Allotments  have a variety of forms and uses. They are important today as they were in the past. The purpose of them and their function may have changed, but as fiscal pressures become greater they may become even more significant to people by reverting to their original purpose: To enable those not receiving enough renumeration from their labours to support themselves and their families.

After much work I have now published the full version of my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond". It is a hard back book just under A4 size consisting of 450 pages, over 250,000 words and over 200 pictures and illustrations.

A reminder of the actions of the RNLI in the first year of WW2 and the evacuation of Dunkirk

An extract detailing my grandfather's conscription as an electrician to the shipyards in Newcastle.

In my 58 years I have knowingly met only 5 trans-sexual people. In a time where people's comments are often disproportionate I relate one instance. Of all things we should consider a person's humanity.

This is a light hearted look at the importance of manners past and present and the how these have intermingled with class barriers.

Here I consider the stresses of 24 hour news; relate a tale of how an old farmer was affected by a bad news story; and consider that the solution to avoiding such stress may be the humble newspaper.

It was late March when I met the last King of Scotland on Amble board walk. It was a sunny afternoon with a cold wind blowing across the...

Village sign for Skellingthorpe showing its past decoy. SKELLINGTHORPE - is a scattered but well built and pleasant village, near Hykeham...

Recent events have reminded me of the words of Prime Minister Gladstone to struggling farmers in the 1880's. I will explain this further

Many are aware of the World War 2 internment of Japanese in the USA due to the experience of George Takei and the play Allegiance. Few...

May 28th 1914 saw the Welland Trustees take its annual trip "down below" into the waters of The Wash

Every so often I will publish material that did not  make the script of “Marsh Fen and Town”. The following published in 1801 [i] is an...

Spalding policemen assumed a man was drunk after he loaded his pipe with pieces of pork pie and started to smoke it!

Every so often I will post material that did not make the script of Marsh Fen and Town. The following are sayings from 17th to the 20th...

Every so often I publish material that did not make the script of "Marsh Fen and Town" This account of a failed escapologist in Moulton,...

The suicide of a fishmonger in Spalding sees allegations of contagion. The latest sidebar of items not to make the text of Marsh Fen & Town

If you wish a child to get interested in nature one of the most accessible areas for a child are insects. They are everywhere and with...

Every so often I will post bits that did not make it into my book "Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and Beyond" This is a tale...

In this piece I look how drainage of the Fens for agriculture saw the loss of the cranberry in the Lincolnshire Fens.