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Secret Lincolnshire

Explore fascinating stories from Lincolnshire.

Radio Lincolnshire,47 episodes

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Grimsby's iconic Dock Tower
Lara King gets a tour around Grimsby’s Dock Tower with ABP’s Emma Lingard.
17 Jul 2025,10 mins
An evacuee’s wartime childhood in Lincolnshire
“Finding the manuscript was rather like opening up a time capsule to the past”
09 Jul 2025,7 mins
The day JFK flew in to Lincolnshire
The US president was on a tour of Western Europe.
27 Jun 2025,8 mins
The tale of Tiddy Mun the Lincolnshire bog spirit
Tiddy Mun is almost invisible as he weaves through the watery landscape.
18 Jun 2025,5 mins
The legend of the Wild Man of Stainfield
Dangerous and to be feared. All who knew, were told to keep away from the wild man.
11 Jun 2025,5 mins
She paved the way for all women police officers
Edith Smith from Grantham was the first police woman to be given the power of arrest.
04 Jun 2025,12 mins
The remarkable life of Boston’s Herbert Ingram
His story spans over 200 years with a surprise find returning to his hometown.
23 May 2025,8 mins
Bardney Abbey: Oswald and the shaft of light
Legend says monks turned away the king's relics.
14 May 2025,7 mins
The day Guy Gibson came to breakfast
He was invited in by Kit's family while on exercise.
05 May 2025,9 mins
Exploring Grimsby's Victorian Underbelly
Social Historian Carla Linford tells colourful stories the town's Victorian characters.
30 Apr 2025,6 mins
Barbeque 67: Spalding's groundbreaking festival
It's believed to be the first rock music festival.
20 Apr 2025,19 mins
Glentham's long-lost Good Friday tradition
'The Washing of Molly Grimes' last happened in 1832.
16 Apr 2025,3 mins
Spinning the legacy: The world's first DJ
Ron Diggins from Boston pioneered the mobile disco.
13 Apr 2025,13 mins
'We came over to Sleaford and built a home here'
They left Poland for a new life in Lincolnshire.
02 Mar 2025,10 mins
Rasen to Rocketman: The Bernie Taupin story
The legendary lyricist grew up near Market Rasen.
12 Feb 2025,25 mins
Boston Gliderdrome: 'Part of our musical heritage'
Like many venues, it faces an uncertain future.
30 Jan 2025,12 mins
How Lincoln led a revolution in psychiatric care
The city's asylum was the first to ban restraints.
18 Jan 2025,5 mins
Boston Gliderdrome: 'The best atmosphere ever'
Music's biggest names played there in its heyday.
29 Dec 2024,16 mins
Charles Worth: Bourne's pioneering fashion designer
He invented the concept of the fashion collection.
26 Dec 2024,10 mins
Somebody told me The Killers played a Lincoln pub
The superstars were an unknown support act in 2003.
07 Dec 2024,11 mins
Did a poltergeist haunt Epworth Rectory?
It was the 18th-Century home of the Wesley family.
30 Nov 2024,6 mins
The Lincoln hotel room where the tank was born
It changed the course of the First World War.
07 Nov 2024,4 mins
Gainsborough's ghosts of the cells and the stalls
Is this police station-turned-theatre haunted?
31 Oct 2024,5 mins
'There are bodies everywhere': The mannequin lady
Old airfields are even spookier with mannequins.
05 Oct 2024,4 mins
The 'birthplace of modern schooling' in Barton
Samuel Wilderspin pioneered modern infant education in the town.
28 Sep 2024,3 mins
The Barton WWII bunker restored by the community
The hidden history behind a WWII air raid shelter.
21 Sep 2024,3 mins
The tale of the vanished bugler of Kirkstead Abbey
Legend says he disappeared in a secret tunnel.
07 Sep 2024,4 mins
How Barton birthed the Temperance movement
Sally Fairfax explores the story behind the Assembly Rooms in Barton Upon Humber
21 Aug 2024,4 mins
The Flixborough Disaster - 50 years on
The Flixborough Nypro plant suffered a catastrophic explosion on 1st June 1974
17 Aug 2024,22 mins
Unearthing Fulbeck Manor's World War II history
It was the base for a major allied operation.
17 Aug 2024,4 mins