Rod Collins

What is a Pet Blessing ?
What exactly is blessing a pet, what does it involve and who does it ?
This is either something new, in which case I have my finger on the pulse, or it’s something everybody else knows about but me ?
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RAF Kirmington Memorial
The Memorial to all those who served at RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire during the war
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Tetney Village sits on the road from Humberston to North Cotes in Lincolnshire, it’s a place I visit often and has a fine history.
This is a village that has an awful lot to offer historically
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Grimsby Castle
The castle at Grimsby has been a long running and nagging irritation for me - an itch just out of scratching reach if you will.
There’s little come to light so this is vague - to say the least - perhaps something may turn up
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Norton Disney lies idyllically alongside the River Witham in Lincolnshire and has a lovely little church to compliment it.
It further benefits from being richly endowed in monuments - it’s a good one this please do give it a quick look
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Pamela Anderson’s Thong and Other Hang Ups
Yes folks I bring you the sad news that the world’s mostest perfectist woman ever Pamela Anderson is to hang up her thong
Add to that even more tales of woe and a few of joy and you’ve got another Hot or Not List
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Hell and misery currently awaits any motorist hoping to traverse the traffic lights on Great Coates road at the Wybers Wood and Willows junction currently a mass or roadworks.
Every clichéd ineptitude seems to have been employed by all those involved in the work and planning
It’s ripe for scorn and sums up all that is wrong in this country
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Why Haven’t My Vegetables Grown this Year ?
Why has the produce from Kitchen Gardens been so thin on the ground this year ?
Regulars will be only too aware of my Kitchen Garden antics over the last few years but this year . . .
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Roman, Medieval and Tudor Buckles
I’m looking to bring as many different examples of buckles to this article as possible - I’m kick-starting it with a rather special one.
It’s special because I found it on my first trip with my metal detector.
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Metal Detecting and Historic Finds in Lincolnshire
I’ve created a new category which will provide a ‘home’ for all the articles relating to finds and artefacts.
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Why Can’t I Get a Job in London ?
If there was work anywhere in the UK then you’d imagine that it could be found in Londinium . . . well . . .
Here’s a satirical eye cast once again over various things which caught my jaded eye
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David Alan Stapp has kindly sent me his work on transcribing the Killingholme Baptist Church Register.
I’ve prepared this page as it’s of great interest - the following is David’s work and we’re indebted to him for it.
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How Popular is the Pope in Britain ?
With the Papal visit to the UK in full swing I’ve found some of the headlines quite interesting and worthy of comment and discussion.
I hope you do too
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Great Crested Newt Preservation in Lincolnshire
Today your host spent most of it working on behalf of the rare and endangered Great Crested Newt.
It was a fabulous day and a great working party - here’s an account with plenty of pictures of what felt like something genuinely worthwhile - great one this !
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Keelby is a nice village situated in Lincolnshire settled somewhere between the Wolds and the River Humber.
Not far from where I live - it is, as we so often see here in Lincolnshire, an area rich in history
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The Classic English Village Pond
A classic feature of so many British villages and hamlets - the idyllic, ancient, communal water feature
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