Brinkhill, South Ormsby & District Pig Club –
Tony Baker
Based on local records and recollections, an illustrated account of a pig club which operated from 1876 to 1966 in a pair of villages in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
Colonel Sibthorp versus the Public Libraries Act, 1850 –
Mark Acton
The famously eccentric Lincoln MP blasts off against a proposal to levy a half-penny rate for the establishment of public libraries.
Wooden souvenirs of Lincolnshire –
Dr Ian MacFeeters
A general account of Mauchline Ware (Ayrshire, Scotland) and examples of the boxes decorated with Lincolnshire scenes, with 12 illustrations.
Short Items
*Bernard Reeves wrote ‘Rambles in Lincolnshire’, an intriguing c1936 book published by LNER, giving details of 15 walks. Who was Bernard Reeves?
*Cleethorpes Artist : A family portrait (c1830) of a Cleethorpes Methodist is by an competent but unknown, local artist. Who was he?
*Lincoln Racecourse 1756 : What connection was there between Dunston Pillar and Pleasure Grounds (1751) and the nearby racecourse?
*Decorated English fonts : The Society has acquired a fine book of etchings by J Simpson, engraved by Robert Roberts, dated c1830.
*Naval recruiting in Lindsey : An article from the English Historical Review, April 1928, gives details of many local problems in c1800.
*Lincolnshire Recipes : 3 examples from Mrs E H Rudkin’s book (Satisfaction Pudding, For the Cramp, For a Hoarseness which cured Betty).
*Lincolnshire Music on Air : Horkstow Grange, a Lincolnshire folk tune collected by Percy Grainger was recently used at title music on Radio 4 for a George Eliot serial. What was the connection?
