint first in the Thoresby Open Call 2015. ”

“A friend encouraged me to use the art works for cards and I then experimented with cushions and tea towels before trying the Hawthorn image on a cup and saucer. In 2014 I launched a full range of six mix and match designs under my then name ‘Clavering Bespoke’ which got notice from Fortnum's & Heals and others.”

“This initial collection was designed on a very traditional dining set rather than for the modern family kitchen so I've spent the past

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Main: Henrietta sketches ‘en plein air,’ rather than working from a photograph.

Her designs are transferred to white and fired in kilns at the pottery works of Edwards & Lockett.

Left: Henrietta’s three ranges are Harthorne, Clavering Heritage and Stapleford Pine. Lidded Storage Jars £25/ea.

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>> two years finessing the collections, realising that the Harthorne and Stapleford designs were the most popular and that a simpler range with fewer variations and two slightly more cohesive styles - a modern coupe range with mugs, plates and pasta bowls, and a more traditional ‘rim’ range with large charger plates and bowls and cups & saucers - is a better interpretation of modern dining habits.

“I have three different designs at the moment that all sit beautifully with each other so you can mix and match them, or that work really well mixed with just plain white or plain coloured tableware. Stapleford Pine is inspired by the woods of the same name where I do many of my dog walks and the latest design to be introduced is my Clavering Heritage, which is based upon my company logo and family crest. This design captures for me, something quintessentially classic, timeless and British, all central aspects to my Fine Art & Design Studio 'Clavering'.

“I start with my sketching, taking in the big skies, perspectives and long shadows, the forms and details shaped by the elements in the landscape. I focus solely then on producing a large scale finished drawing in my studio, some of which are only sold as original artworks, or limited edition prints. Those that have potential to be shaped on to products then go through a design process and this is where I have a collaboration with Stoke.

Graham from Edwards & Lockett and myself then work on the layouts for the printing sheets. Through the traditional screen printing and transfer processes, the designs are then hand-decorated onto white ware. It’s really important to me, the provenance of these products, I’m certainly not designing in a mass market, big business way, though Stoke can easily produce in volume. It’s an artisan type business, bringing together art and craft and manufacturing; I want it to embody craftsmanship and originality; time over volume. That's the case not just with the original artwork but with its production too.

“I REALLY WANT MY PRODUCTS TO EMBODY VALUES OF TRADITION, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ORIGINALITY...”

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Left: Henrietta with her transfers, checking the designs which will be applied to her products.

Above: Items on display at the artist’s studio.

for your home

CLAVERING “English bone china is compromise-free. I use my own products day to day and they remain beautiful even when they go through the dishwasher twice a day. They’re supposed to be used, but they’re also supposed to bring fine art into the home and provide pleasure every day for those who appreciate, even in something you drink your tea from, the quality, effort and time that craftsmanship necessitates, and the reward it brings.”

“The priority has always been ensurintg the artwork remains dramatic, skilled and detailed, and that these elements transfer successfully onto the products. I want my art and designs to be enjoyed, and used for years to come!”

Fine Art: Originals, Limited Edition Prints & commissioned work.

Products: Dinner Coupe Plates £20/ea, Coupe Bowl £25/ea, large coupe side Plate £20/ea, dinner charger plate £37/ea, rim past bowl £30/ea, large rim side plate £20/ea, Mugs £15/ea, Breakfast Cups & Saucers £28/ea. Lidded storage jars £25/ea.

View & Order from: Clavering Fine Art & Design Studio, Elsmar Lodge, Beckingham LN5 0RF, by appointment). Call: 07833685093 or visit www.clavering.co.

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Summer is the season when most gardens look their best, so as we enter Autumn, most Lincolnshire gardens are looking a little tired and uninteresting.

However Ashfield House’s gardens in Branston are just about to show their true colours of fiery orange and glowing yellow through the leaves of the intriguing collection of trees...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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Ashfield House BRANSTON

A summer garden is alive with colour; pink, blue, purple and red bursts of nature line walled gardens and herbaceous borders, parterre gardens and cutting gardens across our very green county.

It’s of specific interest then, that a garden can be even more colourful at a different time of year, when the British weather isn’t as reliable and bright flowers are more of a rarity.

John and Judi Tinsley’s garden in Branston is alive in autumn with fiery orange, bright yellow and deep scarlet red. Their large collection of rather rare and unusual trees across ten acres of land, looks better in

“WE HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST AND LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF FLOWERING CHERRIES IN THE AREA, AND THEY LOOK FANTASTIC IN AUTUMN AND IN SPRING...”

autumn than it does in summer, sporting more colour too in its bronzed leaves.

The couple bought the property and the land in 1970, turning what was once a forest and barren landscape into the serene and heavenly garden it is today. John is the enthusiast and brains behind the Capability Brown-esque landscape.

“I have a real passion for nature and gardens,” says John. “I therefore have a passion for collecting plants that I’m particularly fond of.”

“We have one of the finest and largest collections of flowering cherries in the area, and they look fantastic in autumn and spring. The garden has 120 flowering cherries including 45-50 different varieties.

This started around 10 years ago, and they sport a superb colour from root to leaf. The bark on some of them is almost copper-like.”

In addition to the flowering cherry garden, there is a collection of old fashioned roses.

John wanted his garden to appeal in summer too, and he likes the roses for their beauty and their strong sweet scent.

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Above: The long driveway that leads to Ashfield House.

Right: John Tinsley as he showed me around the garden.

Top: Ashfield House.

Left: The lake in autumn, reflecting fiery colours on its surface.

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“The roses look their absolute best for three weeks in a year, usually in June or July. It’s just such a shame that it has rained so much this year, as it has dashed them to pieces.”

Hopefully the weather stays brighter next year for John’s rose garden especially on his National Gardens Scheme open day in June; it is the size of two tennis courts sectioned off by metal railings, a quintessentially British rose garden.

“I feel it’s very important to open the garden for charity,” says John. “It would be a shame not to share what we’ve created with the public, and we usually receive such a large amount of donations.”

Ashfield House raised £3,000 for the charity in total last year with an open day held in February proving to be very popular - it provided an opportunity for visitors to see the collection of snowdrops.

“The walk around the garden is just magical at any time of year, but especially autumn.

If it just so happens to be a day when the sun is out, the garden is a lovely sight to see.”

Some of the trees in John’s collection includes 22 acer varieties, a handkerchief tree - very rare - sequoiadendrum gigantium, cornus controversa - also known as the wedding cake tree for its layered look - and many more mature and more common trees like beech and fir.

PLANT of the MONTH Name: Pumpkin.

Description: The bright orange root vegetable we get every year for Halloween.

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As you walk further and further down the garden, away from the property, the amount of trees becomes more and more dense, as if you’re slowly walking into a forest.

The lake is a beautiful place to sit and look around the various variety of life John has collected, especially in autumn where the fiery colours reflect in the mirror-like water.

As you can imagine, John’s garden attracts a plethora of animals too. As he took me for a tour around the 10 acre garden, we spotted many different breeds of birds and two or three hares jumping through the hedgerows.

When you visit too, you can understand why so many animals are attracted to Ashfield House. It’s a haven for nature, and a beautiful thing to see.

You can visit the garden by appointment for a party of more than 10, or come to John and Judi’s open event on Sunday 23rd October.

“JOHN’S GARDEN ATTRACTS A NUMBER OF ANIMALS TOO. AS HE TOOK ME FOR A TOUR, WE SPOTTED MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS OF BIRDS AND A COUPLE OF HARES JUMPING THROUGH THE HEDGEROWS...”

Above: Ashfield House’s only herbaceous border is most beautiful in summer.

Top: Sequoiadendron gigantium pendulum.

Main: John also collects hydrangeas which you can see around the garden.

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Finish collecting seeds from the garden to sow next year.

October is really your last chance to mow lawns and trim hedges in mild areas.

It’s also the month to renovate old lawns or create new grass areas by laying turf.

Above: Harvest apples in Octob er as well as peas, grapes and nuts.

n For more information on our featured garden, please visit www.ngs.org.uk or call John on 07977 505682.

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FOR THIS EDITION’S FARM OF THE MONTH, WE VISITED COTE HILL FARM IN MARKET RASEN. THE FAMILY RUN FARM PRODUCES THE DELICIOUS COTE HILL BLUE CHEESE, SO WE SPOKE TO THE FARMER MICHAEL DAVENPORT TO DISCOVER HOW HE MAKES LINCOLNSHIRE’S ONLY SOFT CHEESE AND WHAT HE THINKS THE FARMING INDUSTRY WILL LOOK LIKE IN OCTOBER...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson. Photos: Paul Saxby.

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>> Last month we had a roundup of the county’s best local produce. From Lincolnshire plum loaf to our renowned sausage, we live up to the title of the county that feeds the country.

On that list, there was a large number of locally made cheese. Lincolnshire Poacher and Cote Hill Blue top the list, with Poacher being a hard cheese similar to cheddar or alpine cheese, and Cote Hill Blue being the only soft cheese made in Lincolnshire.

It’s such an interesting process so we visited Cote Hill Farm in Market Rasen to get more of an understanding.

Michael Davenport, the farmer at Cote Hill, has been milking cows for over 40 years now.

Over the years milk has become more of a commodity which has meant that when over supplied the milk price crashes. Farming a 184 acre farm with 80 cows and one farmer was not big enough to compete with large scale production.

“My wife Mary was a primary school teacher at the time, and her income was the only income supporting us,” says Michael.

“I knew I needed to add value to my product, so I embarked on a cheese making course.”

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fect the final product, hence why there are so many different kinds of cheese. On the course, we experimented with many soft cheese like feta and camembert, and my tutor allowed me to take the recipes home.”

Michael knew about milk, he knew how bacteria behaved, and how it needed nurturing.

He bought a 200 litre vat and produced his first batch in January 2005. His first attempt was the same recipe he uses today. The professionals told him that this was a truly incredible achievement, with most cheese

THE PRODUCT Cote Hill Blue’s pate has a rich, creamy quality, rather like Camembert, and due to the cellar-maturation, the rind develops natural blooms, imbuing the interior roqueforti moulds with a distinct earthy, mushroomy quality. This is a new style of British blue.

In the summer, cattle graze on pastures rich in clover and in the winter they are fed with a mix of silage and haylage.

makers managing to get the perfect formula six months after experimenting.

“I decided to wrap the cheese in waxed paper, which made the product quite unique; most soft cheeses were wrapped in foil at the time. It meant the cheese would ripen like camembert.”

More than 10 years on, and the farm now produces around 18 tonnes of cheese a year, using 1000 litres a day Monday-Thursday.

Mary, Michael’s wife, worked as a part time primary school teacher and decided she liked cheese making more so became a full time member of staff in 2006.

Soon enough, business was booming, and it fully relied on Mary’s work. The couple wanted to keep it a family-run business so they sent letters to their four sons explaining they now made cheese. Two had successful careers working in London and declined the offer, but Joe said he would love to, and soon Ross joined the family business too.

Michael works on milking the cows more nowadays, but also employs a herdsman so he can focus on running the farm from the office taking care of accounts.

Two local girls, Kat and Angela, work on wrapping, waxing and cheese management, and the small team of just seven, make the

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The Farmer’s COLUMN

MICHAEL DAVENPORT TOLD US HIS PREDICTIONS OF WHAT THE FARMING INDUSTRY WILL LOOK LIKE IN OCTOBER...

“Farming is going through a tough time at the moment. All produce, be it grain, beef or milk, is being oversupplied, largely down to new developments in technology and intensive farming. This means the price of beef, milk and grain has reduced greatly. It’s a very challenging environment.”

“Economies of scale is needed, so small farms just aren’t coping with the competition. They either need to grow in size or add value to their product.”

selection of cheeses Yellow Bellies love.

Cote Hill cheeses include Cote Hill Blue, Cote Hill Red, Cote Hill Yellow (or Yellow Belly), Cote Hill White, Lindum.

Cote Hill Blue is the most time consuming.

The milk is taken from the cows udders in the milking parlour and pumped straight into the cheese vats. A coagulant is added to turn the milk into a jelly like substance. Joe will then cut the jelly into fairly large pieces of curd to retain the most amount of moisture for the soft cheese. Then Mary and Ross drain the whey and scoop the curds out, putting them into cheese moulds.

“Cote Hill Blue is the most time-consuming as you have to turn the cheese to make sure you don’t get a soggy bottom, and pierce it to get the blue veins running through,” says Michael. “Salt is rubbed into the surface and left for 24 hours. It is turned every three days and pierced to promote blue growth over a three week period, after which it is wrapped in waxed paper.”

Cote Hill Yellow, a soft creamy cheese with a mellow flavour, is brined for seven hours before it’s coated in a distinctive yellow wax.

It is matured for two months. It was first called Yellow Belly cheese, because of its connections to Lincolnshire, its colour and its shape (like a belly), but the couple were

afraid that when the cheese was sold outside of Lincolnshire consumers wouldn’t understand the term Yellow Belly.

Cote Hill Red is a semi hard cheese. It is coated soon after brining with its special red plastic coating. It matures for three months.

Cote Hill White is a soft fresh lactic cheese which is best eaten young. It has a delicate, light texture and subtle lemony flavour.

“In the dairy industry, there was an oversupply last year and an undersupply this year with it being quite a wet summer with no sun; grass quality wasn’t as high so less milk is produced.”

“Prices are now stabilising and I predict

by October, there won’t be any change, as the oversupply last year meant more powdered skimmed milk and butter was made, making up for the undersupply.”

Cote Hill Lindum is a washed rind cheese developed by Joe. It has a firm texture and is washed in local Tom Woods beer. The rind washing helps prevent unwanted moulds and encourages the growth of brevibacterium linens which gives the cheese its naturally pink orange rind, a strong aroma and long depth of flavour. It recently won a Gold medal and also the Best New Cheese at the 2014 British Cheese Awards.

Top: Joe tests the temperature of the milk before adding the coagulant, cuts the jelly-like milk into curds, then Mary and Ross empty the curds into cheese moulds.

Right: Michael Davenport.

The Davenports’s cheese is sold across Lincolnshire in Co-operative stores. It’s also sold in the Cheese Society shop in Lincoln and the Cheese Shop in Louth.

Various farm shops across the county sell it, Pilgrim Foods supply it to various restaurants, and they have good coverage in Scotland and London as its sold in La Fromagerie.

The 80 cow herd of Friesian, Holstein and Red Poll cows produce 600,000 litres per

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WHERE TO BUY Cote Hill Cheese is best eaten at room temperature. It’s delightful baked or used in lasagne and yellow sits well as a pizza topping. The cheese is sold in the following Lincolnshire stores:

annum. Milk that is not required for cheese making is sold to Muller Dairies. Recently the Davenports have started selling raw milk direct from their ‘Shed Shop’.

A day on the farm starts at 6am when Michael gets the cows into the milking parlour from the fields. At 6.30am, they start milking, and the milk is pumped through pipes straight into the vats where Mary is waiting to test the temperature. The milk has to constantly be kept at 24 degrees Celsius for the bacteria.

The bacteria feeds on the lactose in the milk converting it to lactic acid. They don’t pasteurise the milk so the identity of the milk is retained. At 7am, Michael’s son Joe comes in to help his mother Mary.

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As the milk sets like jelly, they then separate the curds and whey.

This process continues until around 1pm when they start working on the finished products, piercing the blue, turning the various cheeses, giving the yellow its brine bath, and wrapping and waxing the cheese.

The waxing is a strange process. It took Mary a few hours to get it right! The wax is melted in a deep fat fryer, before the cold cheese is dipped in, half at a time.

After my tour of the farm, Michael kindly gave me some samples, and I thoroughly recommend Cote Hill Blue! We’re so lucky to have produce like this on our doorstep, so make sure to visit one of the shops on the right of this page in time for Christmas!

No.6 Deli, Lincoln

Manor Farm Shop, Swineshead

Lincolnshire Co-op most branches Stamford Cheese Cellar, Stamford

Sunny Side Up Farm Shop, Market Rasen The Cheese Shop, Louth

Hall Farm Park, South Kelsey

Uncle Henry’s Farm Shop, Gainsborough The Pink Pig, Scunthorpe

Syston Park Fruit Farm Shop, Grantham Myers Quality Bakers, Horncastle The Milk Shed, Cote Hill Farm Johnsons Farm Shop, Boston The Cheese Society, Lincoln

Newells Of Brigg Delicatessen, Brigg The Welbeck Farm Shop, Worksop Lancaster Butchers, Market Rasen

n For more info, call Michael and Mary on 01673 828481 or visit www.cotehill.com.

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Love is in the AIR

Words: Tilly Wilkinson. Photographer: Karl Abbott from Pinpoint Media, www.pinpointmediagroup.co.uk, 01522 306114.

meet our COUPLE Emily is a team co-ordinator in the contract query department for a national printer leasing company and Dean works as the general manager of a national sports and fitness chain.

Emily is from Lincoln and Dean is from North London. They met in 2008 abroad in Greece where they were both working over the summer definitely not the place you would expect to find your future husband or wife but somehow it worked for the two, who married in June!

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We always love looking at weddings where the reception is held in a marquee; the photos are bright and beautiful with plenty of natural light, and they’re decorated to perfection.

However we’ve never seen a wedding like Emily and Dean’s at Kenwick Park, where the actual ceremony is held outside, with a stunning red carpet aisle.

“Dean proposed in Paris in 2014 and it was a total shock as I had actually booked the trip as a birthday present for him,” says Emily. “He managed to get the perfect ring ordered and delivered just in time for the trip and proposed in our hotel room looking out at the Eiffel Tower lights twinkling.”

“We started planning it about a year after our engagement and the first thing we booked was our venue. Kenwick Park

(www.kenwick-park.co.uk, 01507 608806) had a beautiful outdoor pavilion in stunning grounds, and we always knew we wanted to get married outdoors. From there we started looking at the other larger elements such as cake, a theme, photography and rings.”

“My dress was a fitted lace Mark Lesley gown with a long layered train, slight beading on the waist and a V-shaped low back. I knew I wanted lace and that a fitted style would suit me so from there, I tried on around 10 dresses and said yes to this dress straight away; I knew it was the one!”

“Our flowers were put together by a family friend and she did an amazing job - my five bridesmaids and I had a bouquet of cream roses and gypsophila tied with hessian. The groomsmen had cream rose corsages and we also had fresh flowers on each table.”

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“Our cake was a three-tier square sponge with grey and white icing surrounded by 100 cupcakes. For our theme we wanted to go classic but still current so we opted for a pale slate grey with the bridesmaids in grey strapless gowns and the groomsmen in dark blue suits with a grey tie.”

“Our venue decoration was grey and white, we had grey tinned scented candles made as our wedding favours and miniature Eiffel Towers as the place name holders to tie in with where we got engaged.”

“The day itself all went really quickly; Dean was waiting in the pavilion with his two best men, and I could see him out of the window of the room that I got ready in that morning and watched all our guests take their seats, so at that point I was nervous.”

“As I walked down the stairs and heard the music start, my nerves calmed and I couldn’t wait to see everyone!”

“We both agree that the vows themselves seem a bit of a blur looking back but we managed to get our words out and rings on our fingers so it must have gone well!”

“The reception was incredible. Amazing food, lots of wine and great memories of looking around the room at all our friends and family having such a good time.”

“We cut the cake after dinner and had a BBQ in the evening. We also hired a photobooth to entertain our guests which was great fun.”

“We set up a honeymoon gift list where instead of our wedding guests bringing gifts, they could contribute towards sending us on our trip. It proved a very popular idea and we have recently booked our honeymoon.”

“We are going to Thailand in November for two weeks where we will be visiting temples, elephant trekking and relaxing on beautiful beaches - we cannot wait!”

“I would like to thank all of our suppliers, the wedding venue and their staff for helping bring all of our ideas together and putting us at ease on the day.”

“We also would like to thank all of our friends and family for attending and making the day so special. It really was the best day and we wish we could do it all over again.”

Photographer: Karl Abbott from Pinpoint Media, www.pinpointmediagroup.co.uk, 01522 306114.

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“Dean was waiting in the pavilion and I could see him out of the window of the room that I got ready in that morning, so at that point I was very nervous...”

Top: The guests outside in front of the pavilion after the marriage.

Left: Emily’s gown was a Mark Lesley dress with a long layered train, slight beading on the waist and a V-shaped low back.

Below: Emily with her newlywed Dean and his two best men.

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- FASHION -

Fashion in the Field: Charlotte wears a Joules three quarter length Riviera dress with grey stripe £34.95, a Joules Mayfair bag in dark tan £99.95 and accessorises the dress with a Joules Wensley scarf £19.95.

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AUTUMN As summer turns to autumn, we’re looking forward to a beautiful colour palette both in the natural world, and as we create our new season wardrobe. Whether you work or play in the countryside, you’ll find warm, stylish fashions at Brigg’s Thomas Bell Country Store...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

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- FASHION -

Whether you work, play or just live in the countryside, cultivating a wardrobe of stylish, warm, practical clothing is essential, as Brigg’s Thomas Bell Country Store knows only too well.

The company is hosting its new season fashion show on 28th September, from 6pm, but for a sneak preview, we raided the retailer’s cache of new stock and enlisted Charlotte and Harry to model clothing from names like Joules and Barbour.

Our shoot took place on a rather damp August morning, but both of our models remained warm and looked great all day, thanks to outfits well-chosen by Alice Ladlow.

With over 10,000sq ft of space, over 130 years of provenance in the county, and all you need for your equestrian, pet or smallholding interests, as well as technical and fashion oriented country clothing, Thomas Bell’s range of clothing will ensure you look great, stay warm and enjoy the very best the country has to offer all season long. n

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Opposite Page, Main: Harry wears a Joules Townhouse blazer in blue marl £149, beige Joules Stretton chino trousers £59.95 and a Joules Wilby shirt in cream check £59.95 (seen in inset image).

This Page, Main Image/Below: Charlotte wears a Bleaklow wax jacket £249 with Clover beige crew neck jumper £79.95 with Triplebar shirt £59.95 and Tattersall scarf in rosewood £34.95, all by Barbour.

Bottom: Joules umbrellas in dark pink floral print and navy dog designs £21.95/ea.

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- FASHION -

Main: Charlotte wears a Joules all weather waterproof jacket in navy £129, Monroe skinny jeans by Joules £59.95 and the company’s Lucie shirt in cream/check £44.95.

Below: Joules ladies Westbourne Chelsea boot in dark brown £130.

Bottom: Trio of wellies, Barbour Jarrow ladies wellies in burgundy (also available in navy) £69.95), Tempest wellies in olive, available for ladies or men £99.95, and Ariat storm stopper wellies for ladies shown in navy, also available in brown £109.95.

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Main: Harry wears a Barbour Essential lambswool v-neck jumper in merlot £69.95 over a Barbour Astwell shirt in merlot £49.95. Barbour Bullfinch quilted jacket £169, also pictured above.

Top: Barbour Readhead shoes in tan £124.95

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- FASHION Main: Harry wears a Joules Rutland gilét in coal £69.95, over Joules Heyday jumper in pebble grey £59.95, and Joules Stretton chinos in fig £59.95.

Below: Barbour Hardwick plaid scarf in navy check £34.95.

Find Out More: Featured items are available from Thomas Bell Country Store’s Country Clothing department, Bigby Rd, Brigg DN20 8RA. Tel: 01652 600690. www.facebook.com/ thomasbellcountrystore.

The firm will host its autumn fashion show on Wednesday 28th September, from 6pm - admission is free.

Above: Persol and Prada designer glasses frames from O’Briens Opticians of Wrawby St, Brigg; call 01652 653595 or see www.obriensopticians.co.uk.

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- HMT ST HUGH’S HOSPITAL, GRIMSBY -

Back in the Saddle

If this summer’s Olympic games in Rio have proven anything it’s the incredibly fine tolerances athletes are subject to in order to maximise their performance. An injury can be catastrophic, and can cause long term harm to a professional’s performance unless treated well, and in such a way as to ensure as little recovery time as possible. Here, local cyclist Russell Downing discusses his recovery from a serious knee injury and his treatment at Grimsby’s HMT St Hugh’s Hospital...

Cyclist Russell Downing has enjoyed a successful career, with his biggest victories coming in the form of the 2010 Tour de Wallonie and the 2009 Tour of Ireland.

Having cycled for Team Sky, Endura Racing and Cult Energy Pro Cycling Team, the English cyclist is now a rider and mentor at the UCI continental cycling team JLT Condor.

However, like most dedicated athletes, Russell has suffered a number of unfortunate injuries throughout his career. Following a recent knee injury, Russell was forced to take some time off the bike to make a full recovery, so attended HMT St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby for medical treatment and support.

We recently caught up with Russell and Mr Pacheco, an orthopaedic surgeon at HMT St Hugh’s, to discuss the cycling injury.

Can you tell us what happened?

R: I had a crash, probably in August time last year, and was under other riders and bikes, so felt my knee was under a lot of pressure. I just knew something wasn’t quite right. The injury didn’t come over me right away; it was just swollen more than anything, but I could tell something wasn’t quite right, which led me to visiting HMT. Mr Pacheco, you performed Russ’s MRI and arthroscopy. Could you tell us a little more about his injury and the procedure?

Mr Pacheco: Russ sustained a tear of the shock absorbing cartilage (meniscus) in the inner aspect of his knee following an accident whilst racing. This is the commonest knee injury in athletes, mainly football players. Russ underwent an MRI scan to confirm the diagnosis, followed by keyhole surgery to his

knee (arthroscopy) and trimming of the shock absorbing cartilage (meniscus). After the surgery, Russ was allowed to walk as comfortable and could return to the bike two weeks after surgery to avoid de-conditioning.

How did the injury affect your performance?

R: After the injury in August, I got through the season, but I couldn’t get much power.

The pain felt a bit like toothache, really. My right leg is usually my strongest, so I was having to use my left leg a lot more. It has probably done me some good, actually, because that leg is now stronger.

“AFTER A KNEE INJURY, RUSSELL ATTENDED HMT ST HUGH’S HOSPITAL IN GRIMSBY FOR TREATMENT...”

Surgery can be a little daunting. Could you both explain how you prepared for the operation?

R: I finished the season, and around October time I went to a consultation.

At first we thought the injury was healing, but the MRI soon found I had a folded meniscus, which had tried to heal but had started catching on the kneehole. So I had to have keyhole surgery to trim it.

Once the surgery was over, I thought it was quite surprising that I could walk on it.

Mr Pacheco really did an unbelievably neat job and I was back on my bike in around eight or 10 days.

Mr Pacheco: The best preparation for surgery is an understanding of the injury, the surgery proposed and the expectations following surgery. I like to show patients their X-rays and MRI scans so they have an understanding of the injury and the proposed surgery. In my experience, it is also beneficial for patients to speak to physiotherapists and other patients that have suffered similar injuries and undergone surgery.

To achieve the best results, the surgeon needs to be confident the patient will follow the rehabilitation protocol, and the patient needs to be confident with the surgeon.

This is achieved during the pre-operative consultation, when the diagnosis and surgery is explained and the patient has the opportunity to ask questions.

Could you describe the treatment HMT provided to aid Russell’s recovery?

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cartilage in the inner aspect of his knee.

This is a day case procedure and Russ was discharged on the same day and allowed to mobilise fully weight bearing.

The results of keyhole for the treatment of meniscus tears is very successful, and the rehabilitation period varies between four and 12 weeks; initially to regain the range of movement and reduce the swelling, followed by specific physio to regain muscle mass.

What are the benefits of joint surgery at HMT?

R: I’d have to say the professionalism from HMT. I could book a last minute MR scan, which aren’t easy to come by, and I had it in just a few days of booking. Mr Pacheco really was great. I think it’s different to treat sportsmen than ordinary patients, because they can be hard to work with. We have races to train for, whilst patients are sometimes happy to relax ahead of surgery. I think Mr Pacheco understands more, though, because he’s a cyclist himself. So he really understood my urgency to get back on the bike.

Mr Pacheco: HMT St Hugh’s Hospital provides an excellent service, from easy access to consultation to diagnosis and treatment. Patients have access to specialist surgeons and most investigations will be performed at HMT St Hugh’s Hospital.

The surgery will also take place at St Hughs, which is equipped with excellent facilities.

What can a patient expect from the joint surgery recovery process?

R: I think a normal person might feel pain, but a sportsmen just brushes it off. I think there’s a comfort in knowing Mr Pacheco is on the other end of the phone or email. It’s good to know there is someone there to help, if I need it.

For example, I was expected to see him after four weeks, but I couldn’t because I was in Australia. So he said to me if I didn’t have to see him during that time then that’s a good thing. Just knowing you have someone can sometimes be enough to put your mind at ease, which can help with the recovery.

Mr Pacheco: Following keyhole surgery, the patient can expect to mobilise fully weight bearing in most cases, depending on the findings during surgery. The knee will be swollen and uncomfortable between four and 12 weeks, but a range of movement exercises are encourage from day one.

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“HMT ST HUGHS HOSPITAL PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT SERVICE, FROM EASY ACCESS TO CONSULTATION TO DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT...” sports, such as running, football and rugby, should be avoided for six to eight weeks.

How common are joint complaints with cyclists

R: Cycling can actually be an injury-free sport. The reason I suffered a knee injury was because my leg was pushed behind me during the crash, because of the impact of cyclists and bikes on top of me. Riders are often more prone to collar bone or wrist fractures due to impact.

Top: Cyclist Russell Downing was treated at the Grimsby hospital. Top/Right: The hospital supports a number of cycling initiatives. Right: One of the hospital’s state of the art operating theatres.

In fact, riders are told if you’re going to crash that you should try not to put your hands out, because that’s what causes the injuries.

Mr Pacheco: Knee complaints are common amongst athletes and sports people.

The knee is the most commonly injured joint during sports, and meniscal injuries (shock absorbing cartilage) are the most common injury in the knee.

Cyclists are not an exception and knee injuries are one of the most common injuries, only surpassed by fractures from falling off the bike.

What would you say to anyone who has suffered a knee injury and is considering HMT?

Mr Pacheco: HMT St Hugh’s provides an excellent service to athletes and sports people. They can be seen within 2-3 days and investigations, including an MRI scan, can be performed within a week followed by a speedy surgery, if required.

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I specialised in knee surgery and sports injuries. I have concentrated my field of expertise in knee surgery and don’t perform surgery on any other joints. I regularly treat football players up to international and championship level, professional cyclists, rugby players, triathletes, tennis players, motorbike riders, etc.

I understand how elite and amateur riders dedicate their lives to sport, with countless hours of training and lifestyle changes to achieve results.

Injuries can be devastating and they require prompt diagnosis and treatment, so they can perform at their maximum level and avoid de-conditioning.

HMT St Hugh’s and myself will try to reach a diagnosis as soon as possible, and treat if required so they can be on the road to recovery as soon as possible to achieve the goals set at the beginning of the season.

R: Go for it. My recovery was unbelievable.

I was straight in and it was a really smooth experience. For me to get back on my bike

after such a short space of time was amazing.

I was just starting to train, so to be in that quick and back on the bike by December was ideal.

To lose about eight days during training was really no stress at all; it probably even helped with my training to rest.

HMT regularly supports a number of cycling clubs, such as NEL Lindsey Go-Ride, HMT Academy, Podium Ambition and JLT Condor.

How vital do you think their support is to budding, amateur and professional riders?

R: The team has been sponsored by HMT for many years.

If there was ever even the smallest complaint, we were encouraged to let them know and they would see you the day after, instead of waiting weeks with an NHS hospital. It is vital for a sportsmen, really.

You can go to HMT and lose days or you can visit the NHS and lose four weeks of training. We feel quite privileged to be supported by them! n

HMT ST HUGH’S Peaks Lane, Grimsby About: A ‘not-for-profit’ independent 31 bedroom hospital with two state-of-the-art theatres, access to 90 consultants, plus X-ray and CT suite.

Access: NHS ‘Choose & Book,’ insurance or self-pay pathways.

Specialisms: Orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology General Surgery, cosmetic surgery and urology.

Contact: St Hugh’s Hospital Peaks Lane, Grimsby DN32 9RP, Tel: 01472 251100, or see www.hmthospitals.org/st-hughs.

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DIFFERENCE

In the medical profession qualifications are highly revered. The more letters after your doctor’s, consultant’s or dentist’s name, the better. But if they haven’t got a good bedside manner, can’t show empathy or don’t give their patients their full attention, you are left feeling their care is lacking.

At the Dental Health Centre in Grantham our team works hard to give patients a fantastic service. We are proud of our team’s outstanding clinical expertise and the way they care for patients.

When we receive testimonials and reviews from our patients they always comment on our welcoming front of house team, the sympathetic approach taken by our clinical team and the fact that the dentists and hygienists take plenty of time to explain procedures in a patient-friendly, easy to understand way. It is the experience they have had with us that matters.

Here are just a few of their comments…

“They are absolutely brilliant – my teeth have been transformed. The décor is lovely and the whole practice is

relaxing and calm. They are also very, very patient. It’s not just the dentistry that’s fantastic. As soon as you walk in you can tell that the staff are happy to come to work, as they are delightful. The whole team, from the front of house team, including Paula and Tracey, to the dentists, are so lovely. My hygienist Julie is wonderful too and the dental nurses are so reassuring. And it’s not just me saying this, as you hear it from everyone. I am so happy to have found them.”

“The team is fantastic and they know who I am. I’m not just a number here and although Dr Sutton is very busy, I can always get a convenient appointment. You get a very personal service - you really do get what you pay for.”

“The staff are so warm and friendly and they greet you by name. Colin Sutton has been marvellous. He’s very professional and friendly but keeps a professional distance. I’m thrilled to bits that I’ve found a dentist who listens to me, my fears and my concerns and treats me accordingly.”

To experience dental care with a difference, please contact the Dental Health Centre in Grantham 01476 594480 or visit our website to find out more.

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For great customer service and a thorough eye examination that can help you look after your general health, Brigg’s O’Briens Opticians has nearly 37 years of provenance in the market town. Sheeraz Janjua says he’s aiming to ensure that caring for your vision has never been more convenient...

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- EYECARE -

“It’s all about commitment,” says Sheeraz Janjua. “We’re committed to delivering not only the latest technology during our eye examinations, and the latest luxury eyewear from leading brands, but to making a commitment to giving our patients the very best service possible, too.”

“We want our patients to be known as a name, not a number, and we ensure they see the same optometrist and the same staff members whenever they visit the practice.”

“In addition, we’re ensuring that we offer Saturday appointments for vision tests and home examinations too with our own domiciliary optician.”

“Our practice has the latest technology like our optical scanner, which indicates not only the condition of your vision, but your general health, too. A pursuit of technology also extends to the lenses and frames we stock too.”

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design your GLASSES Bespoke spectacle frames ensure that style has never been more personal.

“Our latest range of vari-focal lenses ensures we can provide specialist glasses with manufacturers like Seiko, Nikon and Zeiss.

Lenses are thinner and lighter than ever, whilst our range of frames includes designer options from brands like Prada, Bulgari and Ray Ban, plus newer brands like Face à Face.”

“In addition, we’ve two exceptional brands of bespoke rimless frame systems, Flair and Silhouette. Both of these enable to you choose the size and shape of your lenses then build your own look with a number of arms and bridges, even incorporating materials like 18ct gold and Swarovski crystals.”

O’Brien’s latest range of luxury eyewear is Flair.

The system ensures you can choose your lenses, from standard, bi- or vari-focal, variants, then design a totally bespoke lens.

Choose the size, shape and curvature to suit the shape of your face, then choose from a range of arms and bridges in a multitude of colours incorporating luxurious silver, 18ct gold or Swarovski crystals to create a totally unique look.

“Technology in our industry has never been more available, but it’s no substitute for good old fashioned customer service. We look after our customers, and go the extra mile for them, and we think that’s why they return to us time after time.”

n O’Brien’s Opticians is based at 43-44 Wrawby St, Brigg DN20 8BS, telephone 01652 653595 or see www.obriensopticians.co.uk for more information.

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MORGAN’S NEW THREE WHEELED CAR REPRESENTS A RETURN TO THE DESIGN OF ITS 1930s VEHICLES, BUT WITH A MODERN TWIST. PICTURED HERE IS THE LATEST ECO-FRIENDLY ELECTRIC CAR TO REACH THE MARKET. PARADOXICALLY, IT’S A VEHICLE THAT HARKS BACK TO THE PAST, WHILST LOOKING TO THE FUTURE...

Words: Rob Davis.

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Old dog... new tricks. The Morgan Motor Company was founded in 1909. More than a century later, though, it hasn’t modernised its lineage with the ubiquitous hatchback, small family car, large company car and SUV. Rather, the company has remained faithful to its heritage, producing hand-made cars from its Worcestershire headquarters roadsters, mostly with four wheels and two seats, Ford sourced engines and traditional hand-worked metal shells over ash wood frames.

Making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, though, was a new model which is both decidedly retro, but thoroughly modern, too.

Granted, you’ll either love it or hate it, and it’s hardly a practical family car, but to us, its quirkiness makes it a compelling prospect as something fun to keep in the garage.

Available to order from this quarter, you’re looking at the Morgan EV3. It’s as traditional as any model in the company’s portfolio, an open top roadster with a decidedly minimalist cabin, few concessions to modern motoring and its wooden chassis.

It’s also short of a wheel. The firm produced its V-Twin three-wheel models from 1911, then made its ‘F-Series’ three-wheel models from 1932-1952, before adding an extra wheel in its 4/4 (four wheel; four cylinder) model, which is still on sale today, albeit in a more modern incarnation.

The EV3 has just one seat, an offset driving position and a single off-centre headlight flanked by two side lights. It’s there that the car’s pretence of tradition ends though.

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That’s because, despite its appearance as a car for those who smoke pipes and wear flat caps and tinker in sheds, the EV3 is, as its name suggests, an electric car with a thoroughly modern drivetrain.

The EV3 car pictured is currently in its pre-production phase, with final specifications due to be finalised. We know, though, that underneath the car’s tubular space-frame chassis will be a 20KWh lithium battery, with a 46kW motor which drives a single rear wheel.

Usually electric cars have significant kerb weights, but at less than 500kg (a more conventional Ford Fiesta, by comparison, weighs double that), the Morgan will reach 60mph in less than nine seconds. That’s nippy, rather than record-breaking, as is the top speed of 90mph. However, with one wheel ‘missing,’ and a more pared-back >>

“THE EV3 HAS JUST ONE SEAT, AND AN OFFSET DRIVING POSITION...”

Top/Right: The EV3 has a digital dashboard and automatic transmission.

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THE UK’S BEST SELLING CARS The half-year sales figures are in for the UK’s new car market. The first six months of 2016 have seen record sales thanks to the continued trend for personal contract plans (PCP) and lease agreements which see drivers renewing their cars every three years.

Over 1,420,000 new cars were registered in the first half of the year, with the sale of diesel cars up 2.3% and petrol cars up by 3%. Sales of alternatively fuelled cars - electric or hybrid vehicles grew by an impressive 21.3%, bolstered by generous tax concessions in the company vehicle sector.

As is to be expected, small hatchbacks are the most popular classification of vehicles, and Ford & Vauxhall the most popular manufacturers with the most cars sold and the greatest number of models in the top ten.

The UK’s most popular SUV is the Nissan Qashqai, available as a two or four wheel drive vehicle, whilst the best selling executive car is Mercedes’s C-Class, available as a saloon, estate, coupé or convertible.

If sales remain healthy, 2016 will break the record established by 2015 for the most number of cars sold in a year, since records began.

The UK’s Top Ten New Cars :

1. Ford Fiesta (pictured): 71,823 cars sold.

2. Vauxhall Corsa: 47,962 cars sold.

3. Ford Focus: 43,625 cars sold.

4. Volkswagen Golf: 42,096 cars sold.

5. Nissan Qashqai: 38,183 cars sold.

6. Vauxhall Astra: 33,345 cars sold.

7. Volkswagen Polo: 32,112 cars sold.

8. Mini Hatchback: 26,553 cars sold.

9. Vauxhall Mokka: 25,783 cars sold.

10. Mercedes C-Class: 25,084 cars sold.

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>> driving experience, it’s likely that it’ll feel faster than raw figures suggest, and it’s unlikely you’ll be daring or foolhardy enough to demand more performance, either.

With a range of over 150 miles, and no hybrid petrol engine to provide the reassurance of an alternative means of propulsion if you stray too far from a recharging point, long-haul trips will have to be planned carefully. Having said that, with the low-slung driving position, open air motoring experience and exhilaration typically associated with any Morgan model, you’re unlikely to find a car that’s more exciting. Morgan did release a petrol three-seater of the EV3 in 2011/2012, which is still on sale for around £30,000.

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feedback, but entirely incomparable to either two-seater motorcycles or four-wheeled cars.

With no press or production-models yet available, it’ll be impossible even for motoring journalists to get into the cockpit of an EV3, and equally impossible to speculate how the driving experience differs with an electric powertrain. Anticipate punchy performance though, as electric cars always enjoy an immediate delivery of torque compared to petrol engined cars.

We’d be surprised if the cost of the car was less than £52,000, which is a lot for a car with little in the way of creature comforts.

You’ll probably need to factor in a helmet to protect you from road debris, too. But if you’re the kind of driver who values the thrill of the open road, and you’re prepared to stand out, the EV3 is a thrilling prospect! n

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Crosswords CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Test your lateral thinking skills with this month’s Cryptic Crossword. Each puzzle has a set of perplexing clues to unravel, and as every lover of logic knows, the frustration is all part of the fun!

ACROSS

1. Intrusive ads showing dad dancing, maybe, with son (3-3) 4. Hit parade captures heart of the one rejected by her stepson (7) 9. Jazz star torn apart – she killed herself (9) 10. Try to hold distinctive movement device (5) 11. Lecher acted like an MP with time reduced? (5) 12. Finch’s wild statement (9) 13. Was too prone to apply veneer? (7) 15. Bike twisted round barrel, as might be found in well (6) 17. PC sort of old washer (6) 19. Oscar’s sort of thing: backing horse, herding swine (7) 22. Deodorised free-range hens feed across river (9) 24. Sloth possibly inhaling argon gas (5) 26. It appears here, chapter heading with bullets reversed (5) 27. Truck, comparatively blue, carries weight (3-6) 28. Lincoln’s habit of putting everything into the other things? (4,3) 29. Want symbolic home to have entrane changed (6)

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1. Emotionally and mentally stable (4-8) 9. Motor vehicle — languished (5) 10. Long tapering ags (7) 11. Cause pain to (4) 12. Old member of the family — no traces (anag) (8) 14. Doctor Who’s time machine (6) 15. Buy back (6) 18. Feign sickness to avoid work. (8) 20. Amaze (4) 22. Itinerant (7) 23. Unit of weight of gemstones (5) 24. Reduced to the bare essentials (8,4)

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2. Ruler (7) 3. Youngsters (4) 4. Taking 8 (6) 5. Surplus to requirements (8) 6. Food fish (5) 7. Show prejudice (12) 8. Speed, uppers etc (12) 13. Enlisted in the armed forces (6,2) 16. Humiliate oneself (3,4) 17. Free from captivity (6) 19. Less effective — realm (anag) (5) 21. Sarcastic — tart (4)

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1. Preserved in aspic, as some modern master (7) 2. Gather it’s petition time (5) 3. Pages split by plastic replica documents holder (5,4) 4. Company “C” is in prime, which is dandy (7) 5. Guardian’s sugar snaps (5) 6. Who has lots of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9) 7. A head of uncompleted major space project (6) 8. Compact goods yard (6) 14. As a radical on the outside, Mo relaxed badly (9) 16. Sulphur once providing lips with hue (9) 18. Buzz gets permit for lock (7) 19. Is a donor complete, given love directions? (6) 20. Working to break demo ruler (7) 21. Odd bit of canal that’s turned? (6) 23. Common former leader (5) 25. Cyclist’s condition? (5)

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Summer is over, long live autumn.

This month, try not to mourn the warmer month, and instead console yourself with a few of the autumn highlights we have lined up in this edition.

For starters, there’s the first of our festive gift guides, championing local retailers and encouraging us all to make an early start on our Christmas shopping. Our local restaurants and hotels are gearing up for festive celebrations, too, and if you’re organising a party this season, they’ll be able to ensure your celebration is really enjoyable.

Next, there’s the launch of our Restaurant of the Year awards, which champion local restaurants, quality pubs and local ‘food heroes,’ all of which will be voted for by our readers.

We’re profiling one of Lincolnshire’s local food producers in this edition - Market Rasen’s Cote Hill Farm.

And finally, we profile a couple of enjoyable events taking place in the centre of Lincoln - the city’s book festival, and a real coup in the form of the National Gallery’s British Portrait Award - The Collection is one of just three venues in the UK where the exhibition can be seen.

Hopefully, these highlights will make the passing of summer a little easier to bear!

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October 2016

A roundup of the county’s ‘good news’ plus a look at WHAT’S ON in the county throughout October.

We’re visiting Lincolnshire’s STATELY HOMES this month, telling the story of their history, and the families who created them.

Murder, she wrote, this month as Lincolnshire CRIME WRITER Tessa Harris is one of the guest speakers at Lincoln Book Festival.

Lincoln THROUGH THE AGES on our history pages this month, as we look at the people who made Lincoln the city we know today.

Festive shopping galore as we present a roundup of Lincolnshire-based independent retailers’ CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Celebrating local FOOD & DRINK with a trip to Marco Pierre White’s Lincoln restaurant and Market Rasen’s Cote Hill dairy.

Our HOMES & GARDENS pages this month feature a brace of country homes, beautiful bespoke china and autumn gardening.

Autumn FASHION AND BEAUTY this month, with country clothing from Brigg’s Thomas Bell and autumn cosmetics.

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County News Two Lincoln Parks Named Some of the Best in Britain Hartsholme Country Park and Lincoln Arboretum have been named in a recent survey as some of the best parks in the entire country...

Two Lincoln parks have been given the prestigious award of a Green Flag.

The award, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country.

“Hartsholme Country Park and the Arboretum are two of our most popular parks and we’re proud they have both been awarded Green Flag status once again,” says Caroline Bird, Community Services Manager at City of Lincoln Council.

“It demonstrates a genuine commitment by our teams to keep the parks at their best throughout the year, allowing us to provide a welcoming, clean and safe environment for

Lincolnshire’s Lost Cathedral’s Location is possibly found...

Sidnacester Cathedral has been lost in time and for years now, possible locations have been Caistor, Louth, Horncastle Lincoln and Stow.

The best proof yet has recently been uncovered in Louth; a piece of stone that could have formed part of the very early apsidal cathedral.

The same sort of stone can be found in the foundations of many Anglo-Saxon churches throughout the South and East of England.

The Cathedral has been lost and its location hunted for more than 1,000 years so this is a great find.

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Croc Conservatory for Sir Joseph Banks in Langworth As part of a new redevelopment project, a conservatory on the Lawn complex in Lincoln was about to be pulled down...

both visitors and residents to enjoy.”

The Green Flag awards are judged on cleanliness, community involvement, sustainability and horticultural standards by over 700 experts who volunteer to go out and visit the sites, marking their scores as they go along.

“All the flags flying this year are a testament to the efforts of the thousands of men and women, both staff and volunteers, who work tirelessly to maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award,” says International Green Flag Award scheme manager Paul Todd, after it was announced the Lincoln parks were among 1,686 other green spaces.

Lincoln’s lawn complex is undergoing redevelopment at the moment, and as a part of that, a large conservatory named after the Lincolnshire botanist Joseph Banks had to be destroyed.

Luckily, the Woodside Wildlife Park in Langworth stepped in and saved the Grade II listed conservatory from demolition, moving it to Langworth, and allowing it to take pride of place in their wildlife park.

The conservatory will serve as a coral reef aquarium and a home for exotic animals like crocodiles and red pandas.

When it was part of the Lincoln Lawns, it was a home for exotic plants and Koi carp. It was an attraction that was popular with generations of people, and it will hopefully be just as popular at its new location at the Woodside Wildlife Park.

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Send your press releases and county news to: Features Editor via tilly@pridemagazines.co.uk.

Britain’s Got Talent 2016 Winner Performing in Lincoln

A Brand New Homeware Store Opens in Lincoln

Richard Jones, the latest winner of TV competition Britain’s Got Talent, will be performing at Lincoln with an incredible magic show...

Jachs is the brainchild of couple Steve McDowell and Rachel Cook, offering vintage and retro furniture and an ‘uplifting service’ for unloved homeware...

Lincoln’s Engine Shed is going to be welcoming the man who dazzled the audience and judges on Britain’s Got Talent by turning fizzy drinks into cups of tea on the 3rd October.

Since being crowned the 10th winner of the competition, he has impressed the Queen on her 90th birthday and is now a Member of the Inner Circle with a Gold Star, the most prestigious position in the Magic Circle.

“Being able to book someone like Richard Jones is amazing,” says Sammi Storey, President of University of Lincoln Students’ Union.

“We love to bring a broad range of different events to the venue and a Britain’s Got Talent magician, especially the winner, does just that.” n Tickets are only £8 and can be bought on the Engine Shed’s website www.engineshed.co.uk or by calling 01522 837400.

n Lincoln has had some fascinating discoveries recently as Roman, Saxon, Norman and even Medieval items were found by a team working on the roads around the city. The remains of a 12th century farm have been dug up.

n Lincoln Castle’s Magna Carta is returned to its vault after a leaking roof.

The documents had to be removed to a controlled environment because of the humidity in the room.

n Boston’s inspirational cancer survivor John Hobbs has recently sailed around the Solent on the south coast with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust as part of a scheme to give people recovering from cancer more confidence.

n Lincoln hosts the first ever Bubble Rush to be held in the county last month in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice, the county’s only children’s hospice. The event was in Boultham Park and saw hundreds of participants.

n Lincoln University has joined with the military to develop a new specialised degree in Human Resource Management for Defence.

n Market Rasen mastermind David di Duca has developed a greenhouse that has hydraulic legs allowing it to rise nearly one metre off the ground to avoid flooding has recently featured on Channel 4’s Shed of the Year show. n Whaplode is the home of Jackie, a short-legged Dexter cow, who has fallen pregnant despite not being near a bull for two years! Moos the daddy?

Whether you want to bring your kitchen to life with contemporary accessories, or create a living space with bespoke furniture and vintage pieces, a new furniture and homeware shop in Lincoln could be the inspiration you need.

The brainchild of local couple Steve McDowell and Rachel Cook, Jachs opened its doors in January and although still in its infancy, the quirky and eclectic outlet already has people talking.

For over 10 years, Steve has provided domestic and commercial removals and storage services, as well as managing the international shipping of antiques to clients in both America and Japan. This passion for vintage furniture and restoration, with Rachel’s love of interior accessories, makes Jachs an exciting new retail offering for Lincoln.

“We understand everyone wants to put their own stamp on their home which is why we’re happy to customise our wooden furniture.

If it’s not the right colour, we’ll paint it for the customer before delivering it to them,” says Steve.

Not only this, but if you have an existing piece that simply needs reviving, Jachs collect it, upcycle it and return it to you. Better yet, if there’s something you have set your heart on but can’t find in store, Rachel and Steve will gladly try to source it.

“Our stock is ever-changing and if a customer is after something we haven’t yet had in, we’ll try to find it,” says Rachel.

n Visit the new homeware store Jachs at Birchwood Shopping Centre in Lincoln, visit the company’s website www.jachs.co.uk or call them on 01522 543555.

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County News Grimsby’s Guy Martin breaking records in Lincoln Lincolnshire’s TV personality and motorcyclist Guy Martin visited Lincoln to set a World Record...

Lincoln’s Brayford was surrounded by people last month, as locals were on the lookout for TV star Guy Martin.

Guy is originally from Grimsby, and he came back to his home county to film a World Record in a hydrofoil.

It was for his new TV show Speed, but when it came to the challenge, the weeds in the Brayford caused issues and the hydrofoil needed adjustments made to it.

He may be back again for a second World Record attempt...

A Honeymoon Suite for Popular Wedding Venue The Granary at Elms Farm Cottages has recently been updated with a new honeymoon suite for the bride and groom after a wedding in the barn...

The Granary at Elms Farm Cottages along the Boardsides to Boston right next to Boston West Golf Course has recently converted the loft area of their Wedding Barn into a stunning Honeymoon suite.

A new oak staircase is able to lead couples into a beautiful bedroom with an en-suite featuring a double shower.

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The bedroom has a balcony area looking into Granary Barn where wedding receptions are often held.

The balcony has proven very popular with couples for photo opportunities and brides wishing to throw their bouquet. n For more information, call 07887 652021 or visit www.elmsfarmcottages.co.uk.

THE BOOK CLUB This month we have some gripping horror stories to read, just in time for Halloween...

Slade House, David Mitchell Turn down Slade Alley, find the door, enter the garden of an old house that doesn't quite look right. A stranger greets you. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t.

This tale begins in 1979 and comes to its conclusion around Halloween 2015.

Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a guest is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen and who chose them? The answers lies at the top of the stairs...

Alice, Christina Henry In crumbled buildings stands a hospital. Inside is a woman Her hair once blonde hangs in tangles.

She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place.

Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives her a chance to escape. She can uncover the truth about her, only something else has escaped with her...

The House on Cold Hill, Peter James Ollie Harcourt is dreading moving house with his wife Caro and their 12 year old daughter Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House, a Georgian mansion, he is filled with excitement.

But it soon becomes clear that the they aren’t the only residents in the house.

The Last Days of Jack Sparks, Jason Arnopp Jack Sparks died writing this. It was no secret he had been researching the occult for his book. He’d already caused a Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism. Then there was that video. 40 seconds of footage that Jack said was not his, yet was posted from his YouTube account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack- until now.

The Loney, Andrew Hurley The locals called it the Loney; the area between the Wyre and the Lune. It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is.

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Cliff House, Walesby A truly unique, attractive and spacious country residence situated on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds with stunning views and alongside deer parkland. It is a private home, not overlooked, with the rare privilege of panoramic views of the countryside from every window. 6 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms sitting in grounds totalling 4.52 acres (approx) including gardens, grazing land, stables, equestrian arena and additional outbuildings. EPC: E. Guide Price: £750,000

The Clock House, Fulbeck An attractive stone property, extremely well presented and finished to a very high standard. Historically the old cart shed attached to Fulbeck Hall. The impressive gardens are the work of Guy Petherham, three times RHS award-winning garden designer.

Accommodation briefly consists of an open plan kitchen with living area, a larger drawing room, a utility/garden room, reception hall, 3 bedrooms, an office/dressing room and a family bathroom. EPC: F. Guide Price: £355,000

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o A Guide t LINCOLNSHIRE’S STATELY HOMES There are two unbeatable activities for a Sunday afternoon in the eyes of a Yellow Belly; Sunday Lunch at one of the high quality pub restaurants in Lincolnshire, or afternoon tea at one of the incredible stately homes. This month we discover what else the latter has to offer, the history hidden behind the century-old walls, the ghost stories some of the manor houses have to tell for Halloween adventures, and what stately homes in Lincolnshire have to offer visitors in the 21st century...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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- STATELY HOMES -

Sunday. For most of us, it’s the day of the week we can have off from our busy working lives, and people in Lincolnshire like to spend it at a pub restaurant or at home tucking into a roast dinner.

On special occasions, Sundays are spent at the wealth of stately homes in the county.

Enjoy a delicious three-tiered afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones and cakes, followed by a tour of the house and a walk through the grounds, if the weather prevails.

Yellow Bellies, and the British as a whole, are immensely lucky to be able to spend Sundays this way, exploring the heritage and culture our ancestors have left us, learning about the history of our market towns and manors during the Industrial Revolution, the World Wars, the Victorian times, and in some cases, right back to Tudor times.

Stately homes are beautiful and hold so much history, but the main reason why stately homes are still standing is because they’re still useful. We are using them, not as homes for one family anymore, but for the

“YELLOW BELLIES, AND THE BRITISH AS A WHOLE, ARE IMMENSELY LUCKY TO HAVE A WEALTH OF STATELY HOMES TO EXPLORE...”

Gunby Hall

NEAR SPILSBY The house is built from red brick, and was constructed in 1700 for Sir William Massingberd.

The interiors are wood panelled, and it has eight acres of Victorian walled gardens.

It was substantially extended in 1873 and again in 1898 with the addition of the North Wing and Clock Tower. It’s a Grade I listed building.

Gunby Hall is allegedly haunted, and the sightings have been linked with rumours of a brutal murder.

STOKE ROCHFORD HALL, GRANTHAM

general public as National Trust sites, hotels, spas, restaurants, pubs, wedding venues and even schools.

The halls, manors, houses, castles and gardens in Lincolnshire often hold special events too. The Burghley Horse Trials was last month, held in the grounds of Burghley House in Stamford, seeing people from across the world attend the sporting event, and Belvoir Castle holds an incredible firework display every year in August.

Doddington Hall’s indoor and outdoor exhibition of sculptures ended last month too, seeing national and international sculptors creating works to fill the Hall.

We also discovered Normanby Hall to get an insight into what life was like at the Hall for the family who had a number of stately homes across the country, not just in Lincolnshire.

This feature introduces you to the county’s stately homes and what they can offer you on a Sunday afternoon...

Sir William Massingberd discovered his daughter was to run away with one of the servants.

On the night the lovers intended to flee, he hid and shot the servant dead.

The body was dragged into the pond. Some say that Sir William was so enraged he shot his daughter too. Word of the secret murder must have got out because locals whispered that Gunby Hall was cursed. The ghostly form of the murdered servant has been seen haunting the path by the pond, now called Ghost Walk, eternally waiting for his lover...

Stoke Rochford Hall in Grantham is one of the area’s most beautiful stately homes.

The remains of a Roman villa and a bath house were found on the site by archaeologist William Stukeley in 1739.

The present building dating from 1843 was built for Christopher Turnor. His grandson held many summer conferences at the hall.

In 1940 the hall was requisitioned by the War Office, and used for headquarters for the Parachute Regiment. It was in the library at Stoke Rochford that the 1944 Arnhem ‘drop’ was planned.

Purchased in 1948 by Kesteven County Council, the hall was home to Kesteven College of Education, a teacher-training college which closed in 1978.

In 2005 a fire gutted the interior of the hall. It was restored

by English Heritage for £12m.

Stoke Rochford Hall is now a hotel, restaurant, bar, conference centre, wedding reception, leisure club and golf course. n For more info, call 01476 530337 or visit www.stokerochfordhall.co.uk.

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>> DODDINGTON HALL, NEAR LINCOLN Doddington Hall was built between 1593 and 1600 for Thomas Tailor, who was a lawyer, the Recorder to the Bishop of Lincoln. It remains in private ownership today. In the mid 20th century the Hall was restored by Laurence Bond and Francis Johnston.

In 1762, Sir John Hussey Delaval covered every inch of the Holly Room, even the doors, with tapestries depicting country scenes.

Doddington Hall is said to be haunted by a girl who threw herself from the roof whilst being pursued by a lustful squire. Each autumn her ghost is apparently heard screaming in terror as it falls from the roof.

The Hall’s contents, including textiles, ceramics, porcelain, furniture and pictures, reflect 400 years of unbroken family occupation.

It is surrounded by six acres of walled and wild gardens.

The Hall and Gardens are open to the public, with facilities for private tours and school visits.

Summer concerts and occasional exhibitions are held in the Long Gallery. Other businesses have been developed on the estate like a Christmas tree shop, a wedding department and a farm shop selling produce.

They also host a yearly sculpture exhibition to represent the talents of sculptors across the country. n For more information on what Doddington Hall has to offer, call 01522 694308 or visit their website at www.doddingtonhall.com.

TATTERSHALL CASTLE Tattershall Castle was part of a stone castle or a fortified manor house, built by Robert de Tattershall in 1231 and rebuilt for Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England in 1430.

Of Lord Cromwell’s castle, the Great Tower and moat still remain, owned by the National Trust.

The great tower’s basement was believed to be used during the Civil War as a prison.

The ground floor was the parlour today used for weddings for up to 90 guests. The first floor of the private suite was the hall, which would have been used to entertain guests. The second floor was the audience chamber, and only the finest of guests would have been admitted here.

“TATTERSHALL CASTLE’S BASEMENT WAS BELIEVED TO BE USED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS A PRISON...”

Today, the old guardhouse is the gift shop, and the grounds are home to a number of peacocks.

n For more information, call 01526 342543 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tattershall-castle.

HARLAXTON MANOR, GRANTHAM Harlaxton Manor was built in 1837 but the current mansion is the second Harlaxton Manor, with an earlier 14th century one built at a different site.

The manor has served as the British campus for the University of Evansville since 1971.

It’s also a popular wedding venue.

The manor is a popular location for filming.

The Ruling Class, The Last Days of Patton, The Lady and the Highwayman, The Haunting and The Young Visitors were all filmed here. We recommend watching the Haunting before visiting at Halloween! n For more information on the manor’s wedding facilities, please visit www.harlaxton.co.uk or call 01476 403020.

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Belton House, Grantham

Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in Belton near Grantham. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues within a larger wooded park.

Above: Grimsthorpe Castle.

Left: Tattershall Castle.

Top: Doddington Hall’s formal gardens and Doddington Hall.

GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE, BOURNE Lying within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown, Grimsthorpe Castle has been home to the de Eresby family since 1516. The present owner is Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

It is quite possible that the castle was built around 1140.

During Queen Mary’s reign, the castle’s owners, Katherine Willoughby and Richard Bertie, were forced to leave it due to their Anglican views.

When the Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne they returned with their daughter, Susan, who became Countess of Kent, and their son Peregrine, the 13th baron.

The house has been described as the most complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton was the inspiration for motorway signs that give directions to stately homes.

For three hundred years, Belton House was the seat of the Brownlow family, who had first bought the land in the 16th century.

Between 1685 and 1688 Sir John Brownlow and his wife had the mansion built.

Despite great wealth they chose to build a modest country house rather than a grand contemporary Baroque palace.

However, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations like sash windows for the main rooms, and more importantly separate areas for the staff.

After World War I, when the Machine Gun Corps was based in the park, the Brownlows, like many of their peers, were faced with financial problems.

In 1984 they gave the house away, complete with most of its contents to the National Trust.

It is now visited by many thousands of tourists each year.

n For more information, call 01476 566116 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house.

Above: Belton House is near Grantham and was built by the Brownlow family.

Left: The Belton Horse Trials are held in the grounds in front of Belton House every year.

Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent, was the daughter of Katherine Willoughby, owner of Grimsthorpe Castle.

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EASTON HALL AND GARDENS The gardens are about 400 years old covering 12 acres and were home to the Cholmeley family for 14 generations. There had been a house on this site since at least 1592.

The Hall was described in 1872 as large and handsome, elegantly furnished, containing many valuable paintings and other works of art. US President Franklin Roosevelt described the gardens as “A dream of Nirvana” and “Almost too good to be true.” He spent part of his honeymoon here with his bride, Eleanor.

Easton Hall was requisitioned during WWII. It became home to units of the Royal Artillery and of The Parachute Regiment, and suffered considerable damage. In 1951 the Hall was demolished, but a renovation project began in 2001. The Cholmeley family still live in the village and are responsible for the 2005 renovation of the hall’s gardens. n For more information, call 01476 530063 or visit the website www.visiteaston.co.uk.

“US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DESCRIBED EASTON AS A DREAM OF NIRVANA, AFTER VISITING ON HIS HONEYMOON...”

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AUBOURN HALL, LINCOLN Aubourn Hall is an early to mid 17th century house. The house was built for Sir John Meres between 1587 and 1628, possibly on Tudor foundations. The property has been the home of the Nevile family since the 17th century, with the present owner being Christopher Nevile.

The gardens of the Hall are now developed and open to the public on special open days, and it’s also a wedding venue.

n For more information, call 01522 788224 or visit the website www.aubournhall.co.uk.

WELLINGORE HALL Wellingore Hall was the 18th century home of the Neviles who abandoned their ancestral home being Aubourn Hall, though the family returned to Aubourn after the Second World War. The central part of the Hall is thought to have been built in 1780 with additions in 1800 and 1876. It is now offices and apartments, which includes Belle & Bouquet and Aitch Interiors.

n For more info on the bridal shop, call 01522 811122 and for more info on the interior design studio, call 01522 810961.

Top: Normanby Hall. Above: Soldiers at Easton when it was a hospital around 1917. Below: Wellingore Hall.

Right: Easton Hall.

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FUN

FACT

Samantha Cameron, wife of the former Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron and elder daughter of the eighth Baronet, grew up on the Normanby estate.

Normanby Hall is a classic English mansion built between 1825 and 1830 for Sir Robert Sheffield in the North of Lincolnshire just above Scunthorpe...

The Sheffield family had lived on the site since 1539.

John Sheffield became Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703. He built a fine mansion in London called Buckingham House. His son, the second Duke sold the house to George III and it is now known as Buckingham Palace.

During the 19th and 20th centuries the Sheffield family stayed at Normanby for the winter season pheasant shooting and entertaining guests over Christmas and the New Year. In the spring, the family would move to London and then return to Normanby for a week in June en route to their shooting lodge in Scotland where the family would spend the summer.

Wherever the family were staying, hampers of fruit and vegetables from the walled garden at Normanby were sent to them, and in return, hampers of laundry were sent backto Normanby for washing.

During the First World War the family remained in the house helping to care for the soldiers.

The story of how the Hall was used as a hospital during WWI is told in the Normanby at War exhibition on the first floor of the Hall.

The Sheffield family moved out of Normanby Hall in 1963. The Hall is now in the care of the North Lincolnshire Council. The former 350 acre estate around the Hall is now a Country Park. Within it, there is a museum, deer sanctuary, miniature railway and woodland.

You can get married at the estate too. n Visit www.normanbyhall.co.uk or call 01724 720588 for info.

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Lincoln’s Most Haunted FOR HALLOWEEN If you wish to go ghost hunting for Halloween around Lincoln, here are some places you may want to visit...

St Mary’s Guildhall: There have been a few reports here from visitors.

People have heard loud bangs, the sound of footsteps and things moving around before.

There have been reports of apparitions too.

Lincoln Castle: As you can imagine, Lincoln Castle has had a few ghost sightings. In the prisons, the doors sometimes open and close on their own and moans and screams have been heard.

Many ghostly figures have been seen haunting the steps that would’ve led to the gallows.

Brown’s Pie Shop, Steep Hill: Humphrey is the ghost that haunts the pie shop. A lady complained to staff about letting children run around the shop, but there were no children present. The chef at the shop would hear running and on his return to the kitchen, all the pots and pans would be moved.

Greestone Steps: Many ghosts are said to haunt the steps.

Electric devices have turned themselves off and many people have reportedly seen hanging bodies from the arch...

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WALCOT HALL Walcot Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian country house which stands in 22 acres of parkland in the hamlet of Walcot in North Lincolnshire.

It was built in the mid to late 18th century for Thomas Goulton, modified in the early 1800s and partly demolished in 1964.

Several families have occupied the building, including the Marriotts, Stricklands, Constables and Legards. It was bought by the current owners in 2004 and is used to cater for weddings and corporate events. n For more information, please call 01724 720420 or visit www.walcothallestate.co.uk.

“GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED MEDIEVAL MANOR HOUSES IN ENGLAND...”

GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL Gainsborough Old Hall is over 500 years old and one of the best preserved medieval manor houses in England. The hall was built by Sir Thomas Burgh in 1460.

Architecturally the Old Hall has changed very little over the years. On the north east corner is a brick tower.

Today, the Hall survives as well as the kitchen, possibly the most complete medieval kitchen in England. You can visit, there are tours and there’s a coffee shop.

The tower of the Old Hall is supposedly haunted by the Grey Lady, thought to be the daughter of the Lord of the Manor who fell in love with a poor soldier and planned to elope with him. Her father discovered the plan and locked her away in the tower where she died from a broken heart. The girl’s spirit is said to wander the tower, endlessly waiting for her lover to arrive. n For more information, call 01427 677348 or visit www.gainsborougholdhall.com.

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One of the biggest, best and most used stately homes in the county has to be Burghley House in Stamford. It has a wealth of history, and is popular with people of the 21st century too...

Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1558 and 1587. It was the residence of his descendants, and since 1801, the Marquesses of Exeter.

The house is one of the main examples of stonemasonry and proportion in 16th century English Elizabethan architecture. The main part of the house has 35 major rooms on the ground and first floors. There are more than 80 lesser rooms and numerous halls, bathrooms and service areas. The grounds were designed by Capability Brown.

Since 1961 it has been owned by a charitable trust established by the family. The House has featured in many films including, The Da Vinci Code, Pride & Prejudice, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Batman Begins.

FUN

FACT

Burghley is open to the public, hosting many events, including the Burghley Horse Trials, and weddings. If you haven’t already, explore the house and gardens!

In the early 17th century, three Belvoir Castle (No.2) servants were accused of murdering the 6th Earl’s two sons by witchcraft.

One servant died while in prison and two were hanged.

The Four

BELVOIR CASTLES IF YOU THOUGHT THERE HAS ONLY EVER BEEN ONE BELVOIR CASTLE, A STATELY HOME NEAR GRANTHAM, YOU WOULD BE MISTAKEN. THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN FOUR CASTLES...

Castle No.1

A Norman castle was built for William d'Aubigny. It was left to his granddaughter Isabel, who married Robert de Ros in 1234.

When that family died out in 1508, the manor and castle passed to George Manners. His son was created Earl of Rutland in 1525.

Sadly the Norman Castle was left to ruins after 1464.

n For more information, call for details on 01780 752451 or see www.burghley.co.uk.

Left: Sir William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I and resident of Burghley House.

Opposite: Gainsborough Old Hall and St Mary’s Guildhall.

Castle No.2

Castle No.3

During the English Civil War, it was one of the more notable strongholds of the king’s supporters, and King Charles spent a night here on his way into Lincolnshire.

Work was completed by 1668 and cost £11,730, equivalent to £1,820,000 in 2016.

John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland started construction of a new castle from 1528.

However, in 1649, Castle No.2 was destroyed by the Parliamentarians.

A new building was started in 1654 which was designed as a large family home.

In 1816 it was almost completely destroyed by a fire. The loss was about £120,000, £8,280,000 in 2016, including pictures by Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck and Reynolds.

Castle No.4

It was rebuilt again by the wife of the 5th Duke at a cost of £82,000, about £6,870,000 in 2016, and was completed by 1832.

The castle is open to the public. The tour shows the staterooms, the Regents Gallery and the Roman State Dining Room.

n For more information, call 01476 871001 or visit www.belvoircastle.com.

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Louth-born crime-writer, Tessa Harris, doesn’t recall covering any murders during her time as a trainee reporter on the Louth Standard in the 1980s.

“I had to wait until I moved to London to cover those,” she says, wryly. Nevertheless, the award-winning novelist does look back on her days on the newspaper in Louth with great fondness. “It was brilliant training.

I learned so much, from writing about weddings, to interviewing and feature writing. There was the odd burglary, too, of course!”

Educated from the age of 11 at St Joseph’s Convent in Lincoln, Tessa, whose maiden name was Pennell, went on to study History at - appropriately enough - St Hugh’s College, Oxford. “My passion for history was certainly born during my time spent in Lincoln. I adored Steep Hill and the Cathedral, and can vividly remember the Castle and the chapel where prisoners were kept separate from each other to avoid ‘corrupting influences.’” Tessa also says she owes a debt of gratitude to her History teacher at the convent, Mrs Vale, whose lessons inspired her.

After Oxford, Tessa returned to Fotherby, where she lived on her father’s farm. “I’d always wanted to write, but needed to gain experience. One day, I heard my parents talking about Italian prisoners who were billeted nearby during the Second World War, and it fired my imagination. I did some research and the result was an article in a local magazine.”

That research also formed the basis of one of Tessa’s first attempts at screenplay writing. “I wrote a film script called ‘Cry of the Curlew,’ set on the coast near Saltfleetby, about a local girl who fell in love with an Italian POW. Of course, it’s never been made, but I hope to turn the idea into a novel one day.” >>

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>> Tessa’s various freelance articles, coupled with her local knowledge, landed her a job on the Louth Standard. It was while she was working there that she met her husband Simon, an officer stationed at RAF Binbrook at the time. “I was representing the newspaper at a cocktail party and we just clicked. Last year we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary,” she says.

The couple moved near London and Tessa went on to write for national magazines and newspapers, but there were always reminders of Lincolnshire. She recalls: “I worked on a women’s magazine and had to interview Jeffrey Archer, the former MP for Louth.

I told him I’d once sold him a raffle ticket at a charity event and he remembered his time in the town fondly.”

Other famous ‘yellowbellies’ Tessa has interviewed include the actress Patricia Hodge, best known for playing the mother in the hit comedy ‘Miranda.’ “It turned out that Patricia and I went to the same prep school - St Martin’s in Grimsby,” she recalls.

And then there were many encounters with none other than Grantham’s most famous daughter, Margaret Thatcher. “I met Mrs Thatcher several times because I worked on a newspaper in her Finchley constituency.

She had a great presence.”

Throughout her long career as a journalist Tessa continued to write fiction in her spare time, both novels and film scripts. She even had a screenplay, set in 18th century London, optioned by an American production company. When the project never made it to the big screen, she decided to turn the story into a novel and the Dr Thomas Silkstone mystery series was born.

“The character of Dr Silkstone was based on a real American doctor who came to

TESSA HARRIS Born in Louth, lived in Fotherby and educated in Grimsby and Lincoln.

Attended Oxford University where she read History, before becoming a national newspaper journalist and editor.

Became a literary publicist and screenwriter and created the first in her six-book Dr Silkstone series in 2011.

Above: Tessa’s Dr Thomas Silkstone mysteries. Right: Lincoln’s Collection will host this year’s lectures.

Below: Lord Cormack, himself Grimsby born, is patron of the Lincoln Book Festival.

London to study anatomy. I imagined him using pioneering forensic skills - a sort of CSI meets the Age of Reason. So, I approached an American agent who soon landed me a publishing deal.”

The first novel in Tessa’s crime series, ‘The Anatomist’s Apprentice,’ was, for a time, one of the most downloaded library ebooks in the world. It went on to win the Romantic Times Best First Mystery Award 2012 in the US. Five more books in the series have followed, with Dr Silkstone facing such challenges as grave-robbing and slavery to solve many a gruesome murder and ensure that justice prevails.

“I take great care with my research to ensure every detail is as accurate as possible,” Tessa explains. “Some of the stories I’ve discovered just couldn’t be made up. Take, for example, the fact that an eight foot Irish giant visited London and found friendship with a Polish dwarf of noble descent!”

In Tessa’s third novel, ‘The Devil’s Breath,’ she drew on her memories of the Wolds to describe how a catastrophic poisonous cloud engulfed much of the east of England, including Lincolnshire, in 1783 after a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

To date Tessa’s six novels have been well-received in America and have been translated into Portuguese, Italian and French. She’s also just been commissioned to write a new series, this time set in Victorian London against the backdrop of the Jack the Ripper murders. “The first book is out in the States next June and I’m hoping it’ll be published here soon after,” she adds.

Meanwhile, Tessa is really looking forward to returning to Lincoln again to talk about crime in the 18th century at the Lincoln Book Festival. “There’s something fitting about coming back to the place where it all began,” she says, adding: “And it would be wonderful if Mrs Vale was in the audience!” n

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300 YEARS OF CRIME Reaching Young Writers...

The charity First Story brings professional writers into secondary schools serving low income communities to work with teachers and students to foster creativity and communication skills. First Story is delighted to make its Lincolnshire debut at the Lincoln Book Festival on Monday 26th September.

Lincoln Book Festival 26th September-2nd October For more information email lincsffriendsfs@gmail.com.

Landscapes of the Mind...

The Duchess of Rutland talks about Capability Brown and restoring his landscapes at Belvoir Castle, whilst award winning author Susan Fletcher imagines Van Gogh’s Provence landscapes in her novel Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew. n Wednesday 28th September, 6.15pm The Collection.

The Romans...

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Find out as Tom Holland, presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Making History presents Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the House of Caesar, followed by Robert Fabbri discussing his Vespasian series with TV Time Team’s Guy de la Bédoyère.

In this seventh book of the series, Fabbri re-imagines an uprising of Boudicca, against the Emperor Nero and his sycophants.

n Tuesday 27th September, from 6.15pm, The Collection.

War Path...

Chaired by Douglas Hogg, historian Roger Moorhouse discusses Hitler’s pact with Stalin in his book The Devil’s Alliance. For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history collaborated with one another. The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world when it was announced. The Second World War was launched under its auspices, with the invasion and division of Poland. Set in the tense atmosphere of pre-war Germany, James MacManus’ thriller-cum-love story Midnight in Berlin is inspired by true events including an ‘unsporting’ plot to assassinate Hitler blocked by our PM! n Saturday 1st October, 6.15pm,

Aspects of Shakespeare...

Robert Bearman sheds light on the business dealings of the Bard - how successful was he in earning a living in such a precarious profession?

And BBC TV and radio presenter Andrew Dickson discusses how a man who never set foot outside England made himself at home in so many places around the globe?

n Thursday 29th September, 6.15pm, The Collection.

Chaired by Maureen Maxwell, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Criminology at The University of Lincoln, a trio of crime writers discuss the genre on Sunday 2nd October from 2pm...

n The Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries, with Tessa Harris...

Dr Thomas Silkstone, a young anatomist from Philadelphia, now living in England, is a pioneer of forensic detection. Within the mysteries of the body, especially those who have been murdered, Silkstone uncovers tell-tale clues that lead to justice. The third novel, The Devil’s Breath, is set partly in Lincolnshire.

n The Secret Poisoner, A Century of Murder with Linda Stratmann...

This dark social history reveals the 19th century as a battleground where poisoners went head to head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability and bring the guilty to justice.

Combining archival research into case histories with a novelist’s eye, Stratmann shines light on domestic desperation in Victorian times.

n The Grantchester Novels with James Runcie...

The author discusses his Grantchester series and his hero, the full-time priest, part-time detective, Sidney Chambers – England’s most loveable sleuthing vicar! n All events during The Lincoln Book Festival take place at The Collection. Tickets £10, see www.lincolnbookfestival.org, or call 01522 873894.

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What’s On...

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Find out What’s On this month with events taking place in different venues across the county. October is a great month to laugh at comedians and experience some stellar performances...

LINCOLN BOOK FESTIVAL

Monday 26th September Hear from acclaimed authors in Lincoln at The Collection in a fascinating series of talks around themes of history in Lincoln and beyond. It’s classed as the region’s leading literary arts festival.

07713 581814, www.lincolnbookfestival.org

TAPAS AND WINE NIGHT

Friday 30th September The Red Lion at Bicker hosts special evenings throughout the year, and this month, enjoy their Lincolnshire tapas and wine tasting evening with live music.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk

DANCING QUEEN

Saturday 1st October Dancing Queen: The Concert is an action packed party show featuring over two hours of the greatest hits from Abba, Grease and the 70s. This is the ultimate nostalgia night that guarantees to get you dancing.

01522 519999, www.lincolntheatreroyal.com

BURGHLEY FLOWER FESTIVAL

Saturday 1st - 9th October Burghley Flower Festival will transform the magnificent State Rooms in Burghley House with beautiful floral displays created by local flower societies. 2016 will also see the return of the Leicestershire Society of Botanical Illustrators whose artworks will be displayed in the Great Hall. There is no extra charge, just admission to the hall and gardens.

01780 752451, www.burghley.co.uk

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Pretty Muddy...

- CHARITY -

PRETTY MUDDY

Saturday 1st October Pretty Muddy isn’t like any other fundraising event. It is a muddy obstacle course that women of any ability can climb over, crawl under, and charge to show cancer that hell hath no fury like a woman in pink!

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

MACMILLAN CHARITY BALL

Monday 10th - 15th October This beautiful period drama, tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, left in straitened circumstances when their father dies and they are forced to move to a Devon cottage, but Aunt Jennings is determined to find husbands for them in London. The show will be performed by the Louth Playgoers at the Riverhead Theatre.

01507 600350, www.louthplaygoers.com

THE ADELE SONGBOOK

Saturday 15th October Hand-picked by Adele herself on Graham Norton’s BBC Adele Special, the outstanding Katie Markham who is originally from Scunthorpe has the show-stopping voice and captivating charisma to deliver all your favourite Adele hits in an enthralling concert performance.

08448 542776, www.plowrighttheatre.com

Saturday 1st October The Starlight Macmillan Charity Ball will be held on the 1st October at Kelham Hall this month. The black tie event will include live music, a drinks reception, fireworks, a prize draw, a magician and a three course meal for £75 per person or £700 for a table of 10. There will be a red carpet arrival and professional photographers all in the name of Starlight Macmillan.

01526 323589, www.starlightmacmillancharityball.co.uk

LINCOLN HALF MARATHON

Sunday 2nd October Get involved with Lincoln’s first ever half marathon this month on the 2nd October, raising funds for the Ethan Maull Up Yours to Cancer Foundation.

Entries are open for up to 2,000 runners to compete!

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

Neil Hannon, The Divine Comedy...

THE DIVINE COMEDY

Sunday 16th October With their eagerly anticipated 11th album Foreverland due for release on 2nd September, The Divine Comedy responsible for classics like National Express and Dive Lady have announced 18 dates this October including a date at Baths Hall, £30/tickets.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

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JACKSON LIVE

Tuesday 18th October Jackson Live in Concert sees long time fan and hugely talented Ben recreate the Michael Jackson experience with his stunning rendition of all his favourite songs. Ben is joined on the stage by his incredible band and dancers who work their way through all the hits. He’s got the look, the moonwalk and the voice.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

64 SQUARES

Tuesday 18th October Rhum and Clay come to the Lincoln Drill Hall with their acclaimed adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game; a one man show performed by three actors and a drummer.

01522 873894, www.lincolndrillhall.com

ROMEO & JULIET

Wednesday 19th October Critics Circle Award winning company Ballet Cymru present an extraordinary adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

Intense fighting and passionate duets echo through dramatic and lyrical choreography.

Exquisite costumes and extraordinary video projections create a world of danger and excitement 01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

Hallé Orchestra...

- HIDDEN ENGLAND -

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

EASTON WALLED GARDENS

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

01476 530063, www.visiteaston.co.uk

Friday 23rd September See the Hallé Orchestra at Lincoln Cathedral with all of the tickets for the performance being sold with allocated reserved seats for the first time. The programme features Sir Mark Elder as the Conductor and Elena Urioste on Violin. The programme includes Beethoven, Glazunov and Dvorak.

DODDINGTON HALL

Saturday 15th October Visit Doddington Hall for a Music at Doddington evening, with Artistic Director Graham Oppenheimer, in the classical setting of the Long Gallery, on Saturday 15th October, £20/ticket with prosecco.

Romeo & Juliet in ballet...

Saturday 22nd - 28th October Pumpkin Rolling will be happening again this half term at Easton Walled Gardens. Children of all ages will roll pumpkins down the grass terraces, and the furthest roller wins! The tearoom will be open serving warming food and cake, or, if the weather allows it, bring your own picnic.

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

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- CELEBRATING LINCOLNSHIRE -

LINCOLNSHIRE DAY

Saturday 1st October The day aims to encourage local people, often known as yellowbellies, and those who have moved from the county, to honour the historical event along with Lincolnshire’s traditions, past and culture.

Some people dress up in yellow to celebrate the day, while others hold local events and decorate their workplaces with Lincolnshire flags.

Many places of heritage across the capital of the county open for free like Lincoln Cathedral, and some offer free tours like Lincoln Castle so people can learn and discover more about the history of Lincolnshire and the county in the 21st century as it’s evolved over the years 01522 545458, www.visitlincoln.com

LINCS SAUSAGE FESTIVAL

Friday 28th October Each October the Lincoln Sausage Festival celebrates the county’s most iconic export with visitors tucking into more than 30,000 individual sausages on the day. The event is held at the castle, where a host of stalls will fill the grounds and the Castle Square.

There will also be live entertainment and cookery demonstrations.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

BLOOD BROTHERS

Wednesday 19th - 22nd October Set in Liverpool during the 60s/70s, Willy Russell’s play provides a window into the lives of two families, socially poles apart. A single mother struggling to make ends meet has no option but to give away one of her baby twins to a wealthy woman who yearns for a child of her own. The show is at Blackfriars Art Centre in Boston.

01205 363108, www.blackfriarsartcentre.co.uk Mozart by Candlelight...

LINCOLNSHIRE GAME EVENING

Friday 28th October As the shooting season begins, the Red Lion at Bicker will host a local game evening with live music on Friday 28th October, to celebrate the sport and the birds.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk

DOCTOR FAUSTUS

Thursday 20th October Exquisite puppetry, physical theatre and circus artistry throw petrol over the flames of Marlowe’s battle for one circus leader’s soul.

Under the straining tent poles of the world’s most famous circus, Dr. Faustus employs the one show tactic not yet undertaken to achieve glory - black magic. The show is at the Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham.

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

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MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT

Friday 21st October With beautiful settings and candlelit lighting, the European Baroque Ensemble and Singers transport you back to the sumptuous past.

Enjoy a packed programme of classical music and song at Grimsby Auditorium, which includes excerpts from Mozart’s operas such as: The Magic Flute, the Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte and many more.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

BEYOND THE BARRICADE

Friday 21st October Beyond the Barricade features songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon and many others, climaxing with a spectacular finale from Les Miserables.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk Cosette from Les Miserables...

KITCHEN GARDEN SPOOKY TRAIL

Monday 24th - 29th October Explore Doddington Hall’s kitchen gardens with your family by taking part in the mysterious trail. Watch out this year though; it won’t just be pumpkins you’ll need to hunt. Will you all be able to spot all of the curious bats and their facts?

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

LION, WITCH AND WARDROBE

Wednesday 26th October From APL Theatre, the creators of sellout 2015 UK tour of The Snow Queen, comes this festive new adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s timeless story, which promises to be a magical and thrilling adventure for the whole family at the Stamford Corn Exchange.

01780 766455, www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

HALLOWEEN GHOST BUS TOUR

Saturday 29th - 30th October Be spooked on Halloween weekend by exploring haunted Lincoln by open-top bus with a local ghost expert. One of the team from the popular Lincoln Ghost Walks will guide you around Lincoln on Tour Lincoln, the open-top city sightseeing bus, whilst telling spooky tales and stories of Lincoln’s haunted past.

01522 545458, www.visitlincoln.com

The Visit Lincoln Bus...

ELAINE PAIGE STRIPPED BACK

Friday 21st October Elaine has performed live in concert all over the world and as a recording artist, has worked with legendary producers such as Tony Visconti, Dennis Lambert, Peter Matz, and others and has released 22 solo albums.

She has starred in more smash hit West End and Broadway musicals than anyone else of her generation, and she is coming to the Meres Leisure Centre in Grantham.

01476 581930, www.1life.co.uk

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CIRCUS OF HORRORS

Wednesday 26th October The Circus of Horrors as seen on Britain’s Got Talent celebrates its 21st anniversary as it takes to the road with its latest incarnation The Never-ending Nightmare. The show features a mixture of bizarre, brave and beautiful acts all woven into Alice in Horrorland.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

LINCOLN CASTLE

Saturday 22nd - 30th October Lincoln Castle will host several spooky events during Halloween like Spooky Prison, a chance to see the Victorian prison, meet some vile people and hear some ghostly stories.

For something a little more sinister, you’re able to visit the Victorian Prison at night for stories of grave robbing, surgeons and baby farmers.

Visitors can explore the prison where these characters can be found within the cells and open spaces. These rare events also offer visitors the opportunity to enter the grounds after dark and witness a full Victorian funeral each evening.

If it’s a little too scary, you can visit the Prison during the day for the same stories and experience.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

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- HANDEL’S MESSIAH: SATURDAY 19TH NOVEMBER -

The Festive Cathedral

Calendar...

At Lincoln Cathedral the show of Messiah marks the start of a very special festive season of events...

Messiah, like the advent calendar or Christmas tree, has become an integral part of the festive season. In it we hear tell of the coming of Christ heralded by the prophets of the Old Testament and the figure of John the Baptist preparing the way of the Lord. So the much loved music stays with us throughout the Advent Season, calling to mind the gift of God’s reconciling love for his people.

Originally intended for Easter, Messiah was composed between August and September 1741, taking a mere three weeks to complete.

Originally from Germany, Handel had risen to fame due to his talent as a musician and for the Italian Operas he created.

The 1730s saw Handel broaden his repertoire, and shift his focus to sacred oratorios due to their increasing popularity. In 1741 he gave up the opera business to completely devote himself to this genre which was to bring him yet more fame, fortune and public affection.

Handel’s music would probably have been sufficient to earn him celebrity status, but his generosity and philanthropic endeavours further warmed the regard in which he was

“THE LAST TWO YEARS’ PERFORMANCES BOTH SOLD OUT, HIGHLIGHTING ITS POPULARITY WITH LINCOLNSHIRE PEOPLE...”

held. He was generous with his considerable wealth - he is still the fifth richest classical composer in history - and used his influence to raise substantial sums for charity.

Handel’s portion of the proceeds from the Dublin premiere of Messiah were gifted to a local debtors’ prison and hospital.

Messiah had its premiere in Dublin in 1742, where it was an instant success. The event was so well attended that ladies were requested to leave their skirt hoops and gentlemen their swords at home to enable everyone to fit in. Its initial reception in London at the Covent Garden theatre the following year was cooler; it was felt to be too exalted a work for performance in a theatre.

With words taken from the King James Bible, Handel was working with magnificent texts that must surely have heightened his inspiration. The music has extraordinary variety and emotional range. It consoles with Comfort Ye, My People, it shocks with Thou Shalt Break Them In Pieces, it dances with Rejoice Greatly, it affirms in the eight minute final Amen chorus, and it exults with Hallelujah of course!

At Lincoln Cathedral the performance of Messiah marks the start of a very special season of events. The last two years’ performances both sold out, highlighting its popularity with the people of Lincolnshire.

Tickets for this years event are on sale now.

G4 PERFORMANCE

Wednesday 23rd November Due to overwhelming public demand, original X-Factor stars and operatic vocal quartet G4 are back, with ‘Christmas By Candlelight.’ Ticket prices vary.

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS Saturday 10th December

This performance is held in the Chapter House and comes with a tot of Gluhwein and Christmas biscuits, whilst the evening show is followed by canapes, wine and a lantern lit tour of the Cathedral.

LA NATIVITE DU SEIGNEUR Sunday 18th December

An organ concert exploring the story of Christmas. Performed by Organist Laureate Colin Walsh in the Nave of the Cathedral.

Tickets £6.

n Visit www.lincolncathedral.com or call 01522 561644 for more information and to book your tickets.

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LINCOLN Prestigious Portraiture in

Art lovers in Lincolnshire owe a debt of gratitude to Jenny Gleadell and Ashley Gallant, two of the curators of Lincoln’s Collection and Usher Gallery. This month, the duo have secured rather a coup, bringing the National Portrait Gallery’s British Portrait Award to the city, alongside a second exhibition of equal prestige and national significance....

Words: Rob Davis. Images: Rob Davis.

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- ART IN LINCOLN -

This month sees a remarkable coup for the county with the arrival in Lincolnshire of The National Portrait Gallery’s flagship annual BP Portrait Award. That’s in addition to a second exhibition, unprecedented in the UK, of work by two renowned British contemporary artists, Euan Uglow and Sargy Mann.

The BP Portrait Award launched in June, where winners of the competition were announced at the gallery on St Martin’s in London. Open to all artists, both amateur and professional, it attracted over 2,550 entrants, and will tour just three venues, Lincoln’s Usher Gallery, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Leicester’s New Walk Museum & Art Gallery.

The exhibition’s arrival in Lincoln is all thanks to Lincolnshire County Council’s

Uglow and Sargy Mann, two incredibly talented but still relatively unknown artists, as well as creating a programme of workshops and creating or commissioning all of the associated interpretation.”

Both exhibitions will run concurrently, launching as Pride goes to press and remaining at the gallery until November and January.

“We’re a bit nerdy about art, so being able to work between The Collection on Danesgate and its associated exhibition space, The Usher Gallery, is a terrific pleasure for us. We love being able to introduce our exhibits to a wider audience.”

Ashley and Jenny aim to host between six and eight exhibitions in a year at

“THIS MONTH BRINGS NOT ONE BUT TWO NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS OF PORTRAITURE TO LINCOLN, AND WE’RE EXPECTING OVER 10,000 PEOPLE TO VISIT THE EVENTS, BRINGING MANY PEOPLE INTO THE CITY...” team of four curators, and specifically to Ashley Gallant and Jenny Gleadell, who work alongside the team responsible for the rest of the county’s Heritage Services venues - Lincoln Castle, The Lincolnshire Archives, Gainsborough Old Hall, The Museum of Lincolnshire Life and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

The Collection, and typically work three years in advance, but serendipity intervened earlier this year, when another venue pulled out of the touring schedule and the National Portrait Gallery chose Lincoln as one of the venues hosting this year’s exhibition.

“We’re lucky to be able to bring the exhibition to the county this year, and we believe that the BP Portrait Award will attract over 10,000 visitors.”

This is the BP Portrait Award’s 37th year, and the event will feature 53 different pieces from artists from 15 counties in all different 2D mediums, from oil to acrylic to gouache.

“We’ve had very little time to pull it together so we’ve been working hard not just on bringing the exhibition together logistically, but working on a second exhibition by Euan

“We are really happy we’ve got the BP Portrait award coming to Lincoln because it’ll encourage visitors from a 90 mile radius, and because it’s a proven fact that when non-local people visit Lincoln they enjoy the city, visit its shops, restaurants and so on, so we think there’s great benefit to hosting the exhibition as an ambassador for the city.”

“In addition though, we can promote Uglow and Mann to a whole new audience. Both are hugely important, but unsung influences to artists. We’ve commissioned a good deal of new material as interpretation and will be producing our own exhibition catalogue for those visiting the exhibition, having liaised with the two artists’ estates and spoken to their families.”

“We are also working alongside conservators to ensure the works are in the best possible condition as some pieces have never been seen before or have required cleaning.” >>

EUAN UGLOW & SARGY MANN As well as hosting the BP Portrait Award, Lincoln’s Collection and Usher Gallery will also host an exhibition of work by Euan Uglow and Sargy Mann (pictured).

Both are renowned, if rather understated, British artists.

It’s the first time the two have been brought together side by side. n

n The BP Portrait Award will run from 12th September to 13th November from 10am-4pm, whilst Euan Uglow / Sargy Mann will run from 24th September to 8th January from 10am-4pm. See over the page for a preview of the two exhibitions...

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Above/Left: Euan Uglow’s The Quarry and Sargy Mann’s Figures by a River will run alongside the BP Portrait Award.

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“Both artists were obsessive about capturing the beauty of what they saw and experienced around them, and have in common a keenness to translate their threedimensional experiences onto canvas.”

“Mann was a student of Uglow, and yet this is the first time that the two artists’ work will be seen side by side. This is a unique and unprecedented display of these two artist work.”

“Mann actually became blind during his career, and yet his most famous work was completed after he lost his eyesight, constructing his paintings purely from intuition.”

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It’s especially satisfying that Lincolnshire can host the two exhibitions since our share of national funding is small compared to the size of the county. The county’s entire portfolio of venues (including the NCCD in Sleaford, Drill Hall and The Collection & Usher Gallery) don’t collectively amount to the sum of money given to, for instance, just one of Nottingham’s venues.

Happily, this month’s brace of exhibitions will put Lincolnshire on the map, attracting not just locals keen on art, but a number of tourists from further afield, too. “We’re really excited, looking forward to welcoming visitors not just to the Collection and Usher Gallery, but to Lincoln, as well!

“THIS IS A UNIQUE AND UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY OF THE WORK OF UGLOW AND MANN...”

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1. The Quarry Pignano, Euan Uglow, 1979/80.

2. Figures by a River, Sargy Mann, 2015.

3. Haydn as Henry, Stephen Earl Rogers, 2016.

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4. Laura In Black, Joshua LaRock, 2015.

5. Francesca, Daniele Vezzani, 2015.

6. Sir Andrew Motion, Fiona Graham Mackay, 2015.

7. Hugo, Benjamin Sullivan, 2016.

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Bo Wang, 2015.

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10. Petras, Laura Guoke, 2016.

11. Tad, John Borowicz, 2015.

12. Portrait of Katrina, William H Neukomm, 2015.

13. Girl in a Liberty Dress, Clara Drummond, 2016. n The BP Portrait Award will run from 12th September to 13th November from 10am-4pm (£5/adults; £4/conc; £3/children).

Euan Uglow / Sargy Mann will run from 24th September to 8th January from 10am-4pm (free entry).

Visit The Collection & Usher Gallery, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP, call 01522 550965 or see www.thecollectionmuseum.com.

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Lincoln - HISTORY -

THE PEOPLE OF

LINCOLN, THE HEART OF OUR COUNTY, HAS BEEN THE HOME OF ROMANS, NORWEGIANS, FRENCH AND MANY MORE NATIONALITIES. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT, WORKED, FOUGHT, AND LIVED IN THE CITY Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE YOU..?

Lincoln is a city that has lived through so many periods in time. There are arches still standing that the Romans used to use, incredibly detailed monuments, Cathedrals and Castles that have withstood the test of time, and buildings that have survived through two World Wars. But how far does the city’s history actually go back?

THE FIRST SETTLERS The earliest origins of Lincoln can be traced to the remains of an Iron Age settlement of round wooden dwellings that have been dated to the first century BC. This settlement

was built next to a deep pool - now known as the Brayford Pool - in the River Witham at the foot of a large hill.

The Brayford The Brayford A patient being delivered to the Drill Hall during the typhoid outbreak in 1905

The origins of the name Lincoln may come from this period, when the settlement is thought to have been named in the Brythonic language of Britain’s Celtic inhabitants as Lindon meaning The Pool, presumably referring to the Brayford Pool.

The extent of this original settlement is unknown as its remains are now buried deep beneath the Roman and medieval ruins, and modern Lincoln.

Notable Lincolnites...

1815: George Boole, born in Lincoln in 1815, was an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought which contains Boolean algebra.

1845: James Ward Usher spent his entire life in Lincoln, and acquired in the late 19th century the rights to reproduce in jewellery the Lincoln Imp, which sold in huge numbers. He also was a keen collector of fine art and artefacts. The Usher Gallery in Lincoln is named after him.

1916: Penelope Fitzgerald was a novelist, poet and biographer born at the Old Bishop’s Palace in Lincoln in 1916. The Times included her in a list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945, and The Observer named her novel The Blue Flower, as one of the ten best historical novels.

1940: Known for his roles in the Harry Potter series, V for Vendetta, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Elephant Man and narrating in many well known films, John Hurt was born in 1940 and attended Lincoln School.

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THE VIKINGS Between 410 and 1066, before the Vikings invaded Britain, the Latin name Lindum Colonia was shortened in Old English to become Lincylene.

After the first destructive Viking raids, the city once again rose to some importance, with overseas trading connections.

After the establishment of Viking Law in 886, Lincoln became one of The Five Boroughs in the East Midlands. Flaxengate excavations revealed new timber-framed buildings fronting a new street system in about 900.

Lincoln experienced an unprecedented explosion in its economy with the settlement of the Vikings and the Danes. The banks of the Witham were newly developed with the Lower City being resettled and the suburb of Wigford quickly emerging as a major trading centre.

THE NORMANS In 1068, two years after the Norman conquest, William I ordered Lincoln Castle to be built on the site of the former Roman settlement, for the same strategic reasons and controlling the same road.

Construction of the first Lincoln Cathedral, within its walled precinct facing the castle was completed in 1092. it was rebuilt after a fire, but was destroyed a second time by an unusual earthquake in 1185.

Broadgate and the Drill Hall in 1930s

THE ROMANS In AD43 the Roman Emperor Claudius and an army of 40,000 soldiers invaded the south coast of Britain. Between AD50 and AD60 the Ninth Legion Hispana arrived in Lincoln.

The Romans built a legionary fortress high on a hill overlooking the natural lake and at the northern end of the Fosse Way Roman road, now the A46.

The Celtic name Lindon was subsequently Latinised to Lindum and given the title Colonia when it was converted into a settlement for army veterans.

The conversion to a colonia was made when the legion moved on to York in AD71.

Lindum Colonia or more fully, Colonia Domitiana Lindensium, after its founder Domitian, was established within the walls of the fortress with an extension down the hillside to the waterside below.

It became a major settlement, accessible from the River Trent and the River Witham.

However, the town and waterways fell into decline. By the end of the fifth century, the city was largely deserted. Today, you can still see so much of Roman Lincoln like Newport Arch and artefacts at the Collection.

The rebuilt was on a magnificent scale, with its crossing tower crowned by a spire reputed to have been 525ft high, the highest in Europe. When completed, the central of the three spires is widely accepted to have succeeded the Great Pyramids of Egypt as the tallest man-made structure in the world.

THE BISHOPS The bishops of Lincoln were among the magnates of medieval England; the diocese of Lincoln had more monasteries than the rest of England put together.

When Magna Carta was drawn up in 1215, one of the witnesses was Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln. One of four surviving original documents is in Lincoln Castle.

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- HISTORY -

Among the most famous bishops of Lincoln were Robert Bloet, the justiciar to Henry I, Hugh of Avalon, the cathedral builder known as St Hugh of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste, the 13th century intellectual, Henry Beaufort, chancellor of Henry V and Henry VI, and Thomas Wolsey, the lord chancellor of Henry VIII. The administrative centre was the Bishop’s Palace. When it was built in the late 12th century, the Bishop’s Palace was one of the most important buildings in England. Both Henry VIII and James I were guests here; the palace was sacked by royalist troops during the Civil War.

THE JEWS Lincoln was home to one of the five most important Jewish communities in England. In 1190, anti-Semitic riots that started in King's Lynn spread to Lincoln.

In 1255, there was an incident called The Libel of Lincoln in which prominent Jews of Lincoln were accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy named Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln. They were sent to the Tower of London and 18 were executed. The Jews were expelled en masse in 1290.

“LINCOLN WAS HIT BY A MAJOR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1904 AND AUGUST 1905 CAUSED

BY THE POLLUTED DRINKING WATER THAT WAS SOUGHT FROM HARTSHOLME LAKE AND THE RIVER WITHAM...”

THE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH During the 13th century, Lincoln was the third largest city in England and was a favourite of more than one king. During the First Barons’ War, it became caught up in the strife between the king and the rebel barons, who had allied with the French. It was here and at Dover that the French and Rebel army was defeated.

During the 14th century, the city’s fortunes began to decline. The lower city was prone to flooding, becoming increasingly isolated, and plagues were common.

In 1409, the city was made a county corporate, an act in the Middle Ages of turning a self-governing town or city into a sort of county of itself.

THE TUDORS The Dissolution of the Monasteries in Tudor times made Lincoln’s problems even worse, cutting off its main source of income and causing no fewer than seven monasteries to close down within the city alone.

A number of nearby abbeys were also closed, which led to the region’s political power decreasing even more. When the cathedral’s great spire rotted and collapsed in 1549 and was not replaced, it was a significant symbol of Lincoln’s economic and political decline.

However, the poverty of post-medieval Lincoln preserved pre-medieval structures that would probably have been lost in a more prosperous scenario.

LINCOLN AND THE REST OF THE WORLD...

Our history shows that Lincoln is connected with the rest of the world. We’ve been the home of nationalities from everywhere. To keep connections with them, Lincoln has various twin towns.

Port Lincoln, Australia: This port was discovered in 1802 by the man who discovered Australia, Captain Matthew Flinders, from Donington. A friendship agreement was made in 1991.

Tangshan, China: Lincoln accepted an invitation to establish links with Tangshan following an industrial breakthrough by one of Lincoln’s largest companies in 1988.

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany: The twinning relationship with Lincoln was formed in 1969 and is one of the oldest, strongest and most successful in the country.

Radomsko, Poland: Radomsko one of the oldest cities in Poland and we twinned with them in 2007.

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THE ROYALISTS & PARLIAMENTARIANS Between 1642 and 1651, during the English Civil War, Lincoln was on the frontier between the Royalist and Parliamentary forces and changed hands several times.

Many buildings were badly damaged.

Lincoln now had no major industry and no easy access to the sea and was poorly situated. Thus while the rest of the country was beginning to prosper at the beginning of the 18th century, Lincoln suffered immensely, travellers often commenting on the state of what had essentially become a one-street town.

THE GEORGIANS By the Georgian era, Lincoln’s fortunes began to slowly pick up, largely down to the Agricultural Revolution. The re-opening of the Foss Dyke canal allowed coal and other raw materials vital to industry to be more easily brought into the city. As well as the economic growth of Lincoln during this era, the city boundaries expanded to include the West Common.

THE VICTORIANS Coupled with the arrival of the railway links, Lincoln boomed again during the Industrial Revolution, and several world famous companies arose, such as Ruston’s, Clayton’s, Proctor’s and William Foster’s.

Lincoln began to excel in heavy engineering, building locomotives, steam shovels and all manner of heavy machinery.

A permanent military presence was also established in the city with the completion of the Old Barracks, now the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, in 1857. These were replaced by the New Barracks, now Sobraon Barracks, in 1890.

Lincoln was hit by a major typhoid epidemic between November 1904 and August 1905 caused by polluted drinking water from Hartsholme Lake and the River Witham. Over 1,000 people contracted the disease and fatalities totalled 131 including the very man responsible for the city’s water supply, Liam Kirk of Baker Crescent.

THE SOLDIERS In the two world wars, Lincoln switched to war production. The first ever tanks were invented, designed and built in Lincoln by William Foster & Co during the First World

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“The first tanks were invented, designed and built in Lincoln by a company called William Foster & Co...”

Top/Left: Munitionettes pulling a Sopwith Camel on Monks Road.

Above: The High Street, just opposite the Waterside Centre.

Right: The Odeon Cinema with a replica Hurricane on the roof of the building to promote the film the Battle of Britain released in 1969.

Below: The extra turret that was added to the Observatory Tower at Lincoln Castle for the filming of the 1962 film The Wild and the Willing.

Bottom/Left: The Drill Hall was for patients in the Typhoid outbreak of 1905.

Left: The Regal Cinema and Restaurant. This is now Primark.

War and population growth provided more workers for even greater expansion. During the Second World War, Lincoln produced a vast array of war goods, from tanks, aircraft, munitions and military vehicles.

THE BUSINESSMEN Ruston & Hornsby produced diesel engines for ships and locomotives by teaming up with former colleagues of Frank Whittle and Power Jets Ltd in the early 1950s. The company opened the first-ever production line to build gas turbine engines for land-based and sea-based energy production.

Hugely successful, it was the largest single employer in the city, providing over 5,000 jobs in its factory and research facilities.

In the post-war years after 1945, new suburbs were built, but heavy industry declined towards the end of the 20th century. More people are nevertheless still employed today in Lincoln building gas turbines than anything else.

It’s strange to know who the people were who walked the streets of Lincoln from 100BC to the present day, from what the city was to what it has become, and what it has been through in the process. It provides a real sense of pride for Lincoln.n

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- CHRISTMAS GIFTS -

GIFTS s a m t s i r h C

Celebrate the season and give your loved one a gift they’ll treasure courtesy of the county’s best independent retailers.

This month we’ve asked them to suggest thoughtful gifts for ladies, gents and younger members of the family too...

Above: Breitling watch from Andrew Michael Jewellers, Charlei bear from Segals of Grimsby, Vivienne Westwood handbag from Maudes Jewellers and Autumn Glow print form Lincoln’s Little Red Gallery.

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Earrings Vivienne Westwood Glitzy Jordan Earring in gold vintage rose from You & Beyond, £95, 01780 755996, www.youandbeyond.co.uk.

Fine Art The Perfect Summer’s Day by Sherree Valentine Daines, framed price £795, 01636 646426, www.trentgalleries.co.uk.

Bracelet Links of London Sweetie XS Heart Silver Bracelet from John Greed Jewellery, £120, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

Handbag Vivienne Westwood Opio saffiano mini handbag from Maudes Jewellers, £220, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Laying Hare, in cast bronze, measuring 70cm, £575.

01636 822000, www.elizabethandstevens.com

Notebook The Rutland Notebook, made in Stamford, leather, available in nine colours, £19.95, 01780 762550, www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk.

Watch Ladies Bering Time rose watch from Maude’s Jewellers in Boston, £149, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Mug & Teapot Roy Kirkland ‘Shut the Gate’ teapot, £21.95, and ‘Shut the Gate’ mug, £8.99, 01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk.

Charlie Bears from Segals, Freshney Place, Grimsby, 100s in stock, £9.99 to £750 for limited editions.

01472 354891, www.segalsjewellers.co.uk

John Deere Children’s Sippy Cup, Age 10 months, £4.20, from Doubleday 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

Necklace Personalised family silver disc necklace from John Greed Jewellery, £29.95, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

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Fine Art Alec Makinson’s Autumn Glow Original using kiln fired glass at the Little Red Gallery, £475, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

John Deere Store & Carry Case including 18 of the miniature John Deere models at Doubleday, £26.65, 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

Rainy Day Fund Assorted money boxes from LMS (Lincoln) Ltd, £10.99, 01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk.

Lincolnshire Pride Gift Subscription £29.50/12 months, £14.75/six months.

01529 469977, www.pridemagazines.co.uk

Pandora silver bangle with rose clasp, £65, from Pandora of Wide Bargate, Boston.

01205 364587, www.pandora.net.

GIFT VOUCHER

Our gift voucher of the month is from John Ferrett at John Ferrett Photography. He’s giving a huge discount for clients who mention the magazine...

Barbour Scarf, Tartan 100% Lambswool Scarf in Grey, 25cm x 180cm, Sinclairs of Stamford £27.95, 01780 765 421, www.sinclairsonline.co.uk.

Mugs From a selection at Jachs, 391-392 High Street, Lincoln LN5 7SS 01522 543555.

Lamp Wooden UK hand-turned lamp with Betty Badger shade from Aitch Interiors, £95, 01522 810961, www.aitchinteriors.co.uk.

John Ferrett Photography - £50 Voucher If you have a relative who adores their pet, the perfect gift for them would be a pet photography voucher. Pre-book a photography session to receive a £50 discount when you mention Lincolnshire Pride on any of John Ferrett’s printing packages.

01522 754274, www.jferrettphotography.com.

Bespoke Hampers made to order to your budget using genuine Lincolnshire produce by Abbey Parks.

01205 821610, www.abbeyparks.co.uk.

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Fine Art Blaze IV is an original by Gary Benfield, framed price £1995, from Trent Galleries, 01636 646426, www.trentgalleries.co.uk.

Dog Collar Dubarry dog collar, £59, from Giles & Bella in Newark, 01636 643733, www.gilesandbella.com.

Home Decorations Libra Family Bench from Gates Nurseries giftware department, £69.99, 01664 454309, www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk.

ALL WRAPPED UP

CHRISTMAS TIPS

Traveller’s Journal Made in Stamford, refillable, leather, pocket size £35, medium size £45, 01780 762550, www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk.

A rotary cutter cuts long straight or decorative edges on wrapping paper. Use it with a ruler to get quick, even cuts; swap out the blades to create decorative pinked and wavy edges.

Always use double-sided tape to hide nasty looking streaks of sticky tape.

Phone Wallet Land Rover Leather iPhone 6 Wallet in a variety of colours, £60, from Duckworths, 01673 842101, www.duckworthlandrover.co.uk.

Colour code your wrapping: Assign each family member a different colour paper, and you won’t even need gift tags.

Prevent wrapping paper from unravelling with kitchen roll tubes.

Fine Art Leigh Lambert’s Should Have Played Marbles, limited edition at the Little Red Gallery, £325, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

Men’s Gift Set A Man’s Ritual set, with shower gel, soap, shaving gel & balm £30, Sinclairs of Stamford.

01780 765 421, www.sinclairsonline.co.uk.

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The secret to a beautifully wrapped box? Not using too much paper, which causes bulky, sloppy folds. Before trimming, wrap the paper around the box - the ends should overlap just a couple of inches.

Citizen Watch Calibre 8700 range, BL8140-55E, £349. From Eric A Bird, St Mary’s Street, Lincoln.

01522 520977, www.eric-a-bird.co.uk.

Watch Galactic 29 SleekD White Diamond Dial watch from Breitling, £6,280, 01636 679638, www.andrewmichaels.co.uk.

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Christmas begins with a trip to

Gates Garden Centre

Browse through over 3,000sqft of Christmas decorations and 12 themed displays...

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t n a i l l i r B e r u P

The original celebrity chef and ‘enfant terrible’ has landed in Lincoln. Doubletree by Hilton’s Electric Bar and Restaurant is dead, but long live the restaurant which has been created in its place, the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill. This month, we deliver our verdict...

Words: Rob Davis.

On a Steak Out: 16oz T-bone, option - a 28-day aged quality steak from Royal warrant holders Campbell Brothers.

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Is there anything better than a good steak?

I can think of few things, and so, like the rest of Lincoln, I was quite excited to hear that Doubletree by Hilton’s Electric Bar and Restaurant would be superceded by its new Steakhouse Bar & Grill restaurant, fronted

by Marco Pierre White.

It’s one of six franchises and 34 restaurants fronted by the original celebrity chef who trained under Albert Roux & Michel Roux at Le Gavroche, and who has worked with Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Lincolnshire’s own Jason Atherton.

It’s been five years since Doubletree by Hilton was introduced to Lincoln’s skyline.

A 115 bedroom hotel with five floors and four conference rooms.

Far from offering so-so en masse dining, its Electric Bar & Restaurant was really good, with decent food and a smart atmosphere.

My initial disappointment that the Electric was to be mothballed turned to delight at the thought of a smart new steakhouse that would provide quality steaks, but the same lively atmosphere and good views for which the previous restaurant was always renowned.

Our fear was that the new restaurant would succumb to centrally purchased ingredients and centrally instated menus, to the detriment of quality. But in fact, the new restaurant has improved on the Electric’s impressive dining legacy with a menu that’s not just about steaks, but offers so much more besides.

meet the CHEF MARCO PIERRE WHITE, ENFANT TERRIBLE AND THE ORIGINAL CELEBRITY CHEF Early Days: Born and raised in Leeds, trained as a chef in Harrogate. Left for London at 16 years of age.

Shameless Name Dropping: Began his classical training as a commis under Albert Roux and Michel Roux at Le Gavroche. Later, Marco trained Gordon Ramsay, and Heston Blumenthal.

Dining is available to non-guests and guests alike, and takes place from noon until 2pm Monday to Saturday (4pm Sunday) then from 6pm-10pm seven days a week.

There’s a single menu - no nonsense - which comprises two sharing boards (charcuterie and a fish based fritto misto) for those who want to ‘graze,’ plus four ‘for the table’ options like olives and sourdough bread.

There are 12 starters, from rillettes of duck to rarebit and from lobster macaroni to cream of cauliflower soup. >>

Celebrity Status: Appeared on Hell’s Kitchen, author of several books including White Heat 25, his re-released autobiography.

Top: Selection of steaks at Doubletree’s new Marco Pierre White backed restaurant.

Above: Main course of grilled 8oz salmon steak, served with Béarnaise sauce, salad and pommes frites.

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>> Naturally the mainstay of main course options is a choice of six steaks from an 8oz fillet (£29.95) to 10oz sirloin and rib-eyes (£26.50), plus a 16oz t-bone (£29.95) and a châteaubriand (16oz, for two, at £56).

The flagship steak is a 24oz Buccleuch Côte de Boeuf option for two diners at £61.

Steaks are available with a range of five sauces from peppercorn or mushroom to an escargot and garlic option. It remains to see whether Lincoln diners are ready to embrace continental ways to quite that degree, but in a world of big fat chips (and these are still available), I’m quite happy that the standard offering as an accompaniment is a French fry style chip, rather than anything chunkier.

If you want to eschew the steak options, there are two ‘gourmet’ burger choices; a European derived one, plus an American one with Monteray and barbecue sauce.

In addition, there’s a choice of 12 à la carte main courses from pork belly to swordfish to fish and chips. These are priced from £12.50 to £18.95, and there’s further choice in the form of 11 side dishes.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Monday to Saturday 12 noon - 2pm, 6pm - 10pm.

Sunday 12 noon - 4pm, 6pm - 10pm.

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Dessert? More choice, with seven options from classic chocolate brownie and sticky toffee puddings to a Cambridge burnt cream and raspberry crème brûlée and an Eton Mess. There’s a cheese option, too.

As for wine, we make it 57 bins, from about £20 a bottle, to a really full-bodied flagship Argentinian Malbec at a cool £70.

Marco Pierre White was the first British chef to achieve not one, not two, but three Michelin stars, and did so by the age of 33.

Famously though, he gave them back.

“I was being judged by people who had less knowledge than me, so what was it truly worth? I gave Michelin inspectors too much respect,” he said immodestly.

I think it’s only fair to give due credit to a chef whose dining provision is engineered to value pleasure over pretentiousness. Don’t succumb to food snobbery; this may not be fine dining - which is where the Electric was aiming - rather, it’s a steakhouse, but a really good one, and one that’s guaranteed to provide really enjoyable, truly satisfying dining.

“MARCO PIERRE WHITE WAS THE FIRST BRITISH CHEF TO ACHIEVE NOT ONE, NOT TWO BUT THREE MICHELIN STARS, AND DID SO AT THE AGE OF 33.

THEN, HE GAVE THEM ALL BACK...”

Above: Cambridge burnt cream with raspberries.

Right: Selection of starters Marco’s lobster macaroni, créme du Barry cauliflower soup, warm baked sourdough, charcuterie, salami and baked Camembert.

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on the MENU FROM THE RESTAURANT’S À LA CARTE MENU

Starters

Lobster macaroni; lobster served in a lobster bisque, with fresh tarragon £11.25.

Rillettes of duck au poivre vert £8.25.

Steaks & Sauces

Côte de Boeuf from Buccleuch 24oz with pommes frites and salad £61 (for two).

Fillet steak 8oz £29.95.

Escargot and garlic butter sauce £5.00.

Main Courses

Roast belly of pork with crackling, butter beans and honey spice roasting juices £12.95.

Grilled 8oz salmon steak with Béarnaise sauce £15.95.

Desserts

Eton Mess £5.75.

Cambridge burnt cream £5.50.

Farmhouse cheeses Colston Bassett Stilton; Keen’s Cheddar, Somerset Brie £7.50.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change. n Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill, Doubletree by Hilton, Brayford Wharf, Lincoln LN1 1YW. Call 01522 565182 for bookings or see www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk.

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Character & HISTORY

The Petwood Hotel is ‘where heroes trod’ and where history was made. It’s also one of the county’s most established hotels, with exceptional dining and first class service.

This season paying a visit to the Edwardian Hotel is especially recommended, in order to discover the Petwood’s newly restored gardens, to enjoy festive party nights with friends, and to meet irascible hotelier Basil Fawlty, and his long suffering waiter, Manuel. Que? Words & Images: Rob Davis.

Main Picture: Smoked trout mousse with pea purèe, pea shoots and beetroot.

Opposite: Lemon sole steamed with peas, asparagus and pancetta.

Pan fried duck breast with grilled pak choi, chilli potatoes and pomegranate.

Chocolate croissant and butter pudding.

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meet the CHEF PHILIP LONG, HEAD CHEF AT THE PETWOOD HOTEL WOODHALL SPA

‘Where heroes trod’ reads a line from The Petwood Hotel’s marketing collateral, a reference to its role as the home of the 617 Dambusters Squadron. But if you think that’s where the Woodhall Spa hotel’s historical connections cease, you’ve overlooked its Harold Peto landscaped gardens.

The 21st century grounds of the hotel are currently mid way through a two phase restoration project to restore the Edwardian hotel’s landscape, with a long walkway with horley festoons already completed, and 2,500 new plants, including salvias, and roses and sidalcea, already planted. A second phase of the grounds’ renovation will be complete by late autumn, and will see a redesigned entrance way, a refresh of the hotel’s terrace and the reinstatement of the Temple of Atalanta - Peto’s pièce de resistance.

“THE PETWOOD WILL THIS AUTUMN, COMPLETE THE RESTORATION OF ITS 1910 HAROLD PETO-LANDSCAPED EDWARDIAN GARDENS...”

Food Experience: “I’ve been here at The Petwood Hotel for three years having previously worked in Manchester, and at London’s Claridges. I loved the surroundings, the history and the potential of the hotel when I first visited.”

More recently, next month represents 20 years of custodianship by the Brealey family, who have, over two decades, ensured the grand old hotel continues to receive the love and investment it so rightly deserves, including refurbishing the hotel’s 53 bedrooms and bathrooms and the addition of its Woodland function suite in 2004. New for 2017, the Petwood will offer its peak wedding dates for exclusive use as the hotel continues to improve its wedding provision.

Fortunately, you don’t have to do anything as drastic as submitting to rule of common law marriage to enjoy The Petwood. Employing over 100 people, the hotel is one of Woodhall Spa’s biggest employers, and for the past three years, its brigade of chefs have been >>

Food Wisdom: “A good restaurant relies on a strong working relationship between kitchen and front of house, delivering great dishes, and great service too.”

Food Heaven: “I love fresh crab. Our seafood risotto with sea trout is just heaven for me, I think it’s really delicious!”

Food Hell: “I do hate celery.

The taste and the texture, it’s just awful!”

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>> doing great things under its Head Chef Philip Long. The hotel’s provision of dining is first class, from afternoon tea to fine dining in its restaurant and informal dining in its Terrace Bar, or on the terrace itself, if weather permits.

This season sees a wealth of office parties, and the Petwood Hotel is especially suitable for these. A few dates remain on Friday and Saturday evenings during December, but the recommendation is to book early as these are set to fill up very soon.

Three course dining plus a disco and casino table will ensure any company, large or small, can celebrate the season in style.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Prix Fixe Restaurant Monday to Saturday 6.30pm - 9pm.

Sunday Noon - 2pm, 6.30pm - 9pm.

Terrace Bar & Refurbished Terrace Monday to Sunday Noon - 9pm.

Afternoon Tea Mon to Sat 2.30pm - 5pm, Sun 3-5.30pm.

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on the MENU PRIX FIXE FINE DINING £27.50/TWO COURSES £32.50/THREE COURSES

Starters

Pressed terrine of chicken, pigeon and roasted red peppers.

Deep fried ham hock and potato croquette with a grain mustard enhanced celeriac rémoulade.

Main Courses

Lemon sole fillets steamed with peas, asparagus and pancetta.

Braised shoulder and grilled cutlet of lamb with rosemary dauphinoise.

The Petwood will also provide Christmas afternoon teas or gift vouchers, plus Christmas Day dining (£80/head; five courses) for those seeking to escape domestic drudgery, and a black tie New Year’s Eve event with six course dining and entertainment for £99/head with the option to stay over too.

One further recommendation is the hotel’s event “Faulty Towers The Dining Experience”, on 7th-9th October. Based on the anarchic sit-com with John Cleese, the evening sees Manuel, Sybil & Basil entertaining guests whilst serving them in an interactive live theatre performance. It’s absolutely hilarious, and with a three course dining experience for £47.50/head included with the two hour show, makes for an unforgettable night. Prompt booking is recommended, given that it’s one of the hotel’s most successful in a programme of regular events that also sees live music performances and theatre groups like Lincoln-based Chapterhouse Theatre Company performing at the hotel during the summer.

Chapterhouse is also returning to The Petwood

to perform Dickens’s A Christmas Carol on Sunday 20th November from 7pm in the hotel’s Woodland Suite.

Events like this and Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, as well as the hotel’s festive party nights, plus the reopening of the Peto gardens mean that rediscovering the Petwood Hotel is essential this autumn.

As for the dining itself, The Petwood comes highly recommended at any time. Opt for Phil’s à la carte menu and you’ll enjoy a choice of seven starters and 10 main courses, all cleanly presented and flawlessly implemented. Select Lincolnshire affiliation means Phil insists on fresh deliveries of fish landed daily in Grimsby, locally sourced meat, locally grown vegetables and so on.

In all, the hotel may enjoy an enduring reputation as the place that heroes trod and history is made, but it’s The Petwood’s future, rather than its heritage, which most excites us. The place gets better and better with each visit... so do take up this month’s recommendation of an autumn visit!

Wild mushroom lasagne with layers of pasta and wild mushroom compote finished with a parmesan crisp.

Desserts

‘The Pudding,’ made from chocolate croissants and whisky flavoured custard with clotted cream.

Chilled strawberry soup finished with a balsamic drizzle.

Lincolnshire unpasteurised cheeses consisting of Cote Hill Blue and Yellow with Lincolnshire Poacher, served with crackers, celery, grapes and tomato chutney.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change.

n The Petwood Hotel, Stixwould Rd, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG. Call 01526 352411 or visit www.petwood.co.uk.

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- RECIPES -

Duck á L’Orange with Confit Duck and Potato Rösti (Serves 2)

For the Confit Duck: 2 duck legs Sea salt 250g lard, cut into chunks 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 sprigs thyme 1 orange, zested

For the Potato Rösti: 2 large waxy potatoes, grated and squeezed of any excess water 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 25g butter Thyme Salt & white pepper to season

For the Orange Purée: 3 oranges, quartered with the skin on 10 dried apricots 3 teaspoons of local honey 50ml water

For the Duck Breasts: 4 duck breasts, seasoned with thyme salt 25g butter 1 clove garlic, crushed, 2 sprigs thyme 4 english carrots, peeled 100g kale or borage.

“If you’re looking for a dish with wow-factor, Steven Bennett’s Duck á L’Orange is the one...”

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Recipes: Steven Bennett, The Lincolnshire Chef.

Styling: Charlotte Hay, The Creative Larder.

If you’re looking for a dish with wow-factor to serve guests at a dinner party, you’re definitely going to impress them with Steven Bennett’s version of Duck á L’Orange.

Place the duck legs onto a tray and cover with sea salt. Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge over night.

Preheat the oven to 110ºc. Wash the legs cold water, removing the salts. Gentry dry with a cloth, before placing into a small deep tray with the garlic, thyme and lard. Cover with foil and place in the oven and cook for four hours.

Remove duck legs from the oil and place straight onto a plate. The oil can be saved and used when cooking your sunday roast. Pick the meat from the legs, leaving the skin and any unwanted bits to one side. Tip any excess fat from the plate into the picked meat and add the zest of one orange.

Place on top of cling film, roll into a sausage, making sure the cling film is tightly rolled together and set in the fridge.

Meanwhile, in a bowl add a pinch of salt and pepper to the grated potatoes, and mix together.

Heat a large frying pan with oil and pack in the grated potato, place half the butter around the edge of the pan and cook the potato for 15 minutes until golden on one side. Turn over, add the remaining butter and cook for a further 15 minutes.

Once you’re ready to serve cut into four.

For the orange purée, place all of the ingredients into a sauce pan, cooking on a low heat for one hour, with the lid on. Once cooked, place into a blender before sieving any excess lumps. Place into a plastic squeezy bottle and leave to one size.

Leave the duck breasts till last. Place the breasts into a frying pan skin side down and cook for around five minutes on a medium heat. Turn over

and cook for a further two minutes on the other side. Add 25g butter, garlic and thyme and baste for one minute. Remove from pan and rest.

Place the carrots into a pan of boiling water and cook for three minutes. Remove and place into the juices of the duck.

Remove the confit duck sausage from the fridge, cut it into four, and remove the cling film. Place the sections into a frying pan with the carrots and the duck juices, allowing it to cook for just two minutes.

Add the kale or borage to boiling and cook for 30 seconds before draining and adding to the carrot and duck juices.

To plate, place one of the potato rösti quarters on the plate, slice each of the duck breasts, top with the carrot, the kale and the confit duck, add dots of the orange purée and drizzle with a red wine sauce or homemade jus.

n For more information about what Steven Bennett’s restaurant the Comfy Duck at Oaklands Hall Hotel in Grimsby has to offer call 08443 876312 or visit the website www.thecomfyduck.co.uk or www.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk.

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- RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR -

WIN FREE MEALS OUT ...with Pride’s Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016!

Words: Rob Davis.

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We’re seeking your help to find Lincolnshire’s very best restaurant.

In return, we’re offering the chance to win free meals out in 2017, as we launch this year’s Restaurant of the Year competition...

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Opposite Page: Steak at The Inn, Woodhall Spa. Below: Lamb at The Queen’s Head, Kirkby la Thorpe.

Dine out for free in 2017, as we once more invite you to nominate your favourite restaurant, bistro or coffee shop and to name your ‘food hero.’

It’s time to launch our annual Restaurant of the Year competition, and the way it works is simple. We ask our readers for vote for Lincolnshire’s best restaurants and food related businesses, then randomly select one of our readers to enjoy free dining our at our six prize partner restaurants throughout 2017.

“We ask our readers to nominate their favourite restaurants for a very simple reason,” says Rob Davis. “It gives us a much more objective, comprehensive

overview of where our readers like to dine, and frees the awards from any commercial bias.”

“You can vote for any restaurant, regardless of whether they advertise or not, and because our readers are based right across the county, and have a wide range of budgets, we’ll see entries from all over Lincolnshire, from village pubs to fine dining restaurants.”

“As always, we’ve divided up our awards into three categories. We’re seeking nominations for our readers’ Restaurant of the Year, for our flagship award. These can be pubs, restaurants and hotels offering daytime and evening dining.” >>

WE’VE THREE CATEGORIES FOR YOU TO VOTE IN RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR, BISTRO OR COFFEE SHOP OF THE YEAR AND ‘FOOD HERO’

Above: Chefs at work at The Inn, Woodhall Spa. Above/Left: Last year’s Restaurant of the Year winner was The George of Stamford.

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Main/Centre: One of Food Hero Steven Bennett’s dishes, as seen at The Comfy Duck within Oaklands Hall Hotel.

profiled our partner restaurants opposite for a sneak preview of where you could be dining next year.

>> “Good food needn’t be expensive; it just needs to be well-executed, with local ingredients and a good dining environment.

For that reason we’re not simply seeking the county’s ‘posh’ restaurants, but pub restaurants too.”

“Our Restaurant of the Year competition is one of my favourite features,” says Rob. “I look forward to counting the votes each year and always enjoy the diversity of nominations.”

“Next, we’re seeking nominations for our Bistro or Coffee Shop of the year category.

These are venues which offer lighter bites, casual dining or simply the chance to enjoy coffee and a slice of cake.”

“And finally, we ask our readers to nominate a county ‘food hero.’ This can be a local farmer, food producer or a chef who goes out of their way to be a good ambassador for the county’s dining community or local

“They serve to provide us with suggestions for future features in our magazines and help us to keep in mind which restaurants are valued by our readers.”

food producers, someone who’s passionate about the county in which they live and work, and about quality food and drink.”

When our nominations are collated, we’ll award three awards in each category, and reveal the results in our January edition.

Each winner will receive a plaque to display outside their business, too.

In addition, we’ll select one reader from our Lincolnshire magazine and one reader from our Rutland magazine to enjoy meals out at one of our six partner restaurants.

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You can vote by post, simply by filling out the form overleaf, or you can visit our website to cast your vote electronically. >>

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- RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR -

Main: Chicken forestiere at The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill.

Dine Out for Free in 2017

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT, AND YOU COULD WIN FREE DINING OUT AT THE FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS...

The Green Man, Norton Disney Norton Disney, Lincoln LN6 9JU

A lovely pub restaurant beautifully refurbished by Matt Kerekes and Becky Pinfold, serving real ale and traditional pub food in a warm and cosy atmosphere. Old beams, wood burners and plenty of character!

01522 789804 www.thegreenmannortondisney.co.uk

Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Lincoln within Doubletree by Hilton, Brayford Wharf, LN1 1NY

Toft Country House Hotel Toft, Bourne PE10 0JT

The Marco Pierre White Enjoy a country house Steakhouse Bar & Grill, is hotel offering quality dining. situated on the 5th floor of The bar area boasts the Doubletree by Hilton original features dating Lincoln, and offers back some 300 years panoramic views of the including lovely stone Brayford Marina plus a walls & oak beams. An open steakhouse menu, including fireplace creates a relaxing Marco’s favourite dishes. and friendly atmosphere.

01522 565182 www.mpw restaurants.co.uk

01778 590614 www.tofthotel golf.co.uk

The Ram Bar & Brasserie

The Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate

The Ram offers elegant dining and drinking in one of Newark’s most historic settings.

Experience a modern British menu with a stunning drinks selection, in a venue that dates back to the 15th century.

Dine at The Lincoln Hotel and enjoy creative cuisine courtesy of the brigade in The Green Room fine dining restaurant.

Beautiful uphill location overlooking the Cathedral, just a stone’s throw from historic Bailgate.

Castle Gate, Newark NG24 1AZ

01636 940220 www.theram newark.com

Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN

01522 520348 www.thelincoln hotel.com

The Petwood Hotel

Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG

Dine in The Terrace Bar or in the Petwood’s wood panelled restaurant and enjoy a distinguished yet relaxed ambiance, this is a splendid setting for a romantic meal for two or celebratory dinner.

01526 352411 www.petwood.co.uk

n By voting for your food hero, favourite coffee shop or bistro and nominating your Restaurant of the Year, you’ll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win dining out at each of our partner restaurants in 2017. Cast your vote by filling in the form over the page, or vote online at www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

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$ Welcome to Lincolnshire Pride Magazine’s food awards, in which we want our readers to nominate their favourite restaurant, bistro/coffee shop and the county’s ‘Food Hero.’ This entry form will ensure your vote is counted, and in return, we’ll pick one reader at random to win meals out at our partner restaurants in 2017...

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Vote for your favourite restaurant, and a favourite bistro or coffee shop below. We’d also like you to nominate a ‘Food Hero’ — perhaps a butcher, baker, food producer, chef or similar: Restaurant of the Year (name & location):............................................ ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

Bistro/Coffee Shop of the Year (name & location): ............................... ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

Food Hero of the Year (inc. reason for your nomination): .................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

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Terms & Conditions: One entry per household. Photocopies/multiple entries will not be counted. Competition is available to anyone in the county or surrounding area. You must not be personally or professionally allied with nominations. Votes received for each venue will be counted up to determine the eventual three winners for each category and seven runners-up. The Editor’s decision as to our competition winners is final and further terms and conditions may apply.

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Please provide your name, address, and telephone number (we will need to contact you if you’re our lucky winner!):

Name: ................................................................................................

Address: ............................................................................................. ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

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Postcode:............................................................................................

Telephone:..........................................................................................

Send your entry to: Lincolnshire Pride Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016, Pride Magazines, Elm Grange Studios, East Heckington, Boston, Lincolnshire PE20 3QF.

We’ll pick one voter at random to win complimentary meals in 2017. If one of your nominations wins, we may want to quiz you on why you voted for them!

Alternatively, you can vote on our website by visiting

www.pridemagazines.co.uk/vote

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st November 2016

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Celebrate with us this

Festive Season Our Christmas Party, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve menus are now available online.

Celebrate the season with fresh ingredients, wonderful food and a warm welcome!

Located on the A17, Kirkby La Thorpe, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 9NU

Call 01529 305743 www.thequeensheadinn.com

The Queen’s Head Q U A L I T Y P U B R E S TA U R A N T

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Meaty Mains

THIS MONTH WE’RE DISCOVERING SOME OF THE COUNTY’S MEATY MAIN COURSES. WE HAVE THE BEST LIVESTOCK IN THE COUNTRY AND THEREFORE, WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TASTING DISHES...

NICE & SPICY

The Crown Hotel in Stamford served a meaty - and spicy - main course of Harissa spiced lamb chops for just £16.95.

01780 763136 or see www.kneadpubs.co.uk.

n The Green Man in Norton Disney, recently taken over by Becky Pinfold and Matt Kerekes this year, is a stunning pub restaurant serving some really delicious meals and really meaty mains.

n The Red Lion in Bicker presented a starter of hot smoked breast of wild mallard with watercress, fresh beetroot and orange salad.

01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk.

They served us a succulent pan roasted chicken breast with a rösti potato dripping in a creamy mushroom sauce.

Call 01522 789804 or visit their website www.thegreenman-nortondisney.co.uk.

n THE INN AT WOODHALL serve a main course that’s hard to beat. The Inn Burger is served in a Brioche bun, with Poacher cheese, relish, pancetta, gherkin, fries and onion rings.

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- SAMPLE DISHES -

presented beautifully

Marco Pierre White’s new restaurant in Lincoln’s DoubleTree by Hilton is a Steak House; plenty of meaty mains! That includes this lamb dijonnaise with dauphinoise potatoes.

01522 565182, www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk.

PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE Lincoln Hotel has a tenderloin of pork with spring greens and roasted apple, cider jus and hassleback potatoes on the menu.

01522 520348, www.thelincolnhotel.com.

Farndon Boathouse has a number of meaty mains like this pancetta salad, but you can’t beat their wild boar & chorizo burger with smoked cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and red onion for £14.95.

01636 676578, www.farndonboathouse.co.uk.

01526 353231, www.theinnatwoodhallspa.co.uk.

n Featured dishes are representative examples of our featured chefs’ skills... the menus of our featured restaurants change frequently so dishes are subject to availability. Check each restaurant’s website prior to your visit for an up-to-date menu.

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A SPRINKLE OF FESTIVE CHEER Save yourself the work on Christmas Day and enjoy time with the family, or organise your office bash, courtesy of our roundup of festive restaurant offerings..

Words: Rob Davis

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- CHRISTMAS PARTIES -

‘Tis the season to celebrate in the county this month, as Lincolnshire’s pubs and restaurants reveal their special menus and packages designed to entice festive diners.

Whether you’re hosting a get together with friends or seeking to avoid a morning of food preparation, by dining out on Christmas Day, our suggestions for pubs and restaurants will take the stress out of entertaining and put the festive cheer back in the season.

The Red Lion at Caythorpe and its sister pub restaurant, Brant Broughton’s Generous Briton, will both be celebrating the arrival of Christmas. The Red Lion has open fires, stripped pine floors and tables, plus local ales for a warm, cosy feel. Generous Briton, meanwhile, is conveniently situated just a few minutes from Lincoln. (01400 272632, www.redlioncaythorpe.org.uk).

Bicker’s Ye Old Red Lion is a picturesque pub in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside, and is ‘farming family’ owned.

Christmas Day, dining with mulled wine on arrival, three course meal and petit fours. £55/adult. Boxing Day Carvery, £25/adult.

New Year’s Eve with live music from Kings & Bears Band and a traditional hog roast too, for just £15/person (01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk).

Kirkby la Thorpe’s Queen’s Head’s Christmas Parties are hosted from 28th November to 24th December from £21.95/two courses, £27.95/three courses.

Live entertainment on selected dates in December. Limited availability for New Year’s Eve, call to avoid disappointment.

Recently refurbished garden room now available for private parties (01529 305743, www.thequeensheadinn.com).

Newark’s Farndon Boathouse is a stunning contemporary party venue with wonderful dining. Party nights are now available from £25-£37.50/head on Fridays and Saturdays in December, plus selected Wednesday and Thursdays. Christmas Day lunch £75/head, Boxing Day lunch £30/head, New Years

Five Ways to Ensure Festive Cheer 1. Easier Entertaining: Use any of our suppliers and you’ll enjoy great quality food without the hassle. They’re not only great for office parties and suchlike, but for avoiding lots of work, catering for the family on Christmas Day! 2. A Better Atmosphere: If you’ve a smaller workplace, take a part to a party and graft your festivities onto a party night at a larger venue, for a better atmosphere.

3. Avoid Disappointment: Think it’s too early to begin Christmas party planning?

We beg to differ! Many dates are already becoming booked up, so organise your festive entertaining as soon as possible!

4. Think About Transport: Don’t just book your venue early - think about transport too, especially later in the evening when taxis may already be pre-booked.

5. Accommodation: Over the page we’ve recommendations for venues with festive accommodation for offices with staff who live all over the county.

Eve party with champagne reception £75/ea.

(01636 676578, www.farndonboathouse.co.uk).

Now open at lunchtimes, The Brownlow Arms is available for festive lunches throughout November and December, with seasonally changing à la carte menus.

This year saw the quality pub restaurant crowned winners of the Lincolnshire Country Dining Pub 2016 in the Good Pub Guide (01400 250234, www.thebrownlowarms.com).

Having taken over The Green Man earlier this year, this will be Becky Pinfold and Matt Kerekes’s first Christmas at the pub restaurant. A beautifully refurbished rural pub restaurant just a few minutes from Lincoln, Christmas menus are now available, with private parties by prior arrangement (01529 305743, thegreenman-nortondisney.co.uk).

For a sumptuous stately home setting for your festive celebrations, consider Grantham’s Stoke Rochford Hall. Set in 28 acres of parkland, and now a training venue for the NUT, this magnificent Grade I building benefited from a £12m renovation a few years back and now offers the chance to celebrate in its restaurant, providing high quality dining in a pretty setting, with ingredients sourced from the estate’s very own kitchen garden (01476 530337, www.stokerochfordhall.co.uk).

3 DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO CELEBRATE... n Assembly Rooms, Bailgate, Lincoln

Festive party lunches from Monday - Friday £24.50/head, Party Nights Monday - Friday £28.50/head, and New Year’s Eve ball £65/head.

01522 5200098, www.countyassemblyrooms.co.uk

n Pimento

Eschew the tradition of turkey in favour of a vegetarian treat at Pimento on Lincoln’s Steep Hill.

01522 544880.

n The Mint Leaf

Alternatively, for something really different, enjoy pan-Asian cuisine at Newark’s Mint Leaf.

01636 646994, www.mintleafuk.co.uk.

Opposite: Festive afternoon tea at Oaklands Hall Hotel - see over.

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- CHRISTMAS PARTIES -

Toft Country House Hotel...

Party nights are now available at Bourne’s Toft Country House Hotel, with accommodation available on site too, and the backdrop of the family’s beautifully landscaped golf course.

Holiday Inn, Brayford Wharf

It’s the season to celebrate at Brayford Wharf’s Holiday Inn with Tribute Nights (Bublé; Robbie WIlliams) on 2nd, 9th and 16th December at £39.95/person inc three course meal. Festive lunches from £19.95/person, and party nights from £42.95. Also available: Christmas Day lunch, £45/head, four courses plus coffee.

01522 544244, www.ihg.com

CHRISTMAS AT THE PETWOOD HOTEL

Christmas parties hosted from 2nd December with three course dinner, disco and roulette table. £40/person.The Petwood Hotel also offers Christmas Day dining for those who want to ditch the washing up, at £80/person, four courses plus coffee. The hotel is also hosting a ticket only black tie New Year’s Eve party, £99/head.

01526 352411, www.petwood.co.uk

Party nights throughout December with three course meals £30/person. November and December lunches also available £14.95/two courses, £16.95/three courses. Early booking recommended.

Call 01778 590614 www.tofthotelgolf.co.uk

OAKLANDS HALL

Various party nights from 2nd-31st December, with tributes acts of Robbie Williams, Bublé, motown, Elton John and Tom Jones. £28/head with three course meal.

Christmas Day dining £69.50/head, New Years Eve dining £34.95/three courses with champagne and live music.

0844 3876312, www.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk

THE INN, WOODHALL

Woodhall Spa’s Inn and sister venue The Dower House provide two options for those seeking to host party nights and enjoy Christmas lunch without the hassle.

Both have been beautifully refurbished with a host of dining rooms and private dining facilities.

Menus and details are available to view online now.

01522 520348, www.theinnatwoodhallspa.co.uk

n Look out for each of our featured restarant and hotels’ festive offers in this edition of Pride - and book early to avoid disappointment. Don’t forget, we’ve eating out recommendations each month in Pride - and if you’ve particularly enjoyed a meal somewhere recently, don’t forget to vote in our Restaurant of the Year Awards!

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Barnsdale Lodge, Oakham, Rutland

Christmas is always a pleasure at Barnsdale Lodge, with festive party nights in December, and a festive lunch menu.

Other offers to be confirmed as Pride goes to press. Christmas menus and offers are available to download from the hotel’s website, with early booking strongly recommended.

DREAMING OF A A MARCO PIERRE WHITE CHRISTMAS

Located on Brayford Wharf, and with 115 rooms, Lincoln’s Doubletree provides luxurious accommodation for parties who wish to stay over.

Dine in the hotel’s new Marco Pierre White steakhouse - book early; being new it’s still extremely busy!

01572 724678 www.barnsdalelodge.co.uk

Tel: 01522 565180 or see www.doubletree3.hilton.com

THE LINCOLN HOTEL

Celebrate in the heart of Lincoln at The Lincoln Hotel on Eastgate, with Christmas parties during either lunchtime service £25/person, or in the evening £35/person inc disco. Christmas Day lunch £69/person, three courses. New Year’s Eve black tie event with champagne and canapés, plus five courses £89/person.

01522 520348, www.thelincolnhotel.com

The Lincolnshire Showground

Lincolnshire’s Showground hosts the largest Christmas party in the county. If you’ve a smaller party, join them on Saturday 10th December from 7.30pm. Tickets £42/head, three course meal, disco and live entertainment.

Ensure the rest of your season is festive too, by attending the showground’s Food & Gift fair, on 2nd & 3rd December for a great festive shopping opportunity.

01522 522900 www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING...

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Available 28th Nov – 23rd Dec (excluding Sundays) BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

SUNDAY LUNCHES £21.95 for 3 courses in restaurant only.

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Seize The

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Words: Rob Davis.

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Carpé Diem, reads the crest above the door of Aswardby Hall, near Spilsby. The 15 acre country estate, the home of Marrianne del Garbutt and family, is currently on the market seeking new custodians keen to ‘seize the day...’

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ASWARDBY HALL, NEAR SPILSBY Leafy and graceful, Aswardby Hall near Spilsby is a compelling property for anyone seeking a period house with plenty of history.

It’s also a large, practical family home, with ample space to pursue any number of interests, from happy hacking to teeing off.

“The dating of the house is somewhat in dispute,” says owner Marrianne Garbutt, “But it’s mentioned in Pevsner, described as a C17 county home.”

“We do know that it was remodelled following a fire around 1905, with the Carpé Diem crest instated, and that it has been a home for notable Lincolnshire families since 1880, at one time part of a country estate totalling more than 680 acres!”

Today, Aswardby Hall’s estate is a little more modest, at 15 acres, but no less desirable,

“IT’S A SUBSTANTIAL FAMILY HOME, WITH SEVEN RECEPTION ROOMS, THREE FLOORS AND TEN BEDROOMS...”

Above: The parterre gardens make a tremendous birdseye view in addition to looking beautiful close up!

having being tastefully modernised by Marrianne and her family.

“The house has been empty for about 18 months before our arrival in 2010. We moved here from Leeds looking for peace and quiet after city life.”

It’s a substantial family home, with no fewer than seven reception rooms, from a grand drawing room and orangery, to a cosy snug.

Arranged over three floors, there are eight bedrooms on the first floor with a ‘Jack & Jill’ en suite and dressing room to the master and five further bathrooms. There are two bedrooms on the first floor, and for relatives, older teenagers or staff, the estate includes a two bedroom self-contained bothy and an additional one bedroomed flat, too.

Location: Spilsby eight mins; Louth 24 mins; Lincoln 51 mins.

Style: 15 acre country estate including Hall, rebuilt in 1910.

Bedrooms: Ten with four en suites and two further bathrooms.

Receptions: Seven, currently arranged as drawing room, dining room, orangery, library, billiards room, sitting room and snug.

Other Features: Golf course, two bedroom bothy, summerhouse, victorian stable yard, park, golf course and fishing lake.

Guide Price: £1,650,000.

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>> from Miele or Gaggenau including steam ovens, microwaves, dishwashers and plate warmers. There’s a black five ring Aga, as well as a separate prep kitchen/utility with Miele BBQ and fryer, weighing machine and Maytag laundry equipment. A wine room and boot room add further practicality, along with a study for those who are seeking to work from home.

Top: The drawing room is one of seven reception rooms in the house.

Of rather less practical but rather more desirable consideration is the estate’s six hole lakeside golf course.

“The course was entirely hidden under meadow grass and weeds.

Although we’ve brought all the fairways back and the park looks beautiful, any new owner will have to review the Greens. I’m no golfer but I expect a putter won’t suffice! We’ve restructured the rose garden and created grounds that are inviting, substantial and strong.

Our Rhododendron borders are like nothing I’ve ever seen before with intense, vivid colours.”

“There’s also a white garden with cross-shaped rill, Japanese garden with pond and a walled garden with hedging and central fountain.”

“Most importantly the children love playing in the gardens because they’re magical, filled with places to hide and build dens. The lake is

“WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL ROSE, JAPANESE AND WHITE GARDENS AND RHODENDRON BORDERS THAT FORM A 100 FOOT WALL OF COLOUR WHEN IN BLOOM...”

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well-stocked with fish, and if the next owners have dogs or horses, we have four internal Victorian stables with room for a further four large loose boxes and plenty of room for a paddock or manége.”

“The Hall is the perfect country retreat and a beautiful home, but we are just too busy in our everyday work lives to make the best of what she offers.”

Our daughter is a teenager and will leave for college soon, so it’s time to seek new custodians who will enjoy this amazing place as much as we have. We’ll miss the village and the Hall, though rest assured - anyone who moves here with have the very best life that any home possibly could offer.”

Above: The house was remodelled in 1910 following a fire, and so escapes a restrictive Grade II covenant.

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“THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN GOLF COURSE WHICH WAS OVERGROWN WITH MEADOW GRASS BEFORE BEING REINSTATED BY THE FAMILY. THERE’S ALSO A JAPANESE GARDEN AND WALLED ROSE GARDEN...”

Left: The orangery leads to a loggia on the east aspect.

Below: The house has two kitchens for easy entertaining.

Bottom: The sitting room adjacent to the entrance hall.

n Aswardby Hall is currently on the market with Fine &

Country, High Street, Navenby LN5 0DZ. Call for details on 01522 287008 or see www.fineandcountry.com.

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For farmer’s daughter Margaret Harrold, Heath Barns is a link to the past, both in the sense that the property has been created on the family’s arable farm, and with a glazed room joining two historic barns to create a lovely home...

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HEATHS BARN, CARLTON SCROOP To be born into a farming family is one of the luckiest of circumstances, as Margaret Harrold knows only too well.

Her halcyon childhood saw her enjoying the undulating landscapes of the countryside east of the A607 on the Lincolnshire cliff.

Margaret’s family’s arable operation on the land endured from 1946 until 2010, when she and her brother sold the farm.

Seeking to retain a bit of her childhood, though, Margaret and partner Gordon Hunter retained a couple of rundown barns and set about creating a beautiful barn conversion with panoramic views over three counties and plenty of space to ensure that their grandchildren could enjoy the same childhood, running around the same safe, natural open spaces.

“WE’RE NOT SURE HOW OLD THE BARNS ARE BUT THERE’S A DATE OF 1536 CARVED INTO ONE BRICK...”

Above: The house has four reception rooms in total and it also has two log burners.

“We’re not sure how old the barns are,” she says. “There’s a date, 1536, carved into one brick. It’s probable, though, that at the very least the barns were knocked down and rebuilt since, retaining the same materials.”

The two barns were the subject of a three year long renovation completed by a team of local architects and builders. The two separate buildings were joined by means of a link room connecting what is now the dining room and kitchen.

Location: Grantham seven miles; Newark 15 miles; Lincoln 20 miles.

Style: Newly completed barn conversion set in 20 acres.

Bedrooms: Four with three en suite bathrooms.

Receptions: Four, currently arranged as sitting room, snug, living room, and dining room.

Other Features: Guy Petherham landscaped grounds, 20 acres.

Guide Price: £875,000.

Whilst Heaths Barn evades a Grade II listing, the conservation folk still required the existing door and window spaces to be retained. Otherwise, Margaret and Gordon were free to create their barn conversion exactly as they envisaged.

Arranged over two floors, the house is deceptively large, with four reception rooms, two downstairs bedrooms at opposite ends of the house, and a master bedroom suite >>

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>> on the first floor with en suite, galleried landing and an additional bedroom or study.

Top: The kitchen features bespoke cabinetry with painted units and granite surfaces.

“We like the fact that the kitchen, living room and dining room all open out onto the plot’s panoramic views,” says Margaret. “To the left there’s Belvoir Castle and the Leicestershire countryside, whilst to the other side, you can see all the way to Newark. We’re right in the catchment areas of both Sleaford and Grantham schools and we’re on the Viking Way for cycling and walking. We’re also part of a really friendly village, too.”

The property has oak floors and a bespoke oak kitchen created by Tom Main of York, where the couple have a second home. The grey painted units complement a stone floor, granite surfaces and integrated appliances, including an Everhot two oven ‘Aga’ style cooker.

There’s a Woodwarm log burner in the dining room, as well as a brick fireplace with a second log burner in the snug, next to the handmade oak fireplace created in situ by Anwick’s Allenbys.

Everywhere, there’s exposed beams and rafters, stable doors and other lovely period details that add heritage to what is, for all intents and purposes, a modern family home.

The bi-fold doors of the dining room open out onto a lovely terrace which Margaret and Harold say is ideal for entertaining, and the

“WE’VE REALLY LOVED LIVING HERE, AND OUR FIVE GRANDCHILDREN ABSOLUTELY ADORE THE PLACE, BUT, APPROACHING RETIREMENT, WE’RE SEEKING TO RETURN TO YORK...”

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grounds themselves have been professionally landscaped by Fulbeck’s Guy Petherham, creating sweeping curved beds and interest at different levels.

“We’ve really loved living here, and our five grandchildren absolutely adore the place, but we’re approaching retirement and seeking to return to York where we live just near The Shambles.”

“We’ll miss the place greatly, but it’s nice to think that another family, and hopefully some other children, will be able to grow up in such an idyllic safe place, enjoying just the kind of childhood that my brother and I did!” n

Right: The staircase was hand built in oak, in situ by Allenbys of Anwick.

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“THE GROUNDS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY LANDSCAPED

BY FULBECK GARDEN DESIGNER GUY PETHERHAM, CREATING SWEEPING CURVED BEDS AND INTEREST AT DIFFERENT LEVELS...”

Left: The dining room with its bi-fold doors.

Above: Galleried landing of the master bedroom.

Bottom: The house has four bedrooms and three en suites.

n Heaths Barn is currently on the market with Fine & Country, High Street, Navenby LN5 0DZ. Call for details on 01522 287 008 or see www.fineandcountry.com.

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Garage Grunge Or

ATTIC ANTIQUES?

Ponders Golding Young & Mawer auctioneer Colin Young ‘Antiques in the attic’ is a term we are all aware of, where those undiscovered and hidden antiques are ‘found’ after years of neglect. The ensuing results never cease to amaze their owners, having been inconsequential for decades.

Sold for £5,000

Sold for £380

Sold for £420

Also hitting the headlines are ‘barn finds’ of classic cars, where a vehicle remains loved enough to avoid selling but remains a low priority as it gathers dust.

An area of collecting that is also overlooked with the exception of specialist collectors is what I term ‘garage grunge’.

This turned out to be a Europa, which had clearly broken down in the 1970’s and was just abandoned. When selling we ensured that the layer of dust was kept perfectly intact and undoubtedly helped it to realise £5,000.

Here is a selection of hidden finds that have graced the specialist automobilia sales at The Bourne Auction Rooms in recent times.

One such example I came across was in a 1970’s pre-fab concrete garage, which upon entry was hit by the magical name ‘Lotus’.

Many items such as old signage, tools and equipment that are discarded for a generation are well received when it hits the auction room.

n Colin Young MRICS - Colin is senior auctioneer with the Lincolnshire Firm Golding Young & Mawer, established in 1864 and is a BBC Bargain Hunt antiques expert.

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Kitchen

Solut ions...

Words: Rob Davis.

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- HOMES -

What single home improvement can add thousands to the value of your home, improve the way you live, work and cook whilst creating a space where the whole family can come together?

The answer is a new kitchen, and the solution is a Horncastle firm celebrating its 1,000th installation this year...

“A really good kitchen can transform the way a family lives their life,” say Daniel Johns & Guy Shufflebotham. The two should know, having spent over 15 years running their business, Kitchen Solutions, installing over 1,000 kitchens for clients across the whole of Lincolnshire.

This month, the pair are celebrating 15 years in the industry, having set up in 2001 in Louth, before moving to Horncastle 10 years ago to take advantage of a more central location.

Kitchen Solutions work in both period and modern properties, and with budgets of anything from £6,000 to £50,000.

“Ensuring the design of a kitchen is right for a client is more important than with any other room in the home,” says Daniel. >> Main: Featured here is an in-frame shaker kitchen from Kitchen Solutions’s 1909 range. It’s finished in two-tone charcoal and partridge grey, with Bianco Carrara and mable surfaces, a modern look, but one that will look stylish for years.

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>> “Not only are kitchens a bigger investment, requiring more tradespeople and entailing more disruption, but they’re spaces that have to function well, in addition to looking good.”

“The way we use our kitchens has changed a great deal over the years. They’re no longer just rooms in which to prepare food, but spaces where families socialise, dine together, work or do homework. That’s why there’s a trend towards living kitchens incorporating dining spaces and living room areas with sofas, coffee tables and TVs.”

“It’s important to make the most use of an experienced kitchen designer, taking advantage of their ability to visualise how a space can suit your lifestyle and your family, and create a room that works well.”

“There are all sorts of tricks we use to ensure a space works well for a family, because we know that a well-planned kitchen is the space in which families will interact most.”

“In addition to our experience, we go out to see our clients to measure up accurately and get a feel for their needs, to really understand what they’re seeking from a new kitchen.”

“It’s an absolutely no-obligation, strictly no pressure visit, but from there we’re able to look at everything from technical feasibility to design to the budget, and create a full colour 3D plan. The client is then invited into the studio to view the plan, make further changes live on our system and view their kitchen as realistically as possible, from different elevations. Our system also enables us to create accurate costings.”

“We’ve over 60 doors, each available in around 24 colours, with the further ability to match any Farrow & Ball colour, plus a range of appliances from Neff - for whom we’re a Premier Dealer - sinks from Franke and modern features like Qooker boiling water taps.”

KITCHEN SOLUTIONS 15 Years: The firm has been established for 15 years, based in Horncastle since 2006.

1,000: Kitchen Solutions has installed over 1,000 kitchens during its lifetime.

Bathrooms & Bedrooms: The firm also installs bathrooms and bedrooms for customers.

“If a customer decides to go ahead, we project manage everything from building works to electrics, plumbing, gas, right down to tiling and decorating, coordinating them all and using experienced tradespeople that we trust to take the work away from the client.”

“We’ve installed about 1,000 kitchens, and we always have happy customers at the end of each project, which we’re really proud of.

It’s testimony to our desire to give our customers a room that looks great and works really well for them, one that’s planned and installed by experts. A good kitchen is like a good reputation; designed to last a lifetime. It’s our business to give our client both a great kitchen, and a great customer experience too.” n

“IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE MOST USE OF A GOOD KITCHEN DESIGNER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ABILITY TO VISUALISE HOW A SPACE CAN SUIT YOUR LIFESTYLE & CREATE A ROOM THAT WORKS WELL...”

Below: This painted country kitchen is finished in Alabaster, with a mixed material work surface.

Right: An in-frame shaker kitchen in pure white with timer surfaces, and inset range cooker.

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Kitchen Design Tips...

4 Work with an experienced kitchen designer for the best design input.

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can project manage and coordinate all of your different trades.

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n For a guaranteed pressure-free kitchen design consultation, visit Kitchen Solutions at Wharf Road, Horncastle LN9 5HL. Alternatively call 01507 522 000 or visit www.kitchensolutionslincsltd.co.uk.

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We all dream of a place in the sun. But construction businessman David Jagger, who comes from Woodhall Spa, turned that dream into reality with the creation of his second home in Florida.

A High Flying PROPERTY If you’re seeking a place in the sun, and a property investment, local businessman David Jagger has a compelling suggestion in the form of his Florida home which he’s offering for sale to a Lincolnshire based family...

Words & Images: Julie Fetko.

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“Professionally, I’ve alway been in the construction industry, but in my personal life I’ve a long-standing appreciation for planes,” says David. “I gained my pilot’s license in 1977 and would fly from a private airstrip I created near Woodhall.”

David’s interests in property and aviation intersected on a visit to Florida, where a friend had recently created a home on a plot known as Eagle’s Nest. Adjacent was a new development, the Mount Royal Airpark, and with his interest piqued, David purchased a plot and began to realise his dream of a property in the Florida sun.

“I purchased the land six years ago and had my architect in Lincolnshire draw up the plans for the perfect holiday home. It took around three months to build, and the result is a really wonderful holiday home that we’ve visited ever since.”

With fewer opportunities to travel abroad these days, David is offering the fully furnished property for sale, and believes it will appeal especially to former pilots and RAF personnel living in Lincolnshire and the surrounding area. The airpark’s 3,000ft paved runway provides easy access, and as the

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property, near Welaka, is located on St John’s River, it’s ideal for those with an interest in boating, too.

“The estate has over 100 homes; around half for permanent residents and half created as holiday homes. It’s a superb location not just in terms of the landscaping, with lush foliage and mature oak woodland, but because of its accessibility too.”

Left: Lincolnshire businessman David’s property was created in 2008 on the Mount Royal Airpark, with its aviation facilities. Above: The property comprises three bedrooms, two en suites, a living room, kitchen and screen room.

“The property is around an hour and a half to two hours from the attractions of Disneyworld, Cape Canaveral and Daytona, and only an hour or so from Orlando International airport. This ensures regular flights with Virgin via Manchester Airport.

David’s brief to his architect was to create a comfortable home with three bedrooms, two en suites, and a screen room for enjoying the Florida sunshine. A kitchen diner and lounge area provides plenty of additional living space whilst the creation of a hangar ensures that families and those with a special interest in aviation can make best use of its location.

“IT’S A GREAT PROPERTY BUT WITH FEWER CHANCES TO ENJOY IT, I’M PUTTING IT ONTO THE MARKET, AS A ‘PLACE IN THE SUN...’”

American Dream LIVING THE

“We’ve had RVs, boats and aircraft, and for those who want to establish a place in America it’s hard to imagine being anywhere better.

We’ve excellent neighbours called Buddy & Francis. They welcome us back when we visit.”

“It’s a great property but with fewer chances to enjoy it, I’m putting it onto the market, fully furnished, as seen here, and ready to move into.”

“It’d be lovely to think of a Lincolnshire family being able to enjoy it was much as we have, so in addition to marketing it over in the US, we want to spread the word a little over here, too, and would enjoy talking to anyone from the area who wants to enjoy their very own ‘place in the sun.’” n

Location: Mount Royal Airpark, Welaka, Florida.

Style: Modern holiday home on aviation park created in 2008.

Position: Around an hour and a half key attractions, e.g.: Disneyworld, Cape Canaveral, Universal Studios.

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From unique and thoughtful gifts, to impressive items for your home, a visit to Elizabeth & Stevens is always worth a visit, but with new deliveries of quirky items for Autumn, we particularly recommend a visit this month.

From large ironwork and gates or stone sculptures for larger properties to antique and reclaimed furniture, and sofas, right down to cushions, throws and the smallest finishing touches, the retailer has an eclectic mix of items.

If you’re looking for the perfect finishing touch for your room, an unusual gift for a friend or a way to add interest to your garden as part of your winter landscaping the retailer is certainly worth a visit!

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1. ‘To the Moon and Back’ battery powered illuminated hanging £35.

2. Cow hide from a selection £call.

3. Rule Britannia and Pug cushions £28/ea. 4. Boston Terrier in resin £24.50, approx 50cm. 5. Noir open bookcase measuring approx 2m x 3m £2,300. 6. Chanel and perfume prints on quality card, 30cm x 40cm

by Ros Shiers £24.99/ea. 7. Crystal and diamanté glasses £38.50/set four.

8. T-Rex replica wall mount in hand-painted resin £110, approx 50cm tall. 9. Bronze prancing horse £299. 10. Trio of clocks, not to scale, illuminated Westminster 1m dia, £375; faux metal numeral clock

45cm £23; chrome and metal Dublin clock £75. 11. Faux fur throw in silver £175.50. 12. Chesterfield sofa in charcoal vintage Italian leather 216cm x 70cm x 78cm £1,900.

13. Large cockerel, approx 1.5m tall, £164. 14. Stone lion, 2m long, for outdoor £call/pair. 15. GR/ER restored postboxes, various colours £call; postbox money box £15.

16. Resin parrot, UV protected for outdoor or indoor £145. 17. Antique dowry chest 117cm x 70cm x 78cm £1,500. 18. Leather/nickel hurricane lamp £50; timber hurricane lamp 57.50; XL candle with five wicks £49.99. n

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TIME for

- HENRIETTA CLAVERING -

Henrietta Clavering is the fine artist who has turned her hand to designing a range of beautiful fine bone china tableware & accessories inspired by her sketches done ‘en plein air’ in the surrounding landscapes and by the original artworks she creates in her Lincolnshire studio.

This month the local designer explains why fine art should marry with design and craft to create something beautiful to enjoy every single day...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

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>> Fine art shouldn’t be the exclusive preserve of the canvas. That’s the opinion of artist & designer Henrietta Clavering.

She’s brought together the time, processes and appreciation of form inherent in fine art, and combined these with traditional English craftsmanship to create a range of tableware for everyday use.

Above: Henrietta has collaborated with a Stoke on Trent pottery to produce three fine art inspired collections. Shown here are: Harthorne & Stapleford Pine large pasta bowls. £30/ea.

Having settled in Edinburgh, Henrietta attended Edinburgh College of Art, studying towards a degree in fine art, specialising in sculpture, later travelling to Nova Scotia College of Art & Design where she finished her BA and lived in the US before returning to the UK and moving to Lincolnshire in 2001.

“I’ve been working part time with Nigel Rhodes at his Stamford gallery, with a view to setting aside time to develop my fine art and design studio. I’m an artist first and foremost, and have always appreciated and been inspired by land artists and sculptors such as Richard Long, Richard Serra, Michael Heizer and painters such as Franz Kline.

I really enjoy sketching in the countryside as this is the process of directly observing and experiencing the shapes and forms in the landscape. I never work from a photograph but have to see it for myself.”

“I'd produced Hawthorn, a long charcoal drawing, over about a month or two. This has been the basis of my most successful design range ‘Harthorne’ and the original drawing came joint first in the Thoresby Open Call 2015. ”

“A friend encouraged me to use the art works for cards and I then experimented with cushions and tea towels before trying the Hawthorn image on a cup and saucer. In 2014 I launched a full range of six mix and match designs under my then name ‘Clavering Bespoke’ which got notice from Fortnum's & Heals and others.”

“This initial collection was designed on a very traditional dining set rather than for the modern family kitchen so I've spent the past

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Main: Henrietta sketches ‘en plein air,’ rather than working from a photograph.

Her designs are transferred to white and fired in kilns at the pottery works of Edwards & Lockett.

Left: Henrietta’s three ranges are Harthorne, Clavering Heritage and Stapleford Pine. Lidded Storage Jars £25/ea.

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>> two years finessing the collections, realising that the Harthorne and Stapleford designs were the most popular and that a simpler range with fewer variations and two slightly more cohesive styles - a modern coupe range with mugs, plates and pasta bowls, and a more traditional ‘rim’ range with large charger plates and bowls and cups & saucers - is a better interpretation of modern dining habits.

“I have three different designs at the moment that all sit beautifully with each other so you can mix and match them, or that work really well mixed with just plain white or plain coloured tableware. Stapleford Pine is inspired by the woods of the same name where I do many of my dog walks and the latest design to be introduced is my Clavering Heritage, which is based upon my company logo and family crest. This design captures for me, something quintessentially classic, timeless and British, all central aspects to my Fine Art & Design Studio 'Clavering'.

“I start with my sketching, taking in the big skies, perspectives and long shadows, the forms and details shaped by the elements in the landscape. I focus solely then on producing a large scale finished drawing in my studio, some of which are only sold as original artworks, or limited edition prints. Those that have potential to be shaped on to products then go through a design process and this is where I have a collaboration with Stoke.

Graham from Edwards & Lockett and myself then work on the layouts for the printing sheets. Through the traditional screen printing and transfer processes, the designs are then hand-decorated onto white ware. It’s really important to me, the provenance of these products, I’m certainly not designing in a mass market, big business way, though Stoke can easily produce in volume. It’s an artisan type business, bringing together art and craft and manufacturing; I want it to embody craftsmanship and originality; time over volume. That's the case not just with the original artwork but with its production too.

“I REALLY WANT MY PRODUCTS TO EMBODY VALUES OF TRADITION, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ORIGINALITY...”

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Left: Henrietta with her transfers, checking the designs which will be applied to her products.

Above: Items on display at the artist’s studio.

for your home

CLAVERING “English bone china is compromise-free. I use my own products day to day and they remain beautiful even when they go through the dishwasher twice a day. They’re supposed to be used, but they’re also supposed to bring fine art into the home and provide pleasure every day for those who appreciate, even in something you drink your tea from, the quality, effort and time that craftsmanship necessitates, and the reward it brings.”

“The priority has always been ensurintg the artwork remains dramatic, skilled and detailed, and that these elements transfer successfully onto the products. I want my art and designs to be enjoyed, and used for years to come!”

Fine Art: Originals, Limited Edition Prints & commissioned work.

Products: Dinner Coupe Plates £20/ea, Coupe Bowl £25/ea, large coupe side Plate £20/ea, dinner charger plate £37/ea, rim past bowl £30/ea, large rim side plate £20/ea, Mugs £15/ea, Breakfast Cups & Saucers £28/ea. Lidded storage jars £25/ea.

View & Order from: Clavering Fine Art & Design Studio, Elsmar Lodge, Beckingham LN5 0RF, by appointment). Call: 07833685093 or visit www.clavering.co.

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The Autumn

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Summer is the season when most gardens look their best, so as we enter Autumn, most Lincolnshire gardens are looking a little tired and uninteresting.

However Ashfield House’s gardens in Branston are just about to show their true colours of fiery orange and glowing yellow through the leaves of the intriguing collection of trees...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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- GARDENS -

Ashfield House BRANSTON

A summer garden is alive with colour; pink, blue, purple and red bursts of nature line walled gardens and herbaceous borders, parterre gardens and cutting gardens across our very green county.

It’s of specific interest then, that a garden can be even more colourful at a different time of year, when the British weather isn’t as reliable and bright flowers are more of a rarity.

John and Judi Tinsley’s garden in Branston is alive in autumn with fiery orange, bright yellow and deep scarlet red. Their large collection of rather rare and unusual trees across ten acres of land, looks better in

“WE HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST AND LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF FLOWERING CHERRIES IN THE AREA, AND THEY LOOK FANTASTIC IN AUTUMN AND IN SPRING...”

autumn than it does in summer, sporting more colour too in its bronzed leaves.

The couple bought the property and the land in 1970, turning what was once a forest and barren landscape into the serene and heavenly garden it is today. John is the enthusiast and brains behind the Capability Brown-esque landscape.

“I have a real passion for nature and gardens,” says John. “I therefore have a passion for collecting plants that I’m particularly fond of.”

“We have one of the finest and largest collections of flowering cherries in the area, and they look fantastic in autumn and spring. The garden has 120 flowering cherries including 45-50 different varieties.

This started around 10 years ago, and they sport a superb colour from root to leaf. The bark on some of them is almost copper-like.”

In addition to the flowering cherry garden, there is a collection of old fashioned roses.

John wanted his garden to appeal in summer too, and he likes the roses for their beauty and their strong sweet scent.

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Above: The long driveway that leads to Ashfield House.

Right: John Tinsley as he showed me around the garden.

Top: Ashfield House.

Left: The lake in autumn, reflecting fiery colours on its surface.

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“The roses look their absolute best for three weeks in a year, usually in June or July. It’s just such a shame that it has rained so much this year, as it has dashed them to pieces.”

Hopefully the weather stays brighter next year for John’s rose garden especially on his National Gardens Scheme open day in June; it is the size of two tennis courts sectioned off by metal railings, a quintessentially British rose garden.

“I feel it’s very important to open the garden for charity,” says John. “It would be a shame not to share what we’ve created with the public, and we usually receive such a large amount of donations.”

Ashfield House raised £3,000 for the charity in total last year with an open day held in February proving to be very popular - it provided an opportunity for visitors to see the collection of snowdrops.

“The walk around the garden is just magical at any time of year, but especially autumn.

If it just so happens to be a day when the sun is out, the garden is a lovely sight to see.”

Some of the trees in John’s collection includes 22 acer varieties, a handkerchief tree - very rare - sequoiadendrum gigantium, cornus controversa - also known as the wedding cake tree for its layered look - and many more mature and more common trees like beech and fir.

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As you walk further and further down the garden, away from the property, the amount of trees becomes more and more dense, as if you’re slowly walking into a forest.

The lake is a beautiful place to sit and look around the various variety of life John has collected, especially in autumn where the fiery colours reflect in the mirror-like water.

As you can imagine, John’s garden attracts a plethora of animals too. As he took me for a tour around the 10 acre garden, we spotted many different breeds of birds and two or three hares jumping through the hedgerows.

When you visit too, you can understand why so many animals are attracted to Ashfield House. It’s a haven for nature, and a beautiful thing to see.

You can visit the garden by appointment for a party of more than 10, or come to John and Judi’s open event on Sunday 23rd October.

“JOHN’S GARDEN ATTRACTS A NUMBER OF ANIMALS TOO. AS HE TOOK ME FOR A TOUR, WE SPOTTED MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS OF BIRDS AND A COUPLE OF HARES JUMPING THROUGH THE HEDGEROWS...”

Above: Ashfield House’s only herbaceous border is most beautiful in summer.

Top: Sequoiadendron gigantium pendulum.

Main: John also collects hydrangeas which you can see around the garden.

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October is really your last chance to mow lawns and trim hedges in mild areas.

It’s also the month to renovate old lawns or create new grass areas by laying turf.

Above: Harvest apples in Octob er as well as peas, grapes and nuts.

n For more information on our featured garden, please visit www.ngs.org.uk or call John on 07977 505682.

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>> Last month we had a roundup of the county’s best local produce. From Lincolnshire plum loaf to our renowned sausage, we live up to the title of the county that feeds the country.

On that list, there was a large number of locally made cheese. Lincolnshire Poacher and Cote Hill Blue top the list, with Poacher being a hard cheese similar to cheddar or alpine cheese, and Cote Hill Blue being the only soft cheese made in Lincolnshire.

It’s such an interesting process so we visited Cote Hill Farm in Market Rasen to get more of an understanding.

Michael Davenport, the farmer at Cote Hill, has been milking cows for over 40 years now.

Over the years milk has become more of a commodity which has meant that when over supplied the milk price crashes. Farming a 184 acre farm with 80 cows and one farmer was not big enough to compete with large scale production.

“My wife Mary was a primary school teacher at the time, and her income was the only income supporting us,” says Michael.

“I knew I needed to add value to my product, so I embarked on a cheese making course.”

“The course taught me how to make different soft cheeses but also that variation in milk, temperature, humidity can hugely af126

fect the final product, hence why there are so many different kinds of cheese. On the course, we experimented with many soft cheese like feta and camembert, and my tutor allowed me to take the recipes home.”

Michael knew about milk, he knew how bacteria behaved, and how it needed nurturing.

He bought a 200 litre vat and produced his first batch in January 2005. His first attempt was the same recipe he uses today. The professionals told him that this was a truly incredible achievement, with most cheese

THE PRODUCT Cote Hill Blue’s pate has a rich, creamy quality, rather like Camembert, and due to the cellar-maturation, the rind develops natural blooms, imbuing the interior roqueforti moulds with a distinct earthy, mushroomy quality. This is a new style of British blue.

In the summer, cattle graze on pastures rich in clover and in the winter they are fed with a mix of silage and haylage.

makers managing to get the perfect formula six months after experimenting.

“I decided to wrap the cheese in waxed paper, which made the product quite unique; most soft cheeses were wrapped in foil at the time. It meant the cheese would ripen like camembert.”

More than 10 years on, and the farm now produces around 18 tonnes of cheese a year, using 1000 litres a day Monday-Thursday.

Mary, Michael’s wife, worked as a part time primary school teacher and decided she liked cheese making more so became a full time member of staff in 2006.

Soon enough, business was booming, and it fully relied on Mary’s work. The couple wanted to keep it a family-run business so they sent letters to their four sons explaining they now made cheese. Two had successful careers working in London and declined the offer, but Joe said he would love to, and soon Ross joined the family business too.

Michael works on milking the cows more nowadays, but also employs a herdsman so he can focus on running the farm from the office taking care of accounts.

Two local girls, Kat and Angela, work on wrapping, waxing and cheese management, and the small team of just seven, make the

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- FARMING -

The Farmer’s COLUMN

MICHAEL DAVENPORT TOLD US HIS PREDICTIONS OF WHAT THE FARMING INDUSTRY WILL LOOK LIKE IN OCTOBER...

“Farming is going through a tough time at the moment. All produce, be it grain, beef or milk, is being oversupplied, largely down to new developments in technology and intensive farming. This means the price of beef, milk and grain has reduced greatly. It’s a very challenging environment.”

“Economies of scale is needed, so small farms just aren’t coping with the competition. They either need to grow in size or add value to their product.”

selection of cheeses Yellow Bellies love.

Cote Hill cheeses include Cote Hill Blue, Cote Hill Red, Cote Hill Yellow (or Yellow Belly), Cote Hill White, Lindum.

Cote Hill Blue is the most time consuming.

The milk is taken from the cows udders in the milking parlour and pumped straight into the cheese vats. A coagulant is added to turn the milk into a jelly like substance. Joe will then cut the jelly into fairly large pieces of curd to retain the most amount of moisture for the soft cheese. Then Mary and Ross drain the whey and scoop the curds out, putting them into cheese moulds.

“Cote Hill Blue is the most time-consuming as you have to turn the cheese to make sure you don’t get a soggy bottom, and pierce it to get the blue veins running through,” says Michael. “Salt is rubbed into the surface and left for 24 hours. It is turned every three days and pierced to promote blue growth over a three week period, after which it is wrapped in waxed paper.”

Cote Hill Yellow, a soft creamy cheese with a mellow flavour, is brined for seven hours before it’s coated in a distinctive yellow wax.

It is matured for two months. It was first called Yellow Belly cheese, because of its connections to Lincolnshire, its colour and its shape (like a belly), but the couple were

afraid that when the cheese was sold outside of Lincolnshire consumers wouldn’t understand the term Yellow Belly.

Cote Hill Red is a semi hard cheese. It is coated soon after brining with its special red plastic coating. It matures for three months.

Cote Hill White is a soft fresh lactic cheese which is best eaten young. It has a delicate, light texture and subtle lemony flavour.

“In the dairy industry, there was an oversupply last year and an undersupply this year with it being quite a wet summer with no sun; grass quality wasn’t as high so less milk is produced.”

“Prices are now stabilising and I predict

by October, there won’t be any change, as the oversupply last year meant more powdered skimmed milk and butter was made, making up for the undersupply.”

Cote Hill Lindum is a washed rind cheese developed by Joe. It has a firm texture and is washed in local Tom Woods beer. The rind washing helps prevent unwanted moulds and encourages the growth of brevibacterium linens which gives the cheese its naturally pink orange rind, a strong aroma and long depth of flavour. It recently won a Gold medal and also the Best New Cheese at the 2014 British Cheese Awards.

Top: Joe tests the temperature of the milk before adding the coagulant, cuts the jelly-like milk into curds, then Mary and Ross empty the curds into cheese moulds.

Right: Michael Davenport.

The Davenports’s cheese is sold across Lincolnshire in Co-operative stores. It’s also sold in the Cheese Society shop in Lincoln and the Cheese Shop in Louth.

Various farm shops across the county sell it, Pilgrim Foods supply it to various restaurants, and they have good coverage in Scotland and London as its sold in La Fromagerie.

The 80 cow herd of Friesian, Holstein and Red Poll cows produce 600,000 litres per

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WHERE TO BUY Cote Hill Cheese is best eaten at room temperature. It’s delightful baked or used in lasagne and yellow sits well as a pizza topping. The cheese is sold in the following Lincolnshire stores:

annum. Milk that is not required for cheese making is sold to Muller Dairies. Recently the Davenports have started selling raw milk direct from their ‘Shed Shop’.

A day on the farm starts at 6am when Michael gets the cows into the milking parlour from the fields. At 6.30am, they start milking, and the milk is pumped through pipes straight into the vats where Mary is waiting to test the temperature. The milk has to constantly be kept at 24 degrees Celsius for the bacteria.

The bacteria feeds on the lactose in the milk converting it to lactic acid. They don’t pasteurise the milk so the identity of the milk is retained. At 7am, Michael’s son Joe comes in to help his mother Mary.

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As the milk sets like jelly, they then separate the curds and whey.

This process continues until around 1pm when they start working on the finished products, piercing the blue, turning the various cheeses, giving the yellow its brine bath, and wrapping and waxing the cheese.

The waxing is a strange process. It took Mary a few hours to get it right! The wax is melted in a deep fat fryer, before the cold cheese is dipped in, half at a time.

After my tour of the farm, Michael kindly gave me some samples, and I thoroughly recommend Cote Hill Blue! We’re so lucky to have produce like this on our doorstep, so make sure to visit one of the shops on the right of this page in time for Christmas!

No.6 Deli, Lincoln

Manor Farm Shop, Swineshead

Lincolnshire Co-op most branches Stamford Cheese Cellar, Stamford

Sunny Side Up Farm Shop, Market Rasen The Cheese Shop, Louth

Hall Farm Park, South Kelsey

Uncle Henry’s Farm Shop, Gainsborough The Pink Pig, Scunthorpe

Syston Park Fruit Farm Shop, Grantham Myers Quality Bakers, Horncastle The Milk Shed, Cote Hill Farm Johnsons Farm Shop, Boston The Cheese Society, Lincoln

Newells Of Brigg Delicatessen, Brigg The Welbeck Farm Shop, Worksop Lancaster Butchers, Market Rasen

n For more info, call Michael and Mary on 01673 828481 or visit www.cotehill.com.

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Love is in the AIR

Words: Tilly Wilkinson. Photographer: Karl Abbott from Pinpoint Media, www.pinpointmediagroup.co.uk, 01522 306114.

meet our COUPLE Emily is a team co-ordinator in the contract query department for a national printer leasing company and Dean works as the general manager of a national sports and fitness chain.

Emily is from Lincoln and Dean is from North London. They met in 2008 abroad in Greece where they were both working over the summer definitely not the place you would expect to find your future husband or wife but somehow it worked for the two, who married in June!

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We always love looking at weddings where the reception is held in a marquee; the photos are bright and beautiful with plenty of natural light, and they’re decorated to perfection.

However we’ve never seen a wedding like Emily and Dean’s at Kenwick Park, where the actual ceremony is held outside, with a stunning red carpet aisle.

“Dean proposed in Paris in 2014 and it was a total shock as I had actually booked the trip as a birthday present for him,” says Emily. “He managed to get the perfect ring ordered and delivered just in time for the trip and proposed in our hotel room looking out at the Eiffel Tower lights twinkling.”

“We started planning it about a year after our engagement and the first thing we booked was our venue. Kenwick Park

(www.kenwick-park.co.uk, 01507 608806) had a beautiful outdoor pavilion in stunning grounds, and we always knew we wanted to get married outdoors. From there we started looking at the other larger elements such as cake, a theme, photography and rings.”

“My dress was a fitted lace Mark Lesley gown with a long layered train, slight beading on the waist and a V-shaped low back. I knew I wanted lace and that a fitted style would suit me so from there, I tried on around 10 dresses and said yes to this dress straight away; I knew it was the one!”

“Our flowers were put together by a family friend and she did an amazing job - my five bridesmaids and I had a bouquet of cream roses and gypsophila tied with hessian. The groomsmen had cream rose corsages and we also had fresh flowers on each table.”

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“Our cake was a three-tier square sponge with grey and white icing surrounded by 100 cupcakes. For our theme we wanted to go classic but still current so we opted for a pale slate grey with the bridesmaids in grey strapless gowns and the groomsmen in dark blue suits with a grey tie.”

“Our venue decoration was grey and white, we had grey tinned scented candles made as our wedding favours and miniature Eiffel Towers as the place name holders to tie in with where we got engaged.”

“The day itself all went really quickly; Dean was waiting in the pavilion with his two best men, and I could see him out of the window of the room that I got ready in that morning and watched all our guests take their seats, so at that point I was nervous.”

“As I walked down the stairs and heard the music start, my nerves calmed and I couldn’t wait to see everyone!”

“We both agree that the vows themselves seem a bit of a blur looking back but we managed to get our words out and rings on our fingers so it must have gone well!”

“The reception was incredible. Amazing food, lots of wine and great memories of looking around the room at all our friends and family having such a good time.”

“We cut the cake after dinner and had a BBQ in the evening. We also hired a photobooth to entertain our guests which was great fun.”

“We set up a honeymoon gift list where instead of our wedding guests bringing gifts, they could contribute towards sending us on our trip. It proved a very popular idea and we have recently booked our honeymoon.”

“We are going to Thailand in November for two weeks where we will be visiting temples, elephant trekking and relaxing on beautiful beaches - we cannot wait!”

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Photographer: Karl Abbott from Pinpoint Media, www.pinpointmediagroup.co.uk, 01522 306114.

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“Dean was waiting in the pavilion and I could see him out of the window of the room that I got ready in that morning, so at that point I was very nervous...”

Top: The guests outside in front of the pavilion after the marriage.

Left: Emily’s gown was a Mark Lesley dress with a long layered train, slight beading on the waist and a V-shaped low back.

Below: Emily with her newlywed Dean and his two best men.

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- FASHION -

Whether you work, play or just live in the countryside, cultivating a wardrobe of stylish, warm, practical clothing is essential, as Brigg’s Thomas Bell Country Store knows only too well.

The company is hosting its new season fashion show on 28th September, from 6pm, but for a sneak preview, we raided the retailer’s cache of new stock and enlisted Charlotte and Harry to model clothing from names like Joules and Barbour.

Our shoot took place on a rather damp August morning, but both of our models remained warm and looked great all day, thanks to outfits well-chosen by Alice Ladlow.

With over 10,000sq ft of space, over 130 years of provenance in the county, and all you need for your equestrian, pet or smallholding interests, as well as technical and fashion oriented country clothing, Thomas Bell’s range of clothing will ensure you look great, stay warm and enjoy the very best the country has to offer all season long. n

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Opposite Page, Main: Harry wears a Joules Townhouse blazer in blue marl £149, beige Joules Stretton chino trousers £59.95 and a Joules Wilby shirt in cream check £59.95 (seen in inset image).

This Page, Main Image/Below: Charlotte wears a Bleaklow wax jacket £249 with Clover beige crew neck jumper £79.95 with Triplebar shirt £59.95 and Tattersall scarf in rosewood £34.95, all by Barbour.

Bottom: Joules umbrellas in dark pink floral print and navy dog designs £21.95/ea.

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- FASHION -

Main: Charlotte wears a Joules all weather waterproof jacket in navy £129, Monroe skinny jeans by Joules £59.95 and the company’s Lucie shirt in cream/check £44.95.

Below: Joules ladies Westbourne Chelsea boot in dark brown £130.

Bottom: Trio of wellies, Barbour Jarrow ladies wellies in burgundy (also available in navy) £69.95), Tempest wellies in olive, available for ladies or men £99.95, and Ariat storm stopper wellies for ladies shown in navy, also available in brown £109.95.

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Main: Harry wears a Barbour Essential lambswool v-neck jumper in merlot £69.95 over a Barbour Astwell shirt in merlot £49.95. Barbour Bullfinch quilted jacket £169, also pictured above.

Top: Barbour Readhead shoes in tan £124.95

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- FASHION Main: Harry wears a Joules Rutland gilét in coal £69.95, over Joules Heyday jumper in pebble grey £59.95, and Joules Stretton chinos in fig £59.95.

Below: Barbour Hardwick plaid scarf in navy check £34.95.

Find Out More: Featured items are available from Thomas Bell Country Store’s Country Clothing department, Bigby Rd, Brigg DN20 8RA. Tel: 01652 600690. www.facebook.com/ thomasbellcountrystore.

The firm will host its autumn fashion show on Wednesday 28th September, from 6pm - admission is free.

Above: Persol and Prada designer glasses frames from O’Briens Opticians of Wrawby St, Brigg; call 01652 653595 or see www.obriensopticians.co.uk.

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- HMT ST HUGH’S HOSPITAL, GRIMSBY -

Back in the Saddle

If this summer’s Olympic games in Rio have proven anything it’s the incredibly fine tolerances athletes are subject to in order to maximise their performance. An injury can be catastrophic, and can cause long term harm to a professional’s performance unless treated well, and in such a way as to ensure as little recovery time as possible. Here, local cyclist Russell Downing discusses his recovery from a serious knee injury and his treatment at Grimsby’s HMT St Hugh’s Hospital...

Cyclist Russell Downing has enjoyed a successful career, with his biggest victories coming in the form of the 2010 Tour de Wallonie and the 2009 Tour of Ireland.

Having cycled for Team Sky, Endura Racing and Cult Energy Pro Cycling Team, the English cyclist is now a rider and mentor at the UCI continental cycling team JLT Condor.

However, like most dedicated athletes, Russell has suffered a number of unfortunate injuries throughout his career. Following a recent knee injury, Russell was forced to take some time off the bike to make a full recovery, so attended HMT St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby for medical treatment and support.

We recently caught up with Russell and Mr Pacheco, an orthopaedic surgeon at HMT St Hugh’s, to discuss the cycling injury.

Can you tell us what happened?

R: I had a crash, probably in August time last year, and was under other riders and bikes, so felt my knee was under a lot of pressure. I just knew something wasn’t quite right. The injury didn’t come over me right away; it was just swollen more than anything, but I could tell something wasn’t quite right, which led me to visiting HMT. Mr Pacheco, you performed Russ’s MRI and arthroscopy. Could you tell us a little more about his injury and the procedure?

Mr Pacheco: Russ sustained a tear of the shock absorbing cartilage (meniscus) in the inner aspect of his knee following an accident whilst racing. This is the commonest knee injury in athletes, mainly football players. Russ underwent an MRI scan to confirm the diagnosis, followed by keyhole surgery to his

knee (arthroscopy) and trimming of the shock absorbing cartilage (meniscus). After the surgery, Russ was allowed to walk as comfortable and could return to the bike two weeks after surgery to avoid de-conditioning.

How did the injury affect your performance?

R: After the injury in August, I got through the season, but I couldn’t get much power.

The pain felt a bit like toothache, really. My right leg is usually my strongest, so I was having to use my left leg a lot more. It has probably done me some good, actually, because that leg is now stronger.

“AFTER A KNEE INJURY, RUSSELL ATTENDED HMT ST HUGH’S HOSPITAL IN GRIMSBY FOR TREATMENT...”

Surgery can be a little daunting. Could you both explain how you prepared for the operation?

R: I finished the season, and around October time I went to a consultation.

At first we thought the injury was healing, but the MRI soon found I had a folded meniscus, which had tried to heal but had started catching on the kneehole. So I had to have keyhole surgery to trim it.

Once the surgery was over, I thought it was quite surprising that I could walk on it.

Mr Pacheco really did an unbelievably neat job and I was back on my bike in around eight or 10 days.

Mr Pacheco: The best preparation for surgery is an understanding of the injury, the surgery proposed and the expectations following surgery. I like to show patients their X-rays and MRI scans so they have an understanding of the injury and the proposed surgery. In my experience, it is also beneficial for patients to speak to physiotherapists and other patients that have suffered similar injuries and undergone surgery.

To achieve the best results, the surgeon needs to be confident the patient will follow the rehabilitation protocol, and the patient needs to be confident with the surgeon.

This is achieved during the pre-operative consultation, when the diagnosis and surgery is explained and the patient has the opportunity to ask questions.

Could you describe the treatment HMT provided to aid Russell’s recovery?

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cartilage in the inner aspect of his knee.

This is a day case procedure and Russ was discharged on the same day and allowed to mobilise fully weight bearing.

The results of keyhole for the treatment of meniscus tears is very successful, and the rehabilitation period varies between four and 12 weeks; initially to regain the range of movement and reduce the swelling, followed by specific physio to regain muscle mass.

What are the benefits of joint surgery at HMT?

R: I’d have to say the professionalism from HMT. I could book a last minute MR scan, which aren’t easy to come by, and I had it in just a few days of booking. Mr Pacheco really was great. I think it’s different to treat sportsmen than ordinary patients, because they can be hard to work with. We have races to train for, whilst patients are sometimes happy to relax ahead of surgery. I think Mr Pacheco understands more, though, because he’s a cyclist himself. So he really understood my urgency to get back on the bike.

Mr Pacheco: HMT St Hugh’s Hospital provides an excellent service, from easy access to consultation to diagnosis and treatment. Patients have access to specialist surgeons and most investigations will be performed at HMT St Hugh’s Hospital.

The surgery will also take place at St Hughs, which is equipped with excellent facilities.

What can a patient expect from the joint surgery recovery process?

R: I think a normal person might feel pain, but a sportsmen just brushes it off. I think there’s a comfort in knowing Mr Pacheco is on the other end of the phone or email. It’s good to know there is someone there to help, if I need it.

For example, I was expected to see him after four weeks, but I couldn’t because I was in Australia. So he said to me if I didn’t have to see him during that time then that’s a good thing. Just knowing you have someone can sometimes be enough to put your mind at ease, which can help with the recovery.

Mr Pacheco: Following keyhole surgery, the patient can expect to mobilise fully weight bearing in most cases, depending on the findings during surgery. The knee will be swollen and uncomfortable between four and 12 weeks, but a range of movement exercises are encourage from day one.

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“HMT ST HUGHS HOSPITAL PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT SERVICE, FROM EASY ACCESS TO CONSULTATION TO DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT...” sports, such as running, football and rugby, should be avoided for six to eight weeks.

How common are joint complaints with cyclists

R: Cycling can actually be an injury-free sport. The reason I suffered a knee injury was because my leg was pushed behind me during the crash, because of the impact of cyclists and bikes on top of me. Riders are often more prone to collar bone or wrist fractures due to impact.

Top: Cyclist Russell Downing was treated at the Grimsby hospital. Top/Right: The hospital supports a number of cycling initiatives. Right: One of the hospital’s state of the art operating theatres.

In fact, riders are told if you’re going to crash that you should try not to put your hands out, because that’s what causes the injuries.

Mr Pacheco: Knee complaints are common amongst athletes and sports people.

The knee is the most commonly injured joint during sports, and meniscal injuries (shock absorbing cartilage) are the most common injury in the knee.

Cyclists are not an exception and knee injuries are one of the most common injuries, only surpassed by fractures from falling off the bike.

What would you say to anyone who has suffered a knee injury and is considering HMT?

Mr Pacheco: HMT St Hugh’s provides an excellent service to athletes and sports people. They can be seen within 2-3 days and investigations, including an MRI scan, can be performed within a week followed by a speedy surgery, if required.

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I specialised in knee surgery and sports injuries. I have concentrated my field of expertise in knee surgery and don’t perform surgery on any other joints. I regularly treat football players up to international and championship level, professional cyclists, rugby players, triathletes, tennis players, motorbike riders, etc.

I understand how elite and amateur riders dedicate their lives to sport, with countless hours of training and lifestyle changes to achieve results.

Injuries can be devastating and they require prompt diagnosis and treatment, so they can perform at their maximum level and avoid de-conditioning.

HMT St Hugh’s and myself will try to reach a diagnosis as soon as possible, and treat if required so they can be on the road to recovery as soon as possible to achieve the goals set at the beginning of the season.

R: Go for it. My recovery was unbelievable.

I was straight in and it was a really smooth experience. For me to get back on my bike

after such a short space of time was amazing.

I was just starting to train, so to be in that quick and back on the bike by December was ideal.

To lose about eight days during training was really no stress at all; it probably even helped with my training to rest.

HMT regularly supports a number of cycling clubs, such as NEL Lindsey Go-Ride, HMT Academy, Podium Ambition and JLT Condor.

How vital do you think their support is to budding, amateur and professional riders?

R: The team has been sponsored by HMT for many years.

If there was ever even the smallest complaint, we were encouraged to let them know and they would see you the day after, instead of waiting weeks with an NHS hospital. It is vital for a sportsmen, really.

You can go to HMT and lose days or you can visit the NHS and lose four weeks of training. We feel quite privileged to be supported by them! n

HMT ST HUGH’S Peaks Lane, Grimsby About: A ‘not-for-profit’ independent 31 bedroom hospital with two state-of-the-art theatres, access to 90 consultants, plus X-ray and CT suite.

Access: NHS ‘Choose & Book,’ insurance or self-pay pathways.

Specialisms: Orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology General Surgery, cosmetic surgery and urology.

Contact: St Hugh’s Hospital Peaks Lane, Grimsby DN32 9RP, Tel: 01472 251100, or see www.hmthospitals.org/st-hughs.

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In the medical profession qualifications are highly revered. The more letters after your doctor’s, consultant’s or dentist’s name, the better. But if they haven’t got a good bedside manner, can’t show empathy or don’t give their patients their full attention, you are left feeling their care is lacking.

At the Dental Health Centre in Grantham our team works hard to give patients a fantastic service. We are proud of our team’s outstanding clinical expertise and the way they care for patients.

When we receive testimonials and reviews from our patients they always comment on our welcoming front of house team, the sympathetic approach taken by our clinical team and the fact that the dentists and hygienists take plenty of time to explain procedures in a patient-friendly, easy to understand way. It is the experience they have had with us that matters.

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“Our practice has the latest technology like our optical scanner, which indicates not only the condition of your vision, but your general health, too. A pursuit of technology also extends to the lenses and frames we stock too.”

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Lenses are thinner and lighter than ever, whilst our range of frames includes designer options from brands like Prada, Bulgari and Ray Ban, plus newer brands like Face à Face.”

“In addition, we’ve two exceptional brands of bespoke rimless frame systems, Flair and Silhouette. Both of these enable to you choose the size and shape of your lenses then build your own look with a number of arms and bridges, even incorporating materials like 18ct gold and Swarovski crystals.”

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The system ensures you can choose your lenses, from standard, bi- or vari-focal, variants, then design a totally bespoke lens.

Choose the size, shape and curvature to suit the shape of your face, then choose from a range of arms and bridges in a multitude of colours incorporating luxurious silver, 18ct gold or Swarovski crystals to create a totally unique look.

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n O’Brien’s Opticians is based at 43-44 Wrawby St, Brigg DN20 8BS, telephone 01652 653595 or see www.obriensopticians.co.uk for more information.

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- MOTORS -

Old dog... new tricks. The Morgan Motor Company was founded in 1909. More than a century later, though, it hasn’t modernised its lineage with the ubiquitous hatchback, small family car, large company car and SUV.

Rather, the company has remained faithful to its heritage, producing hand-made cars from its Worcestershire headquarters roadsters, mostly with four wheels and two seats, Ford sourced engines and traditional hand-worked metal shells over ash wood frames.

Making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, though, was a new model which is both decidedly retro, but thoroughly modern, too.

Granted, you’ll either love it or hate it, and it’s hardly a practical family car, but to us, its quirkiness makes it a compelling prospect as something fun to keep in the garage.

Available to order from this quarter, you’re looking at the Morgan EV3. It’s as traditional as any model in the company’s portfolio, an open top roadster with a decidedly minimalist cabin, few concessions to modern motoring and its wooden chassis.

It’s also short of a wheel. The firm produced its V-Twin three-wheel models from 1911, then made its ‘F-Series’ three-wheel models from 1932-1952, before adding an extra wheel in its 4/4 (four wheel; four cylinder) model, which is still on sale today, albeit in a more modern incarnation.

The EV3 has just one seat, an offset driving position and a single off-centre headlight flanked by two side lights. It’s there that the car’s pretence of tradition ends though.

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That’s because, despite its appearance as a car for those who smoke pipes and wear flat caps and tinker in sheds, the EV3 is, as its name suggests, an electric car with a thoroughly modern drivetrain.

The EV3 car pictured is currently in its pre-production phase, with final specifications due to be finalised. We know, though, that underneath the car’s tubular space-frame chassis will be a 20KWh lithium battery, with a 46kW motor which drives a single rear wheel.

Usually electric cars have significant kerb weights, but at less than 500kg (a more conventional Ford Fiesta, by comparison, weighs double that), the Morgan will reach 60mph in less than nine seconds. That’s nippy, rather than record-breaking, as is the top speed of 90mph. However, with one wheel ‘missing,’ and a more pared-back >>

“THE EV3 HAS JUST ONE SEAT, AND AN OFFSET DRIVING POSITION...”

Top/Right: The EV3 has a digital dashboard and automatic transmission.

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THE UK’S BEST SELLING CARS The half-year sales figures are in for the UK’s new car market. The first six months of 2016 have seen record sales thanks to the continued trend for personal contract plans (PCP) and lease agreements which see drivers renewing their cars every three years.

Over 1,420,000 new cars were registered in the first half of the year, with the sale of diesel cars up 2.3% and petrol cars up by 3%. Sales of alternatively fuelled cars - electric or hybrid vehicles grew by an impressive 21.3%, bolstered by generous tax concessions in the company vehicle sector.

As is to be expected, small hatchbacks are the most popular classification of vehicles, and Ford & Vauxhall the most popular manufacturers with the most cars sold and the greatest number of models in the top ten.

The UK’s most popular SUV is the Nissan Qashqai, available as a two or four wheel drive vehicle, whilst the best selling executive car is Mercedes’s C-Class, available as a saloon, estate, coupé or convertible.

If sales remain healthy, 2016 will break the record established by 2015 for the most number of cars sold in a year, since records began.

The UK’s Top Ten New Cars :

1. Ford Fiesta (pictured): 71,823 cars sold.

2. Vauxhall Corsa: 47,962 cars sold.

3. Ford Focus: 43,625 cars sold.

4. Volkswagen Golf: 42,096 cars sold.

5. Nissan Qashqai: 38,183 cars sold.

6. Vauxhall Astra: 33,345 cars sold.

7. Volkswagen Polo: 32,112 cars sold.

8. Mini Hatchback: 26,553 cars sold.

9. Vauxhall Mokka: 25,783 cars sold.

10. Mercedes C-Class: 25,084 cars sold.

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>> driving experience, it’s likely that it’ll feel faster than raw figures suggest, and it’s unlikely you’ll be daring or foolhardy enough to demand more performance, either.

With a range of over 150 miles, and no hybrid petrol engine to provide the reassurance of an alternative means of propulsion if you stray too far from a recharging point, long-haul trips will have to be planned carefully. Having said that, with the low-slung driving position, open air motoring experience and exhilaration typically associated with any Morgan model, you’re unlikely to find a car that’s more exciting. Morgan did release a petrol three-seater of the EV3 in 2011/2012, which is still on sale for around £30,000.

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feedback, but entirely incomparable to either two-seater motorcycles or four-wheeled cars.

With no press or production-models yet available, it’ll be impossible even for motoring journalists to get into the cockpit of an EV3, and equally impossible to speculate how the driving experience differs with an electric powertrain. Anticipate punchy performance though, as electric cars always enjoy an immediate delivery of torque compared to petrol engined cars.

We’d be surprised if the cost of the car was less than £52,000, which is a lot for a car with little in the way of creature comforts.

You’ll probably need to factor in a helmet to protect you from road debris, too. But if you’re the kind of driver who values the thrill of the open road, and you’re prepared to stand out, the EV3 is a thrilling prospect! n

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Crosswords CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Test your lateral thinking skills with this month’s Cryptic Crossword. Each puzzle has a set of perplexing clues to unravel, and as every lover of logic knows, the frustration is all part of the fun!

ACROSS

1. Intrusive ads showing dad dancing, maybe, with son (3-3) 4. Hit parade captures heart of the one rejected by her stepson (7) 9. Jazz star torn apart – she killed herself (9) 10. Try to hold distinctive movement device (5) 11. Lecher acted like an MP with time reduced? (5) 12. Finch’s wild statement (9) 13. Was too prone to apply veneer? (7) 15. Bike twisted round barrel, as might be found in well (6) 17. PC sort of old washer (6) 19. Oscar’s sort of thing: backing horse, herding swine (7) 22. Deodorised free-range hens feed across river (9) 24. Sloth possibly inhaling argon gas (5) 26. It appears here, chapter heading with bullets reversed (5) 27. Truck, comparatively blue, carries weight (3-6) 28. Lincoln’s habit of putting everything into the other things? (4,3) 29. Want symbolic home to have entrane changed (6)

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ACROSS

1. Emotionally and mentally stable (4-8) 9. Motor vehicle — languished (5) 10. Long tapering ags (7) 11. Cause pain to (4) 12. Old member of the family — no traces (anag) (8) 14. Doctor Who’s time machine (6) 15. Buy back (6) 18. Feign sickness to avoid work. (8) 20. Amaze (4) 22. Itinerant (7) 23. Unit of weight of gemstones (5) 24. Reduced to the bare essentials (8,4)

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2. Ruler (7) 3. Youngsters (4) 4. Taking 8 (6) 5. Surplus to requirements (8) 6. Food fish (5) 7. Show prejudice (12) 8. Speed, uppers etc (12) 13. Enlisted in the armed forces (6,2) 16. Humiliate oneself (3,4) 17. Free from captivity (6) 19. Less effective — realm (anag) (5) 21. Sarcastic — tart (4)

CRYPTIC ANSWERS

QUICK ANSWERS

QUICK CROSSWORD

1. Preserved in aspic, as some modern master (7) 2. Gather it’s petition time (5) 3. Pages split by plastic replica documents holder (5,4) 4. Company “C” is in prime, which is dandy (7) 5. Guardian’s sugar snaps (5) 6. Who has lots of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9) 7. A head of uncompleted major space project (6) 8. Compact goods yard (6) 14. As a radical on the outside, Mo relaxed badly (9) 16. Sulphur once providing lips with hue (9) 18. Buzz gets permit for lock (7) 19. Is a donor complete, given love directions? (6) 20. Working to break demo ruler (7) 21. Odd bit of canal that’s turned? (6) 23. Common former leader (5) 25. Cyclist’s condition? (5)