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Older Stories retained on the Website:
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 Did we help build this?
The Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches was designed to serve the invasion of France in the weeks following D-Day ... and is still in evidence today. But was our cement used to make some of it?
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 Croix de Guerre
for Maurice Bell, July 1918
Maurice Bell joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Great War, being presented with the Belgian Croix de Guerre in July 1918, by order of the King of the Belgians. It could be awarded to non-Belgians only for acts of heroism on Belgian soil. more Bell photos
We believe Serjeant R Sutton was awarded a Military Medal in the Great War. Does anyone have confirmation of this, please?
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 Journey Planner using Google Maps
Click here for Google Maps
then find Winteringham, and click on one of the blue bus-stop signs for a travel menu.
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Winteringham Bus Timetable
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Snow Video
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 Winteringham FC 1946
Val Peill
Some famous village stalwarts on Val’s photo of the post-war Winteringham FC!
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Bay Horse Inn has Major Refurbishment
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Meet the Burgage Band
Kay Ashberry
The Burgage Band
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 On YouTube: Barton to Winteringham by Bus
Barton to Winteringham by Bus (Pt 2)
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Winteringham’s Warship
The son of one of the men who served in the destroyer adopted by Winteringham in the dark days of World War 2 contacts us.
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 Mary Brumby’s 1913 Maths
When Mary Brumby was diligently working out her maths in 1913, little could she have known what a fascinating insight they would give us almost 100 years later ... not just into school, handwriting, and long-forgotten imperial measures, and shillings, pence and farthings, but into the local shops and prices too! more ...
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PC Jeff Sewell to retire
Ken Jacobs
Winteringham Neighbourhood Watch made a presentation to Jeff on Tuesday 16th September.
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School Road in the 1950s
Geoff Greaves and Ken Jacobs
Geoff’s photo of School Road in the 1950s - a photo to reminisce over! Click here
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 Detectorists - more success!
Ken Jacobs
Scunthorpe Metal Detecting Society had a meet on land in Winteringham and found two Roman Brooches, at least six Medieval and Tudor coins and a Saxon Sceatta coin and more.
£50 was raised for All Saints Church and £30 for the local
L.I.V.E.S. First Responders volunteers.
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 An offer you can’t refuse!
Ken Jacobs
Now you can ask the Scunthorpe Metal Detecting Society to help you discover those hidden or lost metal objects ... FREE!
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End of an era as School kitchen and dining room bite the dust
Christine Hammond
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Village Hall gets £21,955 cash boost
Read the Scunthorpe Telegraph story here.
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 Winteringham on Top Gear
Top Gear featured a race across the Humber between Graham Boanas (walking across) and James May driving round. The final part of James May’s drive was down Booth Nooking Lane! The episode was shown in November 2007, and again on 16th August. You can see it on YouTube, here. (You can even pause it near the end to check that you can see the church, Beacon Hill, and some village houses!).
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Winteringham Parish Council
Christine Hammond, Parish Clerk
Report for the 23rd July Public Meeting with the Environment Agency
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UFO spotted over Winteringham
Ken Jacobs
Saturday evening ... did you see it?
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Metal detectors find more, raise more
Ken Jacobs
The Scunthorpe Metal Detecting Club rally on Saturday 12th at Winterton, raised £26 for Winteringham Church. Overnight heavy rain affected the turnout but there were several interesting finds, one of which will be this week’s “Lost and Found” poser.
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Fifty Years ago the Co-op Farms were sold for £25,000
See the Scunthorpe Telegraph article here
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Give us back our village green
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 Chris gets the connection!
“Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive”
We asked: What connection to Winteringham does this very famous and oft-voiced quote have? Chris Snowdon got the answer! It is a quote from “Marmion” by Sir Walter Scott, who, some say, was inspired by the Marmion effigy in Winteringham Church!
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Waterside comes top!
According to two Winteringham schoolgirls, Waterside is the most litter free road in the village! (We wonder how the others rated?)
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Post Office for sale
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Newsletter out now!
On-line copy here!
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Flyer’s Winteringham Boyhood
Number 74 “And finally ... a fag break!”
Louise gives her side of the story ...
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Earthquake Hits Winteringham
Christine Hammond
Residents were woken during the night Tuesday 26th/Wednesday 27th when an earthquake hit the village. It was sufficiently strong for it to be necessary for people to check their roof tiles to see if any damage had been caused. The ‘quake had an epicentre 9.6 miles below Market Rasen, and was 5.4 on the Richter scale - one of the biggest recorded on the UK mainland.
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 Christmas Party at the Ferry Boat
Chris Snowdon
World War II, and the Ferry Boat provides a home from home for soldiers stationed at Winteringham. See the photo in the story “When Monty came to tea”.
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Winteringham Chapel Nativity
in pictures
Christine Hammond.
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The floods arrive!
Ken Jacobs
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Church Post Card
Another old and beautiful post card of the church
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Details of Frank Brown
Frank Brown was the only Winteringham man on the war memorial for whom we had no information. Now, thanks to his family, we can rectify this. more ...
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Out now: Lincolnshire’s Lost Railways by Neil Burgess
includes views of Winteringham and Winterton & Thealby
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Winteringham School pupils hear from expert
Harry Wells
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19th Century Ferry Boat Poem
Ken Jacobs & Geoff Greaves
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That Reminds Me - 2
Flyer Robinson and Ken Jacobs
Ken’s pictures prompt more memories
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NLLR Directors Report for 1919
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Supplied, & reproduced by kind permission of
www.the7820library.org.uk
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NLLR letter from Winteringham!
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Supplied, & reproduced by kind permission of
www.the7820library.org.uk
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Dr Stukeley presents: A 300 year old mystery!
Where was “the chapel” pre-1700? Indeed, WHAT was the chapel?
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Winteringham Bonfire and Firework Display
in pictures!
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The Winteringham Spencers
Jill Floyd
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WI 80th Birthday Photo Special
Report and pictures!
Christine Hammond
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A Fine Winteringham Gentleman
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Barn Dance
Harry Wells
Fieldfolk donated £150 from Saturday’s Barn Dance to the Village Hall Maintenance Fund
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Homes & Haunts of Henry Kirke White
37 pages extracted from the book “Homes and Haunts of Henry Kirke White” which relate to Winteringham and Whitton.
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 TV news item sparks massive hits on recipe site
If you have a favourite plum bread recipe that you would like to share, please send it to us!
Lincolnshire Plum Bread Rich Plum Bread
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Well, well, well ...
Ken Jacobs
Underground discovery at village house
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 Brocklesby enquire after our cricket scorebooks
Brocklesby Cricket Club, would be interested in scorebooks of games between Winteringham and Brocklesby, especially pre-1948. If you know the whereabouts of ANY of the Winteringham scorebooks, please contact us.
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A Secret Never to be Told?
Will this Winteringham coin ever give up its secret?
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Match Photographs
Photographs of the First Team game with Barge Inn
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 The Old Boot - Update
Ken has now been told much more about the old boot found in the chimney of Walnut Farm Cottage. How old it is, how it started off in ‘life’, and how it ended up ... plus lots more!
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”I can’t wait ...”
Who can’t wait for more of Flyer’s stories ... We reveal who, but of course, we don’t reveal Flyer’s next story until Thursday!
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 See the sky over Winteringham!
The latest version of Google Earth allows you to switch to a view of the sky too!
Google Earth download page
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Oldest House - over 600 years old?
The Walnut Farm Cottage has now been assessed as being built about 1400, with extensions dating from about 1600. more ...
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Have you ever seen this number of swallows?
Ken Jacobs
A short video of swallows on the wires in School Road.
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Winteringham Books Go Everywhere!
We find this book for sale ... in New Zealand!
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From Beacon Hill
Martyn Hammond
Martyn’s wonderful views from Beacon Hill
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Bell sounds for first time in hundreds of years!
Ken Jacobs
Latest from local metal detectors ... including short video of bell.
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 Looking for Grasby Info
Fay Colmer
Fay is looking for genealogical information on the “Grasby”, possibly “Grassby” family of Winteringham. If you can help, please contact us.
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West Halton Dig 2007
Ken Jacobs
Ken’s pictures from the Open Day on 11th August
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Low Burgage & the Haven 1970
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 Baled Out
These mighty machines create giant bales of straw in double quick time, as Seeds Field is cleared!
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Winteringham Harvest is Claas Act!
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Back Home
Andrew & Chris Snowdon, Ken Jacobs, Harry Wells
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Winteringham Cricket Club Photos!
Andrew Snowdon & Aidan Harrison
Aidan has sent in three photos of Winteringham Cricket Club teams in their cup-winning heyday! more...
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Send three and fourpence, we’re going to a dance!
Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Haven on Youtube
Chris Snowdon
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Winteringham Railway at War!
Chris Snowdon
Chris reveals all - or almost all -
about Winteringham Station’s War role!
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Lincolnshire Yeomanry
Andrew Snowdon & Aidan Harrison
Two postcards sent by a Winteringham War Hero, featuring himself and colleagues in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry! more...
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Winteringham Transported Men
Marlene Walters
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Wonderful Winteringham!
Ken Jacobs & Harry Wells
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More names added
Andrew Snowdon discovers the name of this railwayman Home Guard, adds names and date to the football team, & spots his mother and uncle in the National School Seniors and Infants.
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The Centenary Railway Exhibition
Harry Wells
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When Monty came to Tea
By Chris Snowdon
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Lorraine - Three Mountains, Three Countries, 24 hours!
Lorraine Carey
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Through the Keyhole
Flyer Robinson
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June is Bursting Out All Over ... with Rain!
Harry Wells and Russell Baker
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Percy Ogg, Me & a Rabbit in a Stew!
Chris Snowdon
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Chapel Open Air Songs of Praise
Christine Hammond
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It’s a Winner at Winterton!
Harry & Christine
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Emergency Flooding Contacts
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Nothing New for Winteringham
Flyer Robinson
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Tony Jacklin’s Autobiography
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Headstone of Winteringham War Hero
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Winteringham June Newsletter
Harry Wells
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Camera Club - Snappy Start!
Ken Jacobs
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 Hero of the Humber
The Gutenberg Project found by Chris Snowdon
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WI Visit to Twigmoor Woods in Pictures
Christine Hammond
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Winteringham in close-up from Google Earth!
Click here to go to the Google Earth download page
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WAE 1700 - a 300 year old mystery?
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Read’s Island on Radio 4
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Flaming June?
Ken Jacobs
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The New Improved National School
Sarah Hurley
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Union of South Africa close to Winteringham
Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham WI, Edward & Mrs Simpson ...
Christine Hammond
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Visitor’s Views
John Barnett
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The Glorious Summer of 1939
Kathleen Phillips and Wendy Demir
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May in Winteringham
Harry Wells
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Cock of the North!
by Jean Jacobs
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Over the Hills - Latest
Harry Wells
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Oh to be in Winteringham now that April’s here!
Christine Hammond
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School Gets New Website
Angela Shrimpton
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It’s the First Day of Spring!
Christine Hammond
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Phoenix from the Ashes
Ken Jacobs
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What a difference a year makes!
Ken Jacobs
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Commemorative Plaque to Winteringham Soldier
Chris & Andrew Snowdon
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In a Country Churchyard
Ken Jacobs
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Herbert Porkess
Chris Snowdon
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Photos from Winteringham’s Past
Mary Fell
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Lunar Eclipse
Ken Jacobs
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Walnut Farm
Ken Jacobs
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More Burkill Photographs
Brian Mulhall
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Coin Brings Reminder of Village’s War Role
Ken Jacobs
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Winteringham Find goes to Imperial War Museum!
Ken Jacobs
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