Hunting scene is a reference to The South Wold Hunt founded 1822. The foxhounds' kennels are on the western side of the village close to the A153.  https://www.southwoldhunt.co.uk 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1876 mentions the South Wold Subscription Hounds - Crowder, huntsman; Edward Bartlett, head whipper-in.

DB 3 September 2018

John Cust, the first Earl Brownlow, commissioned Anthony Salvin to design this building in grounds of Belton House in the 1840s.

It has unusual basket-weave plasterwork and a stone fish scale roof, and was restored by the National Trust in 2008.

This photograph was taken on 22 April 1898 when the family celebrated the birthday of Richard Cust.

"Refectory range of Dominican Friary, now an arts centre.

Building heavily restored and altered 1963"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1389013 

DB 21 May 2019

"This Dominican Friary, partly dating from the 13th century, and rebuilt in 1309, was the refectory of the order of Blackfriars.

They were known as Shodfriars because they wore sandals rather than walking barefoot.

King Edward I was entertained here by the friars.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the building fell into a long decline and in the 1930 s was acquired by the Boston Preservation Trust.

During the early 1960 s local arts groups raised funds to build a little theatre which opened in 1966.

The building continued to evolve and is now a focal point for the town's cultural activities"

DB 21 May 2019

View across the York Street pitch with the tower of St Botolph's Church visible in the background.

The club was founded in 1933 as a successor to a club called Boston Town and were members of the Football League from 2002 until 2007.

The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who left England and sailed to North America and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's crest, the pilgrim fathers' ship 'The Mayflower', is also a reference to them.

The club's traditional colours are amber and black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_United_F.C. 

DB 21 May 2019

The road on the right-hand bank is the present B1183 to Horncastle; the public house on the extreme right is thought to be the Cowbridge House Inn.

Hundreds of anglers travelled by train from Sheffield and the Midlands for sport in both the Witham and the fenland drains at this time.

The Brocklesby hounds are the oldest private pack of foxhounds in the country. The Hunt dates from around 1700 with complete records of hound breeding from 1746.

The location for this meet is Caistor Market Place.

undated postcard

The 'Figure of Eight' ride - later called the 'Big Dipper' - was introduced along with the Helter Skelter (tower slide) and other amusements in the first quarter of the 20th century.

Postcard, 1921

The large outdoor swimming pool or lido - unheated for much of its life - has been a popular feature of the resort.

undated postcard, c.1950s

The remarkable popularity of the resort is well illustrated in this postcard.

The railway line had reached Cleethorpes in 1862 and the number of day trippers using the train steadily increased up to the First World War.

postcard 1912

The bicycle railway, date unknown.

This photograph must have been taken from the switchback railway.

The pay desk is visible.

The concert hall on the pier was a venue for popular entertainment. Pierrots and nigger minstrels were among the entertainers who came to Cleethorpes in the Edwardian period

Jay-em-Jay series postcard, 1909

"Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsborough one of the smallest towns in England to have had a Football League team.

They are currently members of the Northern Premier League"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C. 

DB 23 April 2019

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 stated

"The King's Theatre, in Trinity street, erected in 1885, is a structure of red brick, holding 1,200 persons"

DB 29 December 2018

Grantham's original outdoor bathing area was constructed in 1886.

Now replaced by a model boating lake.

Refurbished 2018. 

DB 4 December 2018

People's Park in Grimsby was officially opened on 17 August 1883.

The 27 acres of land were a gift to the council from Edward Heneage of Hainton, a prominent landowner, who was influential in the town's development.

Undated postcard

Circus site next to the former Honington railway station.

"Uncle Sam's Great American Circus" lorry to the left in this image. 

Site has been in use for at least the last 40 years and circus animals were once a common sight. 

DB 31 July 2018

Mr W E Bryant, a member of the Cycle Club.  Mr Bryant was later the owner of the boot and shoe shop at the corner of Market Place and High Street.

Photo 1883

A cycle club was set up in Horncastle in 1883 following a meeting at the Greyhound Inn on East Street in June of that year.

Photo 1883

The club's website states :-

"Horncastle Town Football Club have a long and illustrious history which dates way back to when they were founded in 1873. Joining in the 96/97 season, the 1st team currently play in the Balcan Lighting Supplies Lincolnshire League.

The 1st team currently compete in the Lincolnshire Football League and have done so for the past 18 seasons.

Before this Town played in the Boston & District League Premier division"

http://www.horncastletownfc.co.uk/a/history-31149.html?page=2

DB 18 July 2019

Grade II listed kennels c.1820.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061872 

Pevsner states possibly by E.J.Wilson.

"Edward James Willson, F.S.A., (1787-1854) was an English architect, antiquary, architectural writer, and mayor of Lincoln in 1851-2"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_Willson  

DB 21 May 2018 

The plaque reads "This post box has been painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate Sophie Wells Gold Medal winner London 2012 Olympic Games Equestrian: Team, Open".

Over 100 post boxes, throughout the country, were painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate every Team GB and Paralympics GB gold medal won during the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Sophie Wells from Lincoln won a team gold and two individual silver medals at the Paralympic Games.

DB 27 February 2018 

Lincoln City F.C. merchandise on sale in the High Street prior to their first trip to Wembley in the club's 133-year history.

Reported by BBC Sport 8 April 2018 that :- 

"Lincoln City upset the odds as they beat Shrewsbury to win the Checkatrade Trophy on their first trip to Wembley.

Elliott Whitehouse's close-range strike proved enough for the League Two play-off hopefuls to defeat League One automatic promotion chasers Shrewsbury".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43674770 

DB 29 March 2018

Looking from the St Andrews Stand towards the Lincolnshire Co-operative Stand directly opposite.

Sincil Bank Stadium has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895.

DB 30 March 2018 

Goal mouth action in a match with Newport County.

"Founded in 1884, Lincoln City F.C. won the Midland League in 1889-90, their first full season playing league football. They moved on from the Football Alliance to become founder members of the Football League Second Division in 1892"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lincoln_City_F.C. 

DB 24 March 2012

Lining up with the club mascot prior to a game with Exeter City which Lincoln won 3-2. 

"Lincoln City Football Club are nicknamed 'The Imps'. An image of the Lincoln Imp appears on their crest, and 'Poacher the Imp' serves as club mascot"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Imp 

DB 30 March 2018

This early twentieth century photograph was taken in Lissington.

card posted 1905

Playhouse Cinema which opened in 1929.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24828

DB 7 March 2018 

After World War 1, when cheap surplus army tents were available, a line of bell tents soon sprung up under the sandhills at Mablethorpe and at Sutton.

Ostensibly, these were for bathing purposes, but stringent rules had to be applied to prevent them being used for sleeping accommodation.

See: The Lincolnshire Seaside by Winston Kime  2005

Postcard, 1920 

Traditional donkey rides on offer.

DB 29 June 2019

Undated postcard with a view of the beach.

War memorial visible on the extreme left hand edge. In 1985 it was moved from the seafront to its present location on High Street.

Undated postcard.

Possibly the word "breakwater" on the card is being used as a euphemism for the outfall? 

Known to locals as "Meg", Metheringham is a large village some 9 miles south of Lincoln.

The Blankney Hunt was founded in 1871 when it split away from the old Burton Foxhounds.

undated postcard

Undated photograph of the local football team, thought to be Scopwick F.C.

David Robinson Collection

A wartime street party in Neath Road, New Brumby, early 1940s.

The wired enclosure behind contained a stationary water tank for emergency firefighting.

David Robinson Collection

The Casino on North Parade opened in 1922. As well as a ballroom it had a restaurant and indoor skating rink. It later became the Winter Gardens and then Murphy Radio Ltd's factory.

Postcard from the inter-war period by Wilford of Leicester

"Sleaford Town were founded in 1968.

They joined the Lincolnshire League, where they were generally successful, being a regular top-ten team.

In 2003, Town announced plans to seek a higher level of football in the United Counties League.

They had their best-ever season in 2003-04, winning the title for the first time in twenty-three years, and gaining promotion to the UCL.

After leaving their previous ground, Sleaford played for three seasons at RAF Cranwell, but despite winning the Division One title in 2005-06, they were not allowed promotion until their new Eslaforde Park ground was ready the following season, and they finished runners-up"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleaford_Town_F.C. 

DB 27 May 2019

A meeting of a local hunt - possibly the South Wold - in the grounds of Elkington Hall.

T R Leach Collection, undated postcard 

South Rauceby Hall was built in 1842 by William Burn for A. Peacock Willson of the banking family in Tudor Gothic style.

Blankney Hunt, owned by the Chaplin family, covered much North Kesteven.

Undated postcard

"Former Sessions House and police station, now theatre. 1824, by H. E. Kendall in Greek Doric style, altered later C19"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063587 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"Petty Sessions are held at the Court house, Spilsby, every monday at 11 a.m. & during the months of May to September inclusive, at Police station, Skegness, on alternate tuesdays at 2 p.m."

Now used as a theatre " Spilsby Theatre was formed in 1984 from a former sessions house and gaol"

http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/theatres-at-risk/209-spilsby-theatre 

DB 22 June 2019

Meeting of the South Wold Hunt at Bayons Manor, undated.

T R Leach Collection

Woodhall Spa's first 18-hole golf course opened in 1905. It was built on land given by Stafford Hotchkin, a local landowner.

Now named the Hotchkin Course, it is considered one of the finest in the country.

This photograph shows play on the eighteenth green.

Undated Postcard

The Belvoir Foxhounds has been housed at Woolsthorpe since 1809.

They are one of the few remaining packs of Old English Foxhounds in the United Kingdom.

undated postcard