Rod Collins

Here’s a Review of the Best and Worst of 2010 in Lincolnshire
All the best things, most recommended and best avoided things of 2010
There’s also a choice pick of the photographs this year
Hope you’ll take a look and perhaps add your own 2 cents
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RAF Goxhill in Lincolnshire & RAF Goxhill Memorial
A look at the airbase shared by Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force during the Second World War
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Waithe in Lincolnshire Church & Village History
Some research into the history, both ancient and recent, of the village of Waithe in Lincolnshire
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Lincolnshire ~ A Christmas Tale
It’s as far away now as it’ll ever be !
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Who makes David Beckham’s Suits ?
Who ever the tailor is he’s a winner, the suit he wore to the Fifa meeting was staggeringly good - Savile Row surely
Find out who the rest of this weeks winners and losers are . . .
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Stupid Questions !
We’ve all heard of them but how many of us are plagued by them ~ what does it say about the people who ask these things ?
And more importantly . . .
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Aylesby in Lincolnshire lies in between the Wolds and The Humber, walking distance from my house in fact.
It’s a lovely little village and more than worthy of our historic attention
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Ducks in Lincolnshire ~ Original Photographs & Information
Some examples of the various species of ducks seen in the English county of Lincolnshire
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Internet Vs High Street for Christmas Shopping
It will be interesting to see how the battle between the internet and the high street finishes up after this Christmas
And the rest of this weeks winners and losers - it’s hot or not
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Merry Christmas ~ Season’s Greetings ~ Happy Holidays
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Who built the first houses in America ~ What did the first homes in America, as we’d know them today, look like ?
Very interesting and historically important questions and no doubt regulars will be thinking American history is not exactly local history for a Lincolnshire lad.
Well think again my friends - the first houses built in America were pure Lincolnshire . . .
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Gayton-le-Wold in Lincolnshire is a small village to the west of Louth
So small in fact it doesn’t appear on some of the larger scale maps
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Christmas Shopping Sucks !
I think I can confidently state, without fear of contradiction, that nothing (but marriage ) drains a man’s spirit faster, or more completely, than Christmas shopping.
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Brinkhill Church and Village History
A Look at the History of the Church and Village of Brinkhill in Lincolnshire
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Sainsbury’s VS Morrisons ~ Which is the Winner
Inconvenient and unpleasant weather conditions here in the UK forced me to adjust my plans quite dramatically and in some cases dangerously.
Naturally I risked life and limb in the blizzards, snow and ice in order to bring you a photographic diary of the situation but I talk of something even riskier . . .
Eating food bought at Morrisons
Yes folks it’s that and other winners and losers
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Why did the bride wear a sheet instead of a wedding dress to get married ?
No, it’s not the opening line for some corny joke it’s based on an old ritual and belief
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Is there still sense of community spirit out there - many say no - I beg to differ
The idea of a ’sense of community’ is probably regarded as old-fashioned nowadays, probably just clinging on in rural areas or small areas of population.
I’m not so sure - perhaps it’s just circumstances . . .
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Fulletby Lincolnshire Village & Church History
A look at the historical background to the Lincolnshire village of Fulletby
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How do you tell Buntings apart with absolute reliability ?
I’ve got a couple of pictures here which cross the season rather nicely - the one problem is a 100% identification
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Cadeby Hall is a large imposing house situated near the lost village of Beesby in Lincolnshire.
Some time I took in it as part of one of my days out
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